Lower Missouri/Arkansas trip

DW drug me to Crystal Bridges. It was great! Sure hated to tell her she was right. Had crow for dinner that night.

Thanks everyone great suggestions as always. Now I guess I need to get the Atlas out and plan our trip. Anywhere to avoid for Labor Day weekend? Thanks again they all sound great. Debbie

welove2drive wrote:
Echo Bluff SP just North of Eminence, MO, very new SP, near Current River, wild horses walk through campground.Bull Shoals SP, in AR, below the dam, trout fish, if you get a river front site the occasional breese off the river feels like you opened the freezer door. Great when it is hot.
Lake Ouachita, in AR, very deep, clean lake near Hot Springs.
Lake Dardanelle SP in AR is nice. We used it as base for visiting Petit Jean SP, Mt Nemo SP and Mt. Magazine SP-beautiful lodge but the campground does not have a view.
You may be late for making reservations for Labor Day.
You will have a great time in So Mo or AR beautiful area!
Marcia

X2 on Echo Bluff. I spent a couple weeks there last Fall. The roaming horses are neat. Also a lodge and restaurant. More like an Aspen resort than a state park. No cellular service.

ljr wrote:
X2 on Echo Bluff. I spent a couple weeks there last Fall. The roaming horses are neat. Also a lodge and restaurant. More like an Aspen resort than a state park. No cellular service.

There is no cell service but there is WiFi in the campground. You can text and make calls with the WiFi. You just have to change the setting on your phone for wifi calling. We were there Thanksgiving weekend. I always wanted to see those horses. We woke up one night to a horse rubbing his head on the spare tire at the back of the trailer!

Matt_Colie wrote:
If you are going near the tri-corner of MO, OK and AR and you do not go to the Chrystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, you will be missing a great stop. We go there anytime we are in striking range.

Matt

I live 4 blocks from three! Quite I nice place!

We were park hosts at Prairie Creek COE campground in Rogers, AR, 60 miles from Branson. It's on Beaver Lake. Water & elec at sites, dump at entrance. Site 55 has nice views of the lake. Make reservations asap, it's busy in the summer. Horseshoe Bend has a lot more waterfront sites but may not have water at all sites. Both parks are about 8 miles east of I 49.

I agree with others Blanchard Springs Caverns and The Ozark Folk Center are very good.

We stayed at JFK COE on the Little Red River just below the dam for Greers Ferry lake.

Some of the best trout fishing in the country and you can fish right from your campsite in some places.

There is also a very nice walking trail to see small waterfalls right before park entrance.

I would highly recommend this campground! and not to far from the Folk Center and the caverns.

Hi you might want to check this place on, Camp MIA Casa it is in Carthage, MO we stayed there overnight on the way to Branson last year. Did not get a chance to check out area, but there is some neat stuff in area, Precious Moments Chappell which heard was neat.

You could swing back through and see Grand Lake, heard Monkey Island is nice.

Happy Camping

Another question - Thanks for the earlier suggestions. Most places were booked. I had to book our trip from the middle because of Labor Day a lot was booked. We are headed to Wright Patman COE TX, Then to Millwood State PK, AR., Next to Lake Catherine St.Pk,AR. Now Question: Thinking of heading to maybe
Dardanelle Lake in Russellville, AR or Beaver Lake for a few days then work our way back home to OK. We stayed in Aux Arc COE very nice. Kind of want a new place we haven't been. Any suggestions? We have from the 3rd-8th to rv then home.