Aux Arc

When we arrived our campsite was filled with trash. Countless cigarette butts EVERYWHERE, trash in the fire pit (including the empty cigarette cartons), and burned pressure treated lumber.
Pressure treated lumber contains copper, chromium, and arsenic and should never be burned. I hope the person before us is ok.

https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_mcmahon009.pdf

We told the camp host and the site was cleaned, however there was still remaining cigarette butts, trash, and ash from the pressure treated lumber fire. We ended up altering our reservation and moving to another site in the campground. The new site was still covered in trash but manageable enough for us to clean ourselves.

We loved this place campground was nice and clean. We did go over holiday weekend so it was busy. Staff was easy to deal with and super friendly.

sites are black topped, fairly level and spacing is decent. It looked like most sites had a enclosed gravel area next to the pad. Helps keep mud and dirt down. Campground is wooded for the most part and offers shade to most sites. The downside is that means there are tree branches that could come down. I only saw two above us and they seemed well lodged in place. The campground is right on the Arkansas River and was peaceful to watch. Come to find out that barge traffic is the most efficient method to transport cargo.

J

Bring bug spray. The flies by the water sites are bad. But all else is great with this campground. It’s well-maintained, the bathrooms clean and the people friendly. I will always return when I’m in the area. It also has great cellular service. I had 4 bars all the time on AT&T.

Love this place - very peaceful and shaded!

No trails, No swim area. Looked like a few long term campers. Our fire pit was full of burned lumber pieces and melted plastic and other half burnt household trash. Had to clean out the pit to use it.
However, it's a quiet camp ground.

Staff was very friendly, but until I arrived I did not realize my site was in the Most run down area of the park, the southern “C” area. This actually could have been ok but locals (lots of people fishing, some walking dogs) were continually walking between the closely placed campsites to access the river. The COE park knows about this local foot traffic since there are mown paths to get to the river access points, and several signs saying “parking for campers only”. I did not feel safe and departed after one evening, (reservation was four nites). If the campground had mentioned the locals walking between campsites multiple times a day I would have never booked this site. No one was in the office the morning I decided to leave; calling the office number went to a recording but never stated the name of the park so no idea where I was calling. No doubt the glowing reviews for this COE park only describe the northern section of this campground, which look renovated and do not have locals walking between the sites.

We spent two nights at this campground. Our site was right on the water. It was very clean and the bugs were not too bad. I would definitely stay here again if I was in the area.

The bathrooms and sites were very clean! Once again the grass was high! Lots of speeding thru the park