Alley Spring

We had a wonderful time in this picturesque setting. Mid-October and the Fall foliage was stunning. Campground was not crowded and we had lots of choices for non-electric sites. We liked sites 505 and 818 best. We chose 818 and had only one other camper in the 800 loop and some nights no one else was in the loop but us. Only the main shower and restroom are open at this time of year which was great to have available. We did the Overlook trail and the other trail that goes around Alley spring, we also used the trail from the campground to get to Alley Spring.. We took our lawn chairs down by the water in the campground and soaked our feet in the cold water. We ate at Dairy Shack (try the broccoli cheese bites-yum!) and walked around Eminence, such a cute small town. We took a day trip to explore Echo Bluff where we enjoyed lunch at the cafe patio overlooking the creek and bluff, Sinking Creek and other sites. We saw the small herd of wild horses near Sinking Creek. It was a great trip!

Asian ladybugs during sunset was crazy. They were flying around in swarms and got into every nook and cranny of my camper. It was horrible

We had a great visit. The showers and flush toilets were clean and heated. We were not expecting to have those amenities in late October. It was also nice a quiet with on about 6 other campers. We enjoyed a peaceful float on the river and the next day did some local hiking. Harvey’s canoe rental was just outside the park and was very helpful and accommodating.

Beautiful place and the campground was very nice.

Campground was decently well kept bath rooms and showers were clean no campground host most pads are covered with layer of slippery mud or flooded when raining or unending dust if it's dry lots of tent campers taking up electric rv / trailer sites several people kept asking what was available and if we were the host told them no said we didn't know but there was a number to call but you have to drive back to town to call someone no cell service so people left and never came back this went on all weekend i guess we looked like host reservation number is pretty much useless no cell service in this day and age is dangerous with constant severe weather events all the time and this place is known for fast severe flooding seems like a lot of money lost and wasted this weekend and probably every weekend electric and water definitely need up grading some of the 30 amps do not work alot of the water spigots don't turn off and constantly run wasting water dump station floods when it rains water gets ankle deep unsanitary extreme need of an upgrade if you can overlook the dangerous and unsanitary conditions the place is great most of the staff that is there are friendly and courteous

When we arrived, someone was in the spot we reserved. We had to wait in another spot while they got ready to leave. It was a couple, a man and a woman. The woman was drying her hair outside while we were waiting for our spot. The people drove up who's spot we were in so they caused problems for them and us. The people who were in our spot then moved to another spot while they continued getting ready to leave. We were able to finally move into our reserved spot. We waited at least a half hour for our spot. We always are out of our spot before check-out time and we consider this very rude when others are not. Other than this event, everything else went well and we enjoyed our camping experience the rest of the time.

Great sites and clean restrooms. Definitely will be returning.

Great location to camp. If you don't want to cook or bring foods, Eminence has a half dozen locations to dine. We ended up floating the Current. Used Carr's Canoe Rental. Carr's is about 18 miles north of Alley Spring. If you wish to float the Jack's Fork you could hire Wendy's or Harvey's to float.

nice campsites, walking trails, and amenities--wish the empty campgrounds could be fitted with electric so that more people could enjoy

First of all, the area is beautiful. There is so much to explore around here so it's definitely worth the trip. There is river access right in the park and the facilities were clean adequate.
For the bad: Due to the close proximity to the river, the campground floods from time to time. After the water recedes, it leaves behind a mix of sand and mud that settles to the lowest points. Unfortunately, the lowest points in the campground loop with electrical service, are the pads that you park your camper on. This means the pads are full of dirt and, when it rains, mud. If you decide to stay here, I suggest you bring a flat nosed shovel that you can use to scrape off as much mud/dirt as you can and then make sure to have something to throw down on top of it.