Aux Arc Park (South Park) — Attraction in Ozark

Nice park right along side the Arkansas river. There’s a dam right at the entrance to the park and has a lock for the huge barges that travel the river. We were thrilled to be able to see them enter the lock and emerge from the other side of the dam. It’s a truly interesting site. First off we want to give thanks to the great maintenance staff. We had a problem with our 50amp breaker box and they came immediately and fixed it. At 8:00 at night! Thanks again for prompt service. There are no trails at this park, however I found it very easy to walk all the roads around the park, which is about 3 1/2 miles. There is a pedestrian walkway/bridge at the C campground where you can get an excellent view of the dam and river. The park is on flat ground so it was also easy to transport the portable tank to the dump station as well as biking the whole area. There are 3 bathroom/showers in the park. All were cleaned daily and had paper stocked. The showers we used had good pressure and were hot. The pressure at our site was slow. There is good spacing between sites and this park is really quiet, although a train track is across the river and the train is quite noisy. There are only a few trains a day, so we were not bothered by them. We had great phone service, 9 free TV channels and no WiFi. There seems to be several long term campers here and that makes it feel comfortable and safe. The boat ramp is right at the end of the main campground, but interestingly there were very few boats here even though it’s right on the river. And lastly I cannot forget the geese! There’s a large flock here and they roam the park and river daily. It’s nice to see them...

Very pretty location along the Arkansas River across from the Butterball factory!🦃🍗 Mile long trains and barges as long as cruise ships. Interesting sites. 👀 And nearby wineries in Altus.🍷

This campground has several unique site options. You can choose a "V" site if you're camping with friends, so they can be on their own site but it's right next to you.

There's a tremendous distance between the other campsites. Enough that they could have put campsites in between, but it's nice that they didn't. 😀

Other sites are single, and they back up to the forest or the water. Some have tremendously long driveways. But for the most part if you bring a lawn mower you get a big yard! 😉 There's plenty of room for big rigs. Some have covered aluminum tables, and some do not. They all seem to be pretty level. Everybody is on one road which dead ends at the boat ramp. Although there is another section to the park, section c, which is on the other side of the dam. It has its own bath house, two pavilions, a playground and swing set! And a bridge that will take you to the shore on the downstream side of the dam and you can fish🎣

Very quiet location.🤫 Except for the occasional train or boat. I was here for 4 days through a weekend and only once did I hear a train late at night.🚆

There doesn't appear to be any access to the dam from this location. I saw a road that went there from the other side of the river after I passed the butterball factory. That seems to be where the lock is. I don't know if there is...

We stayed two nights at Aux Arc in a 36’ 5th wheel at site F11 on the water side. The road into the campground is in good condition and easy to navigate in a big rig. There is a road section at the end of F loop that is not shown on the campground map and hard to see in satellite pictures which gives you plenty of room to turn around when departing. The F loop or section appears to be newer. Each site has a gravel picnic area with fire ring and a separate grill, table and lantern hook. There is a sun/rain shelter that is close enough to the pad that it may interfere with your awning. The driveway is paved and double width at the entrance with plenty of parking space. The grass at the campground had been recently cut but not trimmed. There were weeds over 2’ tall around our shelter/picnic area. There doesn’t seem to be much cleaning going on as cigarette butts and dog poop were everywhere on our site. We had good AT&T signal but couldn’t receive any TV with our antenna. In mid October most of the sites were full. I’d say most of the campers are locals and many of them had visitors throughout their stay making it a bit noisy during the day but quiet at night.

In the campground loops toward the boat ramp the sites are mostly shade. Some of those sites share a driveway and some driveways are perpendicular to the road which might be an issue backing in for some. The Conoco station at Hwy 23 & 309 had...