Dam Site River (Beaver Lake)

Been camping in this area for 20 years love the location

Been camping in this area for 20 years love the location

Very nice

Very nice

The actual campsite experience was fantastic for my lady and I. We hung our hammocks and parked our yaks just fine. If you are kayaking or canoeing, be aware that the "walkin" access from the river is up a set of stone stairs that's pretty rugged and definitely a two person job to get up with a vessel. We paddled up river while the dam was generating and finding and getting up those stairs was the most difficult part. If you're driving in to the site and hauling in it's not a concern at all, there's a site up the road that has a real nice water entrance that I'd reccomend over the stairs. All in all, the physical site and the river were a great experience, just the disconnect between them that made things challenging.

The actual campsite experience was fantastic for my lady and I. We hung our hammocks and parked our yaks just fine. If you are kayaking or canoeing, be aware that the "walkin" access from the river is up a set of stone stairs that's pretty rugged and definitely a two person job to get up with a vessel. We paddled up river while the dam was generating and finding and getting up those stairs was the most difficult part. If you're driving in to the site and hauling in it's not a concern at all, there's a site up the road that has a real nice water entrance that I'd reccomend over the stairs. All in all, the physical site and the river were a great experience, just the disconnect between them that made things challenging.

Car was parked in our reserved spot upon arrival. No one around. Could not find the owner. No one answered at guest house. If people are getting compensated as guest host, they could at least make themselves available. Especially at check in time. Could not get the ranger to come out. Couldn’t get anyone to help. Hours later, truck pulls up and lady gets out. Said it was hers. They were camping across from us and had left for the day. Told us she had used our spot as over flow parking. Are you serious? Some people just need to stay home.

Car was parked in our reserved spot upon arrival. No one around. Could not find the owner. No one answered at guest house. If people are getting compensated as guest host, they could at least make themselves available. Especially at check in time. Could not get the ranger to come out. Couldn’t get anyone to help. Hours later, truck pulls up and lady gets out. Said it was hers. They were camping across from us and had left for the day. Told us she had used our spot as over flow parking. Are you serious? Some people just need to stay home.

Not all the bathrooms at Parker Bottoms were functional. We come every year and I’ve never had to wait to use the restroom until this year. Other than that, it was good!

My comment isn't just about the site, but about the campers around us. As we were backing into our site 7 we had a tire blow out on our 31 ft trailer, something we never experienced before and other than the spare we were unprepared to change it. Some camping neighbors were very nice and came to our aid with a jack and proper tools. We are very grateful to them, they saved our vacation. The site was clean and beautiful. We love fishing and kayaking the river, which are readily accessible. On a rainy day we went to Eureka Springs to explore the haunted hotel [Crescent Hotel] and enjoyed gourmet pizza at the Sky Bar. We've made going to Dam Site River an annual event and always look forward to going there.