Arkansas River - Wilbur D. Mills Pool · Arkansas
Overview This small, quiet campground contains 30 campsites and sits on the Arkansas River just below Wilbur D. Mills Dam. It is also along the Mississippi Flyway, the route millions of migratory birds take to get to and from the Gulf of Mexico.
Sites at Notrebes Bend Park 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 | 30 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Tichnor, 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 Notrebes Bend Park 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.
| Merrisach Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Pendleton Bend | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wilbur D. Mills | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Notrebes Bend Park; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.