Camp ObserverNimrod Lake
Directions
Located in the west, central part of the state.
From Hot Springs, go 40 miles north on AR 7.
From Russellville, go 20 miles south on AR 7 to Ola, then take AR 28 5 miles west to Plainview.
From Plainview, take AR 60 east and all the park entrances will be located to the south of the highway.
From Little Rock, go 40 miles west on AR 10 to Perryville, then 20 miles west on AR 60 to Fourche Junction (the intersection of AR 60 & 7). Continue traveling west on AR 60 and park entrances will be on the south of AR 60 for the next 9 miles.
Reviews
Nimrod Lake campgrounds are widely appreciated for their peaceful, scenic settings, clean and well-maintained facilities, and friendly, helpful hosts. Visitors commonly enjoy family-friendly and quiet environments, good fishing and swimming opportunities, and amenities such as hot showers and boat ramps. Common drawbacks include limited to no cell phone service, occasional maintenance and cleanliness issues in bathrooms and showers, some sites being tight, uneven, or challenging to access, and occasional noise disturbances or wildlife nuisances.
Clean and well-maintained campsites and grounds
Friendly and helpful hosts and staff
Quiet, peaceful, and scenic environment
Good fishing and swimming opportunities
Family-friendly atmosphere and amenities like hot showers
Limited or no cell phone service throughout the area
Inconsistent bathroom and shower cleanliness and maintenance
Some campsites are tight, uneven, or hard to access
Occasional noise disturbances and wildlife issues
Limited availability of certain amenities like WiFi, hiking trails, and 50 Amp electrical sites
Kenneth M
Reviewed 14 days ago
Very nice campground. Lots of sites to choose from.
Lauren R
Reviewed 15 days ago
Due to budget cuts for the parks, be prepared for tall grass, nasty bathrooms, and animals at the campsites. With very little maintenance nature is over taking the land and the wild life are taking advantage of that. If you go on the lake, stay in the channel, out of the channel depth is roughly 4ft deep.
MARK W
Reviewed 22 days ago
The camp was in really good shape, the person working there was really friendly and did a great job on site upkeep. Like others noted, cell signal was mostly unavailable though we did find a few spots in case you needed it. Overall for us it was a really nice campground and a great weekend.
Morgan O
Reviewed 23 days ago
We were a large group of 100. We enjoyed the beach and swimming area. Loved having the pavilion so close to the waterfront.
Justin N
Reviewed 24 days ago
Cleanest park at the lake. Bathrooms were very clean and well stocked. Friendliest park attendants. Great place for walking.
Deborah z
Reviewed a month ago
The whole experience was not good. We were unaware that the camp grounds was not attended by anyone until a ranger came around on the second day. The information was not available to us that the dump station was not open before we reserved this site, we found out when we were taking trash off to dump in the dumpster. A ranger came by and we were told to go dump the black water at another camp grounds. That is 15 or more miles down the road. The shower house was clean because a family is keeping them clean and staying there in exchange for that but the shower will not shut off in either side men’s or women’s. They just run all the time and waste water. (It’s probably the reason the dump station stays full all the time). We were told by the family staying at the front gate that they were taking over as attendants but the ranger said that’s not true they just clean the bathrooms for them staying at the campgrounds. The grass was knee high all over the park. The day before we were leaving the ranger came to mow but only mowed some of the camp sites. Never touched ours. My husband finally went home and got our weedeater and ran it to clear a small area for us In The camp sites. The day before we left we were told the dump station is open, this being after they worked on it, so we left out and tried to dump our camper and it started running up out of the holding area onto the ground. Needless to say it was not a good experience. I will not make that mistake ever again. No more camping at Sunlight bay
Popularity: Very quiet
Busiest in August, when about 4% of guest capacity is reserved. Based on 10 years of reservations.
Campgrounds
Nimrod Lake has 4 campgrounds, 111 campsites in total.
