List of Arkansas Parks Facing Closure of Campgrounds, Other Facilities

BEAVER
Facilities (No park facilities will close)
Personnel

• Will not fill vacant park ranger position supporting shoreline management/natural resource management.
• Will not hire one summer park ranger.

BULL SHOALS
Facilities (Adjustments involve two of the 19 parks)

Damsite
Close all 35 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Very close to two great parks, one being a state park
City or state are interested in leasing

Pontiac
Close all 33 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Request to lease by marina has been received
Park is on high ground and gets low use in normal water years.

Personnel (Covers entire Mountain Home office -- Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes)

• Reduce hours of 10 summer personnel from full-time to part-time (24 hours weekly).
• Will not fill one temporary maintenance worker.

Clearwater
Facilities (Adjustments involve two of the five parks. Propose to take two back to their "historical" season. Historical occupancy rates show low impact to public. Other parks operation is 5/15 to 9/15)

River Road
Shorten season 134 days. New season 3/15 to 10/31.
Opening coincides with paddlefish gigging season.
Ramp stays open and free camping available without utilities.
Historically very little to no campers during the time that's being shortened

Highway K
Shorten season 91 days. New Season 5/15 to 9/15 (was 4/1 to 10/31).
Popular "warm weather" riverside park.
Close gates to areas to leave five sites, vault toilet, and river access.
No utilities.
Historically, few or no campers during the time being shortened.

Personnel (No negative impacts)

DARDANELLE
Facilities (Adjustments affect seven of the 1 parks)

Cabin Creek
Close day use. Leave boat ramp open.

Cane Creek
Close all 16 campsites. Leave boat ramp open
Leave access through park to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife management area (popular for duck hunting)
Low efficiency rating.
Close proximity to other parks.

Delaware
Close all 13 Campsites.
Low efficiency rating.
Very near state park facilities.

Dwight Mission
Total closure.
Across the road from a new state park facility with lake access.
"Eyesore"

Dublin Park
Partial day use closure. Leave boat ramp open.

Piney Bay
Reduce season by 120 days (3/1 to 10/31, from year-round)
Already in place; only one call of inquiry
Offsets winterization charge

Shoal Bay
Reduce season by 120 days (3/1 to 10/31, from year around)
Already in place.
Upgrading to 50 amp electrical service. Good investment as this park gets high usage during the summer

Personnel (Covers entire Russellville office)

• Will not fill 11 summer ranger positions.
• Defer filling one Engineering Technician.

GREERS FERRY
Facilities (Adjustments affect seven of 11 parks)

Mill Creek
Close all 39 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Volunteer agreement for keeping ramp open, mowing and picking up trash.

Cherokee
Close all 33 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Efficiency score is very low.

Damsite
Close 89 of 230 Corps-operated campsites. Some additional sites are leased to the marina already.
Of the four loops to be closed, one is flood prone, two are old developments in wooded areas and get low use but require frequent ranger and law enforcement time because of the "party crowd," and the fourth area is historically low use.

Heber Springs
Close 28 of 124 campsites; one waterborne restroom.
Helps separate day-use from camping.

Sugar Loaf
Close 17 of 88 campsites.
Campsites proposed for closure are non-electric and not close to a restroom

Shiloh
Close 17 of 115 campsites.
Efficiency score very low.
Area has been used for group camping only.

Narrows
Lease all 59 campsites to concessionaire.

Personnel

• Limit working hours of nine summer ranger positions.
• Will not hire seven summer rangers.

MILLWOOD and TRI-LAKES
Facilities (No negative impacts)
Personnel (No negative impacts)

NIMROD & BLUE MOUNTAIN
Facilities (Adjustments affect one of the seven parks)

County Line
Close all 20 campsites
Adjacent to Quarry Cove Park.
Receives minimal visitation.
Efficiency score is very low.

Personnel (Reduce seasonal hires by 2 summer rangers, and 2 summer maintenance workers)

NORFORK
Facilities (Adjustments affect one of the 20 parks)

Jordan
Close all 40 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Marina might lease

Personnel (Mountain Home office covers Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes)

• Reduce hours of 10 summer personnel from full-time to part-time (24 hours weekly).
• Will not fill one temporary maintenance worker.

OZARK
Facilities (Adjustments affect three of the 10 parks)

Citadel Bluff
Close all 25 campsites and launch ramp.
Low efficiency rating and close proximity to other access points.

Reed Mountain
Close day use. Leave boat ramp open.

River Ridge
Close all 24 campsites and boat ramp.
Local community has expressed an interest in maintaining the boat ramp.

Personnel (Covers entire Russellville office)

• Will not fill 11 summer ranger positions.
• Defer filling one Engineering Technician.

PINE BLUFF
Facilities (No negative impacts)
Personnel (No negative impacts)

TABLE ROCK
Facilities

• Approve the Ozarks Rivers Heritage Foundation to take over four additional recreation areas (Old Hwy 86, Mill Creek, Baxter, and Campbell Point).
• Reduce opening dates of recreation areas on Table Rock Lake; 1 May through 15 September.
• This would impact Ozarks Rivers Heritage Foundation on parks they operate outside these dates.  The foundation would have to pick up O&M and contract costs for services provided before 1 May or after 15 September.

Personnel

• Not hire seasonal personnel in recreation program. This could result in reduced or no park patrols during some weekdays as permanent staff work weekends during peak use periods.

UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER (Russellville Project Office)
Facilities (Adjustments affect 6 of 13 parks)

Bigelow
Close day use and boat ramp.
Have had partnership with the city for years, but they no longer have an interest in continuing.

Old Ferry Landing
Close day use and boat ramp.
Across river from Toad Suck Park, which has a boat ramp and day use area, as well as room to expand.

Pontoon
Close boat ramp
Very low efficiency rating.
Citizen complaints about illegal activities at the boat ramp.

Sequoyah
Close all 14 campsites. No boat ramp currently.
About sites previously closed years ago.
Cherokee park is right across the river

Cypress Creek
Close all 9 campsites. Leave boat ramp open.
Had a volunteer there for years with diminishing visitation.

Sweeden Island
Close all 52 campsites.
Redirect campers to Old Post Road Park
Efficiency rating is very low.

Personnel (Covers entire Russellville office)

• Will not fill 11 summer ranger positions.
• Defer filling one Engineering Technician.