Village Creek State Park Campground

Verizon signal wasn't usuable for anything significant with 0.5Mbps download and 0.03Mbps upload. No T-Mobile or AT&T at all. Verizon and T-Mobile signal measured with a roof mounted Pepwave antenna. Starlink might be viable depending on the site. All of the sites seem shaded but there's a open area in the middle of the loop. 

The access road in is narrow with no shoulder. The site we ended up in was about 4 degrees off front to back but level side to side. 4 degrees is 30 inches for us.

Only a quick overnight.

This is one of the best RV campgrounds we've been to, and we've been full time RVers for 15 years. Our site was a large level concrete pad with full hookups, a large patio, fire ring and picnic table. There wasn't another site within 50 yards of us. The grass was very nicely mowed, and deer grazed in our front yard. The State Park has its own 27-hole golf course that is cut through the hills and woods, its excellent and not too expensive. We were able to get satellite access on site 65, most sites have too many trees. The park has all the normal amenities of a State Park, visitor center, ranger talks, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing, tennis, etc.

Camped in A area with about 10 of the sites occupied on a Thursday night. Quiet except for the older couple next door playing some weird, godawful music for hours. Showers were user-friendly and had hot water. Kudos, Arkansas; USACOE needs to take notes. Most sites in this loop were very close together and suitable only for short rigs. The exceptions were sites 24 and 25, which back up to a small creek at the base of a steep hill. A trail leads from 24 and connects to some of the park’s 33 miles of trails. The Old Military Road trail starts at the Lake Austell boat ramp parking lot and includes a section of the Trail of Tears. The lower loop is very winding and hilly and would be muddy when wet. The upper loop gets you to the Trail of Tears section quicker and is wide and flat after the challenging set of steps up from the dam. Lots of big trees and shade on the trail and in the campground.

Probably one of the loveliest State Parks we have stayed in on our various trips.
ABSOLUTELY no cell service but you can buy WFI service for $3 an hour.
Stayed in sites 2&3. Had 38&39 which were to small for our 30 ft. 5th wheels. Let alone our trucks. Rangers were quite helpful in getting us moved. Would recommend checking site lengths before booking.

PROS
Senior discount

No fee assessed to make on-line reservations

Quiet

Slight view of lake from Site 57

Site 57 has no site next to it or behind it

Good distance between campsites

Dark sky friendly except for sites near toilet/shower facilities where there is an actual street light

Climate controlled toilet/shower facility in campground B

Both campground B toilet/shower facilities very clean with ample supply of TP, soap and paper towels

Wood picnic table (on concrete pad), pedestal BBQ grill, metal fire ring with cooking grate and metal lantern hook

Wide roadway in campground B

Small playground

Access to lake swimming area from campground B

Trash receptacles at toilet/shower facility

Lots of deer

Smaller Walmart in Wynne

Pops Grill in Wynne


CONS
County burn ban in place upon arrival but no signage anywhere alerting of ban. We saw the Arkansas burn ban website and inquired upon checkin if it was enforced and park clerk affirmed ban but we saw many campers had a wood fire burning all the time. So without any signage we understand the confusion and noncompliance. Park should at least place burn ban signage at campground entrance.

Site 57 unlevel side-to-side

No cell service. No public phone in park. Parks signage states WiFi at park visitor center could be used to make phone calls. We found this not true with our T-MOBILE service as we purposely went to the visitor center to make a WIFI call. There is WIFI at visitors center but only one bar and too weak to transmit a call. So if there is an emergency after visitor center is closed and you need to make a call, good luck, as there is no public phone nor any camp hosts. We drove approximately 8 miles towards Wynne to get sufficient cell signal to make calls and connect with internet.

Only free WiFi is at park visitor center. We purchased WiFi from park vendor Viasat $20 unlimited for 3 days for one device. Viasat delivered a good signal within 200 ft of toilet/shower facility so it was useless in our campsite #57. Don’t waste your money!

Sewer connection at rear of site pad so bring the looooong stinky slinky!

Pets not kept on leash

No security gate closure overnight

We stopped here for two nights on our way south. We were in Camping Area A, Site 35. The sites here have a long narrow concrete pad to back into. They had recently had heavy rain and the site and parts of the site were pretty muddy. Cell service is spotty at best. We had to go into the town of Wynne to McDonalds to get internet access. This is about a five mile drive.

Other reviews have cited the winding road to get to the camp and the drive down to the office and campsites. Yes there is a winding road, but in my opinion, it was not a barrier to reach a really nice park. Not all the sharp curves are marked, so be aware driving in.

The camp has a number of good hiking trails. The Austell trail has some areas where there are steep drop-offs. Without railings. It is not dangerous as the trail itself is well marked and sufficiently wide to pass through.

The shower house could have been cleaner. But it was not so bad that it rated unclean.

If we are in the area again, we definitely stay again.

We stayed at Village Creek 9/24-25 & 10/1 in sites 58 & 42 respectively.
The B loop is a lovely area!!! Level, concrete pads. Very nicely spaced with FHU. So quiet at night & stars for days. Visiting deer all around.
While we did not stay in the A loop we drove through. The sites were smaller, gravel pads. There were two TT that were in disrepair in that loop.
Bath houses were older, but clean.
Overall, we really enjoyed staying at Village Creek and would come back without hesitation.

Nice state park secluded away from noise. This site only had late afternoon shade but many were well shaded. Full hook-up and extremely level and solid concrete pad with easy hook-ups. Park itself was nice. Good hiking trails. Would highly recommend hiking on the Old Military Road trail as it is part of the original Trail of Tears used by the Cherokee tribe in 1830 during their forced removal to Oklahoma. Very much wild-life with deer everywhere. Two nice fishing lakes where you can rent kayaks or canoes and swim also. Staff extremely friendly. Only an hour drive to Memphis. No Wi-Fi at site, maybe at office but did not check. Bike trails not well maintained so did not use. Great for families.