23 campgrounds with first-come sites in Arkansas

More of them sit in Ozark-St. Francis National Forests than anywhere else in the state. The Forest Service runs most of them. The biggest is Shady Lake Campground with 55 sites.

A campground is listed when Recreation.gov or the Forest Service records it as first-come, first-served. Campgrounds where some sites book online and the rest are first-come are listed too, marked partly reservable.

Reservable Partly reservable First-come, first-served

All 23

Campground	Agency	Sites	Booking	Link
Shady Lake Campground	FS	55	Partly reservable	Details →
Shores Lake Recreation Area	FS	28	First-come	Details →
Arrowhead Point	USACE	26	First-come	Details →
Blanchard Springs Recreation Area	FS	24	Partly reservable	Details →
Bear Creek	USACE	20	First-come	Details →
Star Of The West	USACE	13	First-come	Details →
Barkshed Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Bayou Bluff Point of Interest	FS		First-come	Details →
Brock Creek Lake Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Gunner Pool Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Haw Creek Falls Point of Interest	FS		First-come	Details →
Highway 27 Campground	USACE		First-come	Details →
Horsehead Lake Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Jack Creek Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Long Pool Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Moccasin Gap	FS		First-come	Details →
Ozone Campground	FS		Partly reservable	Details →
Redding Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Richland Creek Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Sorghum Hollow	FS		First-come	Details →
Spring Creek Campground	NPS		First-come	Details →
Spring Lake Recreation Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Wolf Pen Campground	FS		First-come	Details →

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