Ozark-St. Francis National Forests · Arkansas
Overview This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.
Sites at Barkshed Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 4 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Barkshed Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Cove Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Shores Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lake Wedington | Cancellation alerts available |
| Blanchard Springs Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| White Rock Mountain Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gunner Pool Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horsehead Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Long Pool Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Moccasin Gap | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ozone Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Redding Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Richland Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sorghum Hollow | Cancellation alerts available |
| Spring Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wolf Pen Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Barkshed Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.