Lake Greeson · Arkansas
Overview Cowhide Cove Campground is located on Lake Greeson on the beautiful Little Missouri River in Pike County, Arkansas. The lake is approximately 12 miles long with 7,260 surface acres of water for water sports, picnicking and hiking along the forested lake shore. Recreation Lake Greeson is recognized for its rich variety of game fish, including large mouth, stripped, spotted, small mouth and white bass, as well as flathead and channel catfish, black and white crappie, walleye and blue gill.
Sites at Cowhide Cove 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 | 50 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Murfreesboro, AR |
| 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 Cowhide Cove 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.
| Kirby Landing | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Self Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Parker Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Arrowhead Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dam Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bear Creek (AR) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Star of The West | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dam Area Pavilion | Cancellation alerts available |
| Riverside Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Self Creek Pavilion | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Cowhide Cove; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.