Aux Arc Campground

This was an easy access place to park with full service hook ups and kind people.
We were right on the water, with a view of some pretty hills. It was very relaxing to wake up right by the water, and we didn't feel nervous about leaving our bus to go hike the Ozarks during the day.

They have eight private showers and a nice area to walk around. We found firewood outside on the ground, had a fire, cooked dinner, and watched a movie. It was a pretty calm night with only minimal noise from passing trains.

Very busy campground with people on top of one another. No personal space at all. Put up our little screen room to have privacy while people walked between us and people next door cutting through to the lake. Guy next door spitting coughing up deep disgusting sounds. Not the cleanest place. Has anyone heard of recycling?

Lovely, grassy and quiet on other side. Bisected by dam as explained by other reviews. Very local people camp here. The town is sad. Litter is all throughout the trails in the woods on the C side. No one really seems to care.

A big bang for your buck, especially if you have a Senior Pass. All sites have electricity and water, even though the website does not say the "C" loop (where we stayed) had a water hookup. 2 dump stations, clean bathrooms with showers. Lots of shaded spots, sites have picnic tables and fire rings, some have lantern poles. Clean park right on the Arkansas River. Most sites will accommodate larger rigs, the "C" loop looks like an older part of the park that is a short walk to the river shoreline but it still offers all the amenities of the other newer loops.

A train runs along the river and can be noisy but we didn't mind it. Busy fishing destination. Great Verizon phone signal.

A negative of staying in the C loop; River access for locals to fish is in the C loop and I guess for them it's acceptable to walk through the private campsites to get to the river. Some would cut through the middle of our site within 10 -15 feet of our front door even while we were sitting outside. My husband asked a few to use a larger walk space on the other side of our camper, and they seemed surprised that he asked but complied. It felt like someone was walking in the front door of your house, through your living room and then let them self out the back door :-) and then do the same thing when returning. We'd stay again but not in the C loop just for this reason.

This is a very nice campground with a mix of sites some in a wooded areas & others in the open. Nearly half of the sites are river front with a beautiful view. Easily accommodates big rigs of any size.

On the other side of the river is a train tracks which might be an issue if your windows are open. Even outside when the train went by was not a bother for me and I am sensitive to this type of noise. There is a dam that splits the campsite and was the reason for the creation of this campground. Turning right as you enter takes you down stream below the dam and left brings you up stream above the dam.

AT&T is the winner in this location with 100 mbps downloads & 40 mbps upload. Verizon was second with 25 mbps up & down. T-Mobile was 3rd with 40mbps downloads & 2mbps upload. All very usable.

Stayed here last October. Decided to try Corps parks just to see and what a treat. I don't think there is a bad site in this whole park. We were on the river with a great view of Ozark and the dam. Every day the trains go through across the river about 7or 8 times. Some people don't like the noise but we love it. Then we got to see tug boats pushing barges up the river to the locks. The hillside across from us was all bright with fall leaves. We enjoyed our stay very much and will try to stay here whenever we are in the area.