National Park System · AR

Camping in Buffalo National River

The Recreation.gov record puts 9 campgrounds inside the park. Of those, 8 take reservations and 1 is first-come, first-served. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

9 campgrounds1 first-come1 with hookups

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025
1,393,246
campsites
315
campgrounds take reservations
8 of 9
longest RV or trailer allowed
65 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 9 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Every campground

CampgroundSites
Buffalo Point112
Tyler Bend Campground44
Steel Creek Campground40
Kyles Landing Campground34
Erbie Campground33
Ozark Campground32
Rush Campground12
Carver Campground8
Spring Creek Campground·
Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook