Elk City Lake Park

Heading home and searching for our last site. Getting a smidge late and slightly frustrated (we're tired, especially him from driving a 28 foot trailer). Took a chance cuz it's Monday and there is only 5 sites, first come first serve.
What a absolutely wonderful, serene place!!! Site easy back in, water and electric. Totally hit the lottery here!!! And only $15!!!!!!!! No host just honor cash box. Bring your fishing poles, kayaks etc. You could easily spend a long weekend here.
Love, love, loved it!!!!
(We caught end of sunset so get here a little earlier for that.)
Amazing!!!! Steve and D

We arrived after 6 p.m. on a Friday and two sites were available. Three sites were taken. Sites are back in with electric only. 30 and 50 amp service. Sites are near the lake and have a nice view. Asphalt pads. We did not see any water near the sites or at the dump station. The dump station sewer inlet is 6 or 8 in above ground level. Decent value for the $15 nightly charge.

As soon as you enter the park, there signs saying all RVs must pay for overnight parking. There were four or five RV spots with hookups. We have solar, so we had no need for hookups. We really didn't want to pay for something we wouldn't use, so we parked in a parking lot not too far from the hookups. No one asked us to leave or to pay, so I guess you could say it was free. We felt a little uncomfortable not knowing if we were permitted to camp there.

The showers were hot with plenty of pressure. However, you have to hold the button for the shower to stay on. Its a little tricky, but I always appreciate a hot shower.

We biked the trails the next morning, and COME PREPARED. Bring lots of water and snacks. There are no signs or maps outlining the biking trail. We figured it'd be a few miles. It was 10 miles. Its also very hard to follow the trail, and its covered in trash and old fishing gear. We spent so much time following dead end fishermen's trails instead of the biking trail. Every few miles, the trail is marked with a small piece of orange ribbon. We were only able to somewhat navigate our way through the trails because we could see the RV parking in the distance every few miles.

The camp sites are nice, but the trails are in need of some serious clean up and maintenance.

Clean, quiet campground a few miles off I-40 on a scenic lake. Saw several pelicans and ducks swimming in the lake in the morning when we were leaving. Well maintained campground with playgrounds, picnic shelters, and paved campsites. Only a few sites with hookups, but plenty of room to dry camp for the night. Stats are limited to four nights. Enjoyed a good night’s sleep halfway between Arkansas and Albuquerque driving home from the Balloon Fiesta. Arrived around 8:30pm on a Sunday night. All sites with hookups were taken, but plenty of room to find a space for dry camping. Beats Walmart or a rest area hands down. All sites are free.

This was a nice free location just outside of Elk City that serves as a camping location and park for the locals.

My friends and I chose the spot since it was the closest free spot with good reviews on this app. There is a beach area where you can swim and plenty of spots to fish. In addition, the location had basic toilets and a shower that we were wanting to utilize.

While there is an official set up area for RVs, there wasn’t anything listed for tents, although several people, myself included, set some up in a half turn parking area that had several picnic tables and charcoal grills by the water. There was also a dumpster nearby which made garbage easy to deal with.

The main issue we had was that this was a local park. Throughout our stay we had people coming and going, whether it was people trying to take pictures where we were camping or late arrivals trying to find a way to camp. I believe at 11:00pm there were still RVs pulling in to try and utilize 1 of 5 hookup spots available. In addition, we had locals pulling in at odd intervals throughout the night near our camping location.

Overall it’s a good experience if you can deal with a more crowded camping location that gets a decent amount of traffic. If I’m looking for a free spot, this is fine for an evening or two.