Current River State Park — Attraction in Bunker

This is a beautiful park which offers visitors opportunities for fishing, hiking, and canoeing, but camping is not allowed. There are two lakes in the park. Still standing on the property are the buildings which were part of a corporate retreat, built in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Those structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. With a name of Current River State Park I thought the park would offer easier access to the river than it does. I finally found a spot where I could climb down to the bank, but found myself standing in some marshy like mud which lay beneath some overgrown grass and thistles. I enjoyed this park, but it's not anywhere near the top of my list of the State Parks which...

Really not understanding the purpose of this park. My son and I hiked to this park from Echo Bluff State park. Was expecting to get some drinkable water since it is a state park. But no luck. And all these cool old buildings are closed up and you cannot even see the history that this was built around. A large section around the pond was damaged and needed repair. Even the river access was sub par. No bathroom facilities and only a porta-potty. This could be a great park if the state would put a little money into it and maybe add a few camp sites so people backpacking might have somewhere to have a fire and setup camp. But I guess all the money went into Echo...

An incredible historical gem. The lodge and associated facilities have preserved what life in "company" camps of the 1930s through 1950s were like. If you have ever watched the movie "Dirty Dancing" then you know what these places were like during their heyday.

The facility is located along the bank of the Current River and along with The Ozark Riverway National Park. It has multiple hiking trails including a connector trail over to the newer Echo Bluff State Park, Rounds Springs Campground and a spur trail that connects to the Himont Brushy Creek hiking loop and the Blair Creek Section of the nationally recognized Ozark Trail, a long distance...