Camping at JFK is great. You'll be next to the Little Red River, minutes from Greer's Ferry Lake, and minutes from the businesses of Heber Springs. You can get the full camping experience without leaving the park. Or you can eat dinner at a restaurant, shop at Walmart, stock up on bait and tackle in various locations, and never be far from camp.

The trout fishing in the Little Red is world class. If you like fishing at all, this is a "must do". You can rent a boat, hire a guide, or do as I do and put in a kayak at the boat ramp in the park.

And that's the real secret. Two paragraphs down so you had to actually "read more" to see it.

Kayak this river!

Fish, don't fish....but put a kayak in this river and experience the beauty of this place. When the dam is not generating, water levels are low and slow...float peacefully to one of several places to easily take the kayak out. When the dam is generating, the water is high with good flow. Avoid the docks (I know that seems obvious, but it HAS to be said) and let the river take you.

I camp here often, several times a year.