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Arlie Moore Campground sits on the northern banks of DeGray Lake in the foothills of the Quachita Mountains.
Hikers find Arlie Moore particularly inviting. In past years, the National Recreation Reservation Service selected the Arlie Moore Interpretive Trail as one of America's Top 25 Hiking Trails.
Boating, water skiing, kayaking and other water sports are the biggest draw to the lake, and a boat ramp and swimming beach are provided. The lake is also stocked with a variety of game fish, including plenty of hybrid striped bass, making it an ideal area for both boat and bank fishing. Numerous hiking and bike riding trails wind around the lake shore, including the Arlie Moore Interpretive Trail.
All campsites come with electric hookups. The park also has a swimming beach, amphitheater, playground, flush toilets and hot showers.
To see USACE DeGray Lake Virtual Tour, [ click here.](http://www.photographyoptions.net/images/usace/degray/index.html)
Degray Lake is one of the region's five Diamond Lakes, known for their crystal clear waters. The lake flows from the Caddo River in western Arkansas and spans 13,500 surface acres.
The DeGray Lake Resort State Park offers golf courses, tennis courts, horseback riding trails and more along the 207 miles of lake shoreline.
The Ouachita National Forest and Hot Springs National Park are both located nearby.
From Interstate 30, take exit 78 and merge onto State Highway 7 north for 9 miles. Turn left onto Arlie Moore Road and continue 2 miles to campground.
Very nice campground but didn’t know they didn’t have water at sites, had to cancel, not about to spend a week camping without water. We drove from Houston and had to find another campground on a holiday weekend. We tried calling campground several times different days no one ever answered.
My Husband and I camped 3 wonderful nights. The folks were all very nice and helpful. It was so peaceful and quiet. Facilities were nice and clean. It is a quick 5 min drive to the dollar store etc for those items you forgot and less then 20 miles to Hot Springs
Booking the reservation online was a breeze and cheap too. The camp site were clean when we arrived and the parking space was plenty for our truck trailer. Over all its was a great experience especially camping next to the lake! which was accessed from the back side of our campsite #29
Nice park and very inexpensive. We have 50amp hookup. No water hookup at site, but there are several places in the park to fill your tank. The dump station is at the front check in point and it has a fresh water faucet there. It’s very convenient to just fill up on your way in. Since the dump station is at the gate and it’s a very steep hill from our campsite to it, we chose not to use our portable tank to dump at this park. We conserve tank space by using the bathrooms (in the daytime) and showers available in the park. These bathrooms were clean enough although everything is very old and some fixtures are rusted. The bathroom in our area was always stocked which was nice as it was 4th of July weekend and the park was completely full. The showers were okay. The water was nicely hot and the pressure was excellent. There were hooks in each stall and on the stall door. There was a bench, however it was way too small and way too short! The drain worked great and the water stayed hot. Access to the lake was easy from all campground areas, there are 3 in this park. The beach area is nice and appears to be comfortable for the kids to romp. We were able to walk the roads in the entire park without a problem, but the roads out of the camp areas and the beach have steep hills to climb. The entire trek around the park is about 5 miles. We did not take our bikes out because of the steep hills and we just are not that good! There is one trail in the park. It’s called the interpretive nature trail. Due to all the rain this year the trail was somewhat overgrown and needs maintenance. Beware on this trail; we saw lots and lots of huge spider webs crossing the path. Shirley at the front desk was super and really fun to talk with. Good luck with your trip to North Carolina and retirement, Shirley.
This is almost an excellent campground. There are pretty great sites in the woods as swell as sites on the very lovely lake, and the trail I done here was purdy darn good, too. Some of the sites have QR markers that allow you to reserve a spot much more easily than app or mobile website typically allow. The only problem is they seem to have plopped the power station right in the middle of the best two sections of campground, and that power station is humming all hours, even into the night, as the RV power hogs juice their glamp to max. Really disturbs the tranquility. I poked into a dozen different sites and simply couldn’t escape the noise. I finally just had to accept it, come to terms and be at peace with it, one with The Great Ohm. Seemed to mesh well in the key of D minor. Every few hours it cut off for a minute, just long enough for you to acknowledge the absence, and then she kicks back on again. Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm.
