Big Spring

Beautiful shaded campground on the banks of the beautiful Current River. Facilities were all very clean. Just wish it had water hook ups!

This campground is very clean and well planned out. There is a good amount of spacing between the sites, the roads are well maintained, and the sites are level. The hot showers were clean and a welcome bonus.

The campground was clean and well maintained. The bathroom was also very clean. The shower house could have been cleaner, but it was okay. The setting is gorgeous. I got up early and had the spring to myself and it was so peaceful. We floated the current and enjoyed wonderful summer activities. The campsites were perfect for our small camper and a tent.

The staff I encountered were friendly and knowledgeable.

When we arrived at the campground was packed. We drove around to check out our site. When we saw how awful the conditions were, we decided to leave. I love big spring. It is so beautiful there. But the campground was small and cramped and no shade. We had to drive back into Van Buren and pay $65 to camp somewhere else.

Clean, quiet and the river was close enough we could walk to it while carrying chairs and bags. We attended the ranger led events in the evening and they were very informative and fun. We will be back.

Site 217. No water but the fill and dump station at the entrance to the park is easily accessible from both directions. Can’t see the river but there is access from several different points. It was about a 1.3 mi walk each way to the spring.

Facilities were clean , park was great

Excellent location with clean campground, beautiful nature (springs, falls, etc)! Floating on the Current River is a must!

The electric sites are extremely small and there are very few of them. If you have a larger camper it is very difficult to be able to back into your site especially if someone else has something parked at the front of their site across from you. Don’t try to back up past the end of the asphalt even though there is gravel. They will call the sheriffs department on you. They will gladly allow you to have multiple tents smashing the grass down and killing it but don’t you dare put a tire on it! They will again call the sheriffs department on you. We have stayed at many wonderful corp of engineers campgrounds in the past 20 years of camping but this was by far our worst experience and we will not be back. Oh and if you bring your boat too good luck having a place to park it where you can keep an eye on it, you’ll have to decide between your boat and vehicle which one can stay at your site and which one has to be parked out on the main road for anyone to pilfer through.

Beautiful campground and very well maintained! River access from the campsite was great (close) but difficult for those with mobility issues. Overall a nice place to camp but BEWARE - this place is absolutely overrun with raccoons that are habituated to camp food and have no fear of humans. They got into our cooler the first night and made a mess. The cooler was closed but didn’t have a latch. They tried very hard to get into the cooler that did have a latch. They constantly come right into the campsite. The campsite next to us had their s’mores fixings on the picnic table and they were standing as close as 5 ft from the table and raccoons (multiple) came out and took the food right in front of them and it wasn’t even dark. We had to keep every single food related item completely locked up unless we were actively using it. Other than that, it was a great experience to camp at Big Spring Campground.