Ozark Campground

The park is a pull in round about. There's camping on the edges and spots for tent camping all through. Camping is free during off season until March 15th. There's a pavilion, vault toilet, bath house during regular season.

NOT BIG RIG FRIENDLY! Very steep grade coming in. Tents and smaller rigs would be fine. Beautiful spot though

This campground is great. It is well maintained, and in a beautiful location on the river. I think in the busiest season, I would prefer somewhere else simply because the campsites are rather close together. However, it wasn't busy at all when we went. That could have had something to do with the fact that they had a lightening strike that damaged their water system, so there was no running water at the time we went. But a ranger even came by to make sure we knew about the lack of water even though they had signs everywhere. She was super nice about it all, and the camping fee was waived! The lack of water was not a problem though. We brought water with us, and Jasper/Harrison are not far away, so we could have easily picked up bottled water in a nearby store. Also the vault toilet was one of the nicest/cleanest I have seen. The beaches on the river at this site are lovely and we enjoyed cooling off in the water after setting up camp. The view of the cliffs at this spot is another great bonus. There is no playground, which would have been a nice, but I certainly can't complain about that because everything else was so great. We also enjoyed watching wildlife (small mammals, birds, and fish.) If you are looking for a campsite on the Buffalo River in this area, Ozark is definitely worth checking out.

Very nice campground. The driveway to it is steep and gravel, so just go slow. No reservations. There are a lot of nice spots close to the river. There are bathrooms and water spigots but no shower or electric hookups. Sites have the standard grill and thing to hang food and whatnot for preventing wildlife from getting into your pack. We set up our tent and went down to the river for less than 30 minutes and returned to our campsite to find obese squirrels and ravens eating our bag of dry food. They are crazy fast, so keep your stuff locked up. Some spots are close to parking and others are not, so keep that in mind if you have a lot to carry to your site. I liked how close the area is to trails. No cell service, which is ideal in some ways, but you may want to save directions to wherever you plan to go just in case. Overall a nice campground.

We used the Ozark Campground as a staging area to meet to and then hrough hike along the Buffalo River.