Alley Spring

Truly the worst camping check in experience ever.

We love Alley Springs and the Jacks Fork River. I and my family has been going there for over 50 Years.
We go there, pick a site and pay for it. But this year everything changed for the worst.
Be aware you have to register online for a site before setting up now! Not only that there is no way to tell if a site is reserved without getting on the recreation.gov website. That would not be bad but there is NO cell service there let alone any access to any wireless data.
You have to borrow internet off site from the kind Harvey’s store near by or drive a mile out of the park to access the internet to see which sites are available, then drive your camper back in to see which one you like then drive back out of the park to reserve it then drive back in to set up.
What a bad experience!!!!!
If you have to reserve online they need to either get someone to put a cell tower up to give the park Cellular Data service or at least make wifi available at the check in station.
Making reservations ahead of time is no good. You can’t know every site, or who will be next to you from home.
We don’t want to camp back to back to other campers or next to the weeds or in a flooded muddy site. You can’t see that from home.
They broke a perfect system.
Also tired of the park not protecting the camp ground from the river. They want it to be natural but have lost most of the park by not managing the river around the park. No one would mind them puttying large rock barriers around the park but instead half the sites have been destroyed along with the roads so loops 1, 2, and 3 can’t even be driven around anymore. Such a shame. Was once a beautiful camp ground.

Jacks Fork river was closed due to flooding. Camp ranger came out to provide information.

Clean, great river access, beautiful scenery, we will be back

We loved visiting here. The park is clean and quiet, the people are friendly, and we had the best time. We especially loved that the park was so dark at night you could see every star and lightening bug. Thank you for the memories.

Enjoyable weekend. Campground well patrolled. Facilities in excellent shape considering it was flooded a few days before arrival. Compliments to the staff.

When we got there we discovered there was NO WI-FI to reserve space so we had to get Ranger she told us to go to Canoe rental store use their's. We went there an could not do it for some reason even though space WAS available it was blocked out! Went back to park got Ranger she found spot with WI-FI she even tried couldn't reserve space,then finally tried another way was able to but wifi went out. So she let us set up then try later. We did eventually get it done but it was like by 8 or 9 pm. There should be a WI-FI Hotspot in the park so campers can easily do this. Even for a new night would have been a whole new hassle.
The next day my husband was coming to pick me up at the ramp after we rafted down the river he got stopped for not having his seat belt on. We understand he wasn't wearing a seat belt,however the park Ranger really gave him a time of it,and had a very nasty attitude about him. Also don't think it's legal to stop people just for not having a seat belt on any more and yes that's exactly what Ranger said he stopped him for. Then when he was picking me up another Ranger sped down an stopped at our vehicle watched us then drove off... Have to say we seen them pulling others over and they were approaching people VERY AGGRESSIVELY! Acting like they were stopping hardened criminals. Sitting at the shower we witnessed them pull over 3 vehicles between my husband an I. And the people didn't seem to be doing anything wrong. Thats alot for what 20 minutes. I get keeping things safe but my goodness. We did find the park clean and in good shape,Thank you. The female Ranger was beyond nice and helpful!!! She deserves notice
for it too!! Can't y'all make a box safe enough to bring back the envelopes? And if you have that many Rangers in the park it can be check couple times a week, right? Thank y'all for all you do. Hopefully you can bring box and envelopes back so we don't have all the chaos.

Our family has been visiting for several years. The campground is quiet and clean. The grandkids throughly enjoyed swimming and jumping off the rocks. We will be sure to be back next year!

Excellent campground except for having to reserve online. I like the iron ranger.

The Jack's Fork was a great river to float! Harvey's is right across from the campground and took good care of us. There is also a great little swimming hole located in the campground.

Nice place to came. There was a family camped around me, camped on several spots. Late evening, several of them got in a big argument, screaming and cussing at each other for about 40 minutes. Finally some of them left but the remaining ones continued to argue. there wasn’t a hostess on the premises. I slept in my car and left the next day without staying the next day. More of their family came and I lost sleep the night before. I feel someone needs to be there overnight during summer. I just lost my money. The rest was good but I did not get to use the shower either. This is a good app and most places I have camped were great but won’t go back to Alley Springs. thank you.