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shirleyj62
Explorer
Oct 06, 2016

Little Rock Arkansas for Thanksgiving

We are thinking of stopping at Little Rock, Arkansas on our way south for the winter.

In researching Little Rock there are several campgrounds in the immediate vicinity: Maumelle COE, Burns Park, downtown Riverside RV park and Pinnacle Mountain State Park.

We like the idea of being on/near a bike path and the Arkansas River Trail definitely gives us many biking opportunities. Being in/near a city for Thanksgiving, I believe, will give us options of dining out for dinner, site seeing, etc.

I've read the reviews of each park, but wonder if others might have more info. For instance, Burns Park was mentioned as a full-timer campground. If so, are they full with no open sites? The Riverside RV park was mentioned as being in a bad section of town. How dangerous is it to stay or bike there?

I would appreciate additional comments on these parks.

Thank you,

Shirley
  • sp8gold's avatar
    sp8gold
    Explorer
    Oct 06, 2016
    We have stayed at the Riverside RV park with no problems. We enjoyed watching the river roll by as well as walking across the foot bridge to the other side. We will stay again at some point (brother in law in Sheridan).
  • padredw's avatar
    padredw
    Nomad
    Oct 06, 2016
    Maumelle would be my first choice. Large park with wooded campsites. Walk down to the river.
  • PawPaw_n_Gram's avatar
    PawPaw_n_Gram
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2016
    Pinnacle Mountain is a day use only park.

    Haven't stayed at Riverside, but it and Burns Park are both run by the City of North Little Rock. Riverside is very near a crossing for hikers across the river into downtown Little Rock. Everyone I know who has stayed there liked it very much.

    Maumelle is a very nice park as mentioned above. No formal bike trails but you can easily get in a mile long ride in the park.

    Strongly recommend making reservations soon. Thanksgiving is often a very, very busy camping week across the south states. We stopped at Maumelle for a couple days in early Nov last year. The park was full, all sites occupied on the first Friday and Saturday nights of November.

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