Arkansas anybody??

[tcfire226]

I live in the Dallas area and I am looking for a nice lake that I can take the family and the 22ve to for some fun and camping. Does anybody have any suggestions???

[zad0030]

I live in the Dallas area and I am looking for a nice lake that I can take the family and the 22ve to for some fun and camping. Does anybody have any suggestions???

If you are looking for lakes in Arkansas I know 3 great ones.

1. Bull Shoals, Corps of engineers lake, nobody is around
2. Table Rock, A little more populated but still a great lake
3. Lake Norfork, smaller then the other two but still very nice!

All three are fed by the same river. The water is crystal clear, it cant be beat.

[CP3]

Im in mississippi. anyone in mississippi? Im in cleveland which is not to far from the border of arkansas( I think but idk this area yet)

[samw]

If you are looking for lakes in Arkansas I know 3 great ones.

1. Bull Shoals, Corps of engineers lake, nobody is around
2. Table Rock, A little more populated but still a great lake
3. Lake Norfork, smaller then the other two but still very nice!

All three are fed by the same river. The water is crystal clear, it cant be beat.

tcfire226
I agree with Zad0030, the above three lakes are great....

[tcfire226]

If you are looking for lakes in Arkansas I know 3 great ones.

1. Bull Shoals, Corps of engineers lake, nobody is around
2. Table Rock, A little more populated but still a great lake
3. Lake Norfork, smaller then the other two but still very nice!

All three are fed by the same river. The water is crystal clear, it cant be beat.

Which one had the best camping spots, or has cabins that you can rent? Thanks for the info!!!!!

[zad0030]

Which one had the best camping spots, or has cabins that you can rent? Thanks for the info!!!!!

As far as I know they all have camping.

Table Rock will have the better resorts becuase its around branson and that whole area is a little more populated.

Lake Norfork has beaches at one end of the lake.

Bull shoals has campground at every town if I remember right. This place Theodosius was nice. It was big, had a restaurant on site, and would be great if you have an RV.

[tcfire226]

As far as I know they all have camping.

Table Rock will have the better resorts becuase its around branson and that whole area is a little more populated.

Lake Norfork has beaches at one end of the lake.

Bull shoals has campground at every town if I remember right. This place Theodosius was nice. It was big, had a restaurant on site, and would be great if you have an RV.

Sweetness, I'll have to check and see how far it is from Dallas. The last two summers we went to Brokenbow, OK, and it has some amazing scenery up there, nice cabins, and the water is clear as ice.....just trying to find something different, and I always heard that there is some beautiful lakes up in Ark.

[spharis]

If you are looking for areas just as close, La has some too; though the water isn't going to be crystal clear, but it is clean.

South end of Toledo bend La side is awesome if the winds stays low. Plenty of marinas and camping (RV).

You could also travel to Kincaid Lake in central La, very nice park; there is also Red River and the famous Oxbow with the bar/marina that has cabins and RV pull-ins. We usually do 1 or 2 days at one, then the other. They are about 30-45 minutes apart.

I have also been on Lake of Ozarks, it is huge and choppy. Not much as far as creature comforts.





BTW it looks like we need to have a Gulf Coast owners reunion somewhere between us all!

[spharis]

Im in mississippi. anyone in mississippi? Im in cleveland which is not to far from the border of arkansas( I think but idk this area yet)

Dude....you need to pick a location and stick to it!

[samw]

Sweetness, I'll have to check and see how far it is from Dallas. The last two summers we went to Brokenbow, OK, and it has some amazing scenery up there, nice cabins, and the water is clear as ice.....just trying to find something different, and I always heard that there is some beautiful lakes up in Ark.

tcfire226
Here is a couple places we have stayed at on Table Rock.

http://www.edgewatervillaresort.com/pages/aboutus.html

http://www.timbersresortandlodge.com/attraction.htm

Just a couple that I know of but there is tons..

[spharis]

Oxbow is a great place....water is glass 90% of the time due to the shape and levees.

http://www.oxbowcabins.com/

Here's an aid to find it. Bulow has a much better ramp and its a short run down the river.

[Guest]

Sweetness, I'll have to check and see how far it is from Dallas. The last two summers we went to Brokenbow, OK, and it has some amazing scenery up there, nice cabins, and the water is clear as ice.....just trying to find something different, and I always heard that there is some beautiful lakes up in Ark.

Table Rock Lake has more Water front resorts than Bull Shoals or Norfolk.

Bullshoals is not as busy as TableRock because Tablerock on the Branson side is constantly being built up so from Kimberling City to the damn it can get very rough and the same thing in the opposite direction for about 10 miles.

Bullshoals and Norfolk typically have the cabins set back from the lake so you have to drive down to the docks. Bullshoals will typically have calmer water than the other two lakes and a nice (not fancy nice) is Black Oak Resort.

On Table Rock a Nice Resort (not fancy) is Lakeside resort set back in a cove off the main lake.

We are going to Blackoak in June and Lakeside in August with our new 20V.

I have been going to all three Lakes for as long as ZAD0030 is old and all in all I like Bullshoals for skiing, hydrofoiling and wakeborders. Tablerock is good for cruising until you get to a good ski cove then you are in heaven. Tablerock is the Largest of the three, then Bullshoals then Norfolk. They are all crystal clear resevoir lakes.

All three lakes have decent camping right off the lake real close to the various Marinas. Tent or RV camping is allowed. If you want I can get more info on any of the three lakes but search the net and you will find what you are looking for. Bullshoals is nice because you will see small Deer near the waters edge and up in the tree stands. Lake is nicer looking than Mead. I have never been to Powell so I can't compare. They are deep lakes harder than heck to fish but who would do hat with a Tige.

Ramp facilities at Bullshoals and tableRock are good.

[laserfish]

I am from Ft. Worth, and we took a group to De Gray Lake and it was great. Crystal clear, (unlike our lakes around here) and not crowded. This was a couple of years ago, but there were only a few boats on the lake all week. The lake was so clear, they have snorkeling excursions. We stayed at De Gray State Park, very clean and well kept. It is also much closer, and much smaller, than the northern lakes Zad was mentioning. They are great as well. Go to any of these and you will enjoy yourself.

[CP3]

Dude....you need to pick a location and stick to it!

what can I say I get around.....

[zad0030]

Yeah, Lake Norfork, Table Rock, and Bull Shoals are right on the Missouri-Arkansas border. That may be a little too far, but they are great!