Lake Dardanelle State Park

"What a gorgeous place. The park is well maintained and the staff was friendly. Well worth a stop. I could have camped here for a month."

"Beautiful lake, relaxing place. Lots of history here, including one of the passage ways for the Indians on the Trail of Tears. Check out the office area for huge aquariums, lots of trinkets, history videos and more"

"Very beautiful park. We stayed in a "camper site" even though we are tent campers, because we wanted the electrical hookup and to be close to the water edge. We would have liked if we could get in the water right from our campsite, but with the boat docks right there and the rock edge and weeds about, it's probably not a great idea - nonetheless, they have a nice little beach area perfect for the kids. The visitor center is awesome, with lots of aquariums, great views, and a bee hive station - plus plenty of video and reading education. We hiked, we biked, we played on the playground - everything was good here. Only downside is number of bathrooms is a bit sparse, so you will have to walk from your site or from the playground/etc - yep, no bathroom near a playground, kind of poor design if you have kids, you know! Bathrooms we found though were very clean and well taken care of. Hot showers, private bath with shower in it. All in all, this was a great park and if we revisit, we'll stay at the camper sites again but probably with a less obstructed view - that boat dock really ruined the sunsets/etc. The staff was VERY awesome in the park everyone we met. Plenty of parking. Plenty or acreage. Great stay. Only complaint really was the obnoxious people with dogs who camped here and tied their dog to a tree and weren't paying attention to it at all. I suppose the park employees could check on that activity more often. That, and people with dogs on NO LEASH!"

"Absolutely breathtaking. We were lucky enough to get a spot here. We were so in awe that we extended our stay a 2nd night. The nature center is beautiful. The staff is kind and extremely helpful. This state park has so much to offer. It is extremely well maintained. They offer a loaner fishing pole program as well. We live 1000 miles away and are already talking about coming back. The sunset was gorgeous."

"Great park! Has playground, swimming area plenty of room for camping. Lake Dardanelle is so much fun. The visitor center is beautiful and has some really cool things inside to check out and learn. Has plenty of piers to fish off. Bathrooms stay taken care of and clean. The staff at the park is always friendly. Has a small ramp for boats to launch at the rear as well as the main ramp at the park. Has lots of picnic tables around the park to enjoy lunch and watch sunsets!"