About Sunlight Bay
Number of accommodations: 27
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
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Showers
Playground
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- Showers
On Site Services
- Playground
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Reviews (57)
What Guests Are Saying
Sunlight Bay offers a great camping experience with excellent fishing opportunities, making it a favored spot for families. While some facilities, particularly the bathrooms and showers, were reported as needing better maintenance and cleanliness, the overall location and campsite quality remain appealing to returning visitors. Some guests experienced issues with debris and facility upkeep, but many expressed their intention to return despite these concerns.
What Guests Are Saying
Sunlight Bay offers a great camping experience with excellent fishing opportunities, making it a favored spot for families. While some facilities, particularly the bathrooms and showers, were reported as needing better maintenance and cleanliness, the overall location and campsite quality remain appealing to returning visitors. Some guests experienced issues with debris and facility upkeep, but many expressed their intention to return despite these concerns.
Review Summary
George H
VerifiedMay 5, 2024 • Stayed at: 23, Loop: SBAY
I try to fish Nimrod every spring but the Corp of Engineers always screw the experience every year! This time by lowering the water to fix buoys. Spring time is the best time to fish. Looks like buoys could be repaired in the off season!
Jerry P
VerifiedApril 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 05, Loop: SBAY
Filthy bathrooms
Dennis V
VerifiedApril 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: SBAY
We have been coming to Sunlight Bay for several years now (6 RVs). This year we were not impressed, the bathrooms and showers were so nasty the women wouldn't even use them, plus the grass needed mowed! There were several maintenence issues including a rusted cover on an in ground refuse tank which fell through when one of our children stepped on it. This was VERY close to disastrous. We sincerely hope the Rangers get a grip on things here.
Eric S
VerifiedApril 19, 2024 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: SBAY
Hot showers. Friendly campground host. Sites all equipped with tables and electrical outlets. Cool lights and music coming from the cemetery at night, but don't join their party.
Karen R
VerifiedApril 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: SBAY
The location is great, however the campsite or the bathhouse had been cleaned. Aluminum cans and trash in the fire ring. The bathhouse was dirty and only hosed down once in the 12 days that we were there. Hair in the drains, dead bugs in the sinks and dirt on the floors. We were there for the eclipse and the camp host made little attempt to clean. We even had to ask for toilet paper and to have the lights turned on. We will not go back.
Andrea M
VerifiedNovember 13, 2023 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: SBAY
It’s a nice campground. Not a good part of the lake to swim. We had fire ants but the camp host was helpful in helping with the problem. Nice fishing spot with boat ramp.
William F
VerifiedSeptember 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 28, Loop: SBAY
Oio
Shelley B
VerifiedJune 24, 2023 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: SBAY
We loved the area. It was perfect for my husband to kayak. However; we would not choose site #16 again. We choose the site because it had a covered picnic table (which was reallly nice and we enjoyed using it). But the site itself was too crowded. You couldn't have a fire because the firepit was too close to your camper. We will visit again but at a different site.
JIMMY B
VerifiedJune 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: SBAY
Really nice camping. Fishing was excellent. Park keeper is about the nicest guy you want to meet, always there to help if you need him. Sites are good and all are 50amp. Nice place to go and rest or fish a couple weeks
Roger A
VerifiedJune 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 23, Loop: SBAY
We always enjoy our time at Sunlight Bay! The Host is Great! We always make new friends whenever we are at Sunlight Bay!
Location Sunlight Bay
Address:
Sunlight Bay Campground
Plainview, AR, 72857
United States
From Plainview, Arkansas, take Highway 28 west for a quarter mile, then follow signs to the campground.
Sunlight Bay is accessible via Highway 28, which is located a quarter mile east from the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.9547 / -93.3039
Elevation: 109 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- Check-in time: 3:00 p.m.
- Check-out time: 1:00 p.m.
- Park attendants are on duty from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. & 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Two tents or one RV and one tent per campsite
- Off-road vehicles not permitted. Highway legal transportation only.
- Group Shelters are Day Use Only. Camping is not allowed at group shelters.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
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Last updated: July 11, 2026
