Aux Arc Campground

This is a pleasant campground under the pines, alongside water. Clean, heated, individual bathroom/shower rooms. A brewery just down the road. Several wineries about 4 miles east of town. What's not to like, right? Well, the rendering plant across the river makes a constant low whine or hum noise. Several trains run along that opposite shore every night, too, which is louder but brief. The noise from the rendering plant is what gets to me. Also, be advised that most of the B section campsites have 2 sites combined onto one driveway. Other sections are not like that.
Oh, and a word of warning if anyone goes to the nearby Mount Bethel winery: even though I bought 3 bottles, they charged me $5 for the wine tasting! I'll never set foot in that place again.

We camped during late March when the temps were cooler and there were no mosquitoes nor fire ants yet. Not bad for a USACE campground. The campsites are fairly close to the dam/locks and occasionally you’d see barge traffic. The train is on the opposite side of the river and you’ll hear them periodically day and night. The nearby town of Ozark has groceries, gas, a few shops, and a couple of local breweries. We were able to get 9 TV ant channels, but theres decent cell signal for streaming. Great fishing near your site.

We stayed here overnight on our journey back home. It’s in July and we had a heat wave then. The temperature was 107 and our site was B05. B05 is right by water (like any other B sites). However B05 is one of the few that didn’t have trees that could provide shades. Yep, needless to say, it was very hot. Besides that, the campground has both water and electrical hookups. They provided a dump station on the way out.

We stayed one night here just passing thru on our way to TN. We booked a lovely Lakeview site. My husband enjoyed fishing and caught one! The park is clean and well maintained. I saw 2 dump stations and dumpsters. Everyone was friendly. We were here in late May, and boy was it hot. Please check yourself and pets for ticks, I killed 2 in 30 seconds. The bugs are bad, but hey, it's summer in the south.

Aux Arc was an excellent nightly stop over along I-40--we only stayed two nights because of the weekend minimum. Overall you cannot beat the price, $18 a night for electric/water, a spacious and level sight, and shade. There is a nice playground on the B/D loop (actually a spur), and some of the waterfront sites are especially roomy.

A couple of cautions...
Some of the B sites are sort of Y shaped, with two sites meeting at the road with a common entrance. They would work well for folks camping together, but are a bit cramped otherwise.
Some of the sites at the end of the spur were a bit run down, A1-A4.
The F sites have less shade, but covered tables.
Trains run along the other side of the river, several times a day, expect some train noise, horns and rumbles.
The speed limit in the part is not enforced and there is a lot of pretty quick traffic, despite the very agressive speed bumps.
Finding the A,B,D, and F sites can be tricky, keep going down the hill to the Power Switch Yard, the road does go left and on out to these sites.

We got in about 2:45 PM and the check in office was closed. Based on our confirmation email, we started to head towards our site just as one of the park hosts was driving by and she said to just go to our site and check in later. We went to back-in site 11, which is a river view with 50/30 AMP with water. There is no sewer here but you can use a hose connection to let your grey water drain on the ground. This site was the same one we had two years ago on almost the same date as we again headed south for our annual RV maintenance. We love Aux Arc’s ambience along the river. We didn't mind the dam alarms, work going on (interesting to watch), and even the trains that periodically rumble by throughout the day and night. But if you don’t like this type of noise, you are better off in the older B & D areas farther up river from the dam. B & D sites are actually in the same area with B sites on the river side and D sites across the road with a lot of tree cover. The C area is down river in a separate area on the other side of the dam. A sites are on the other side of B & D near the boat launch. As the norm with COEs, the water pressure was very good so you'll need a reducer. We did not get any OTA channels but received 3 bars on Verizon. In the F area there are not many trees so we had a clear shot to the southern sky for satellite. Sites in all areas are well spaced apart. There is a dump station located in the middle of the main CG and another outside the gate. The town of Ozark has your main ammenties to include a Walmart.

I enjoyed my time at Aux Arc Campground. I went road biking, shoulders are narrow the drivers were kind. Hiked to Spy Rock, watched a beautiful sunset at Reed Mountain Park. Saturday I did a road trip to Mount Nebo for some Mountain Biking on some amazing trails. I recommend Miller's Goat trail. Yhen stopped at an abby/brewery for some monk made beer. I also recommend Arkansas Brewing Company in Ozark, AR for food and beer just across the river. Mount Magazine the highest point in Arkansas is also close.

There are trains that run on the other side of the river but that didn't bother me.