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Horseshoe Bend (Beaver Lake): how hard is it to reserve?

Beaver Lake · US Army Corps of Engineers · Rogers, AR

DifficultyEasy36/100

Weekends booked (90d)52%

Weeknights booked (90d)23%

Dates with an open site (30d)30/30

As of Oct 10, 2026, 52% of Friday and Saturday site-nights at Horseshoe Bend (Beaver Lake) over the next 90 days are already reserved, compared with 23% of weeknights. Weekends are much harder than weekdays here — shifting a trip to Sunday–Thursday is the easiest way to get a site. In the next 30 days, 30 of 30 dates have at least one open site (2,338 open site-nights in total; 5,177 over 90 days).

Upcoming weekends

Weekend (Fri–Sat)	Booked	Open sites Fri	Open sites Sat
Oct 16, 2026	98%	4	4
Oct 23, 2026	76%	45	44
Oct 30, 2026	45%	125	11
Nov 6, 2026	61%	21	21
Nov 13, 2026	19%	42	42
Nov 20, 2026	23%	40	40

Snapshot history

History accumulates daily from Oct 10, 2026. We have 1 daily snapshot so far; trend analysis (how far ahead weekends fill, cancellation patterns) will be added once enough history exists.

Snapshot date	Score	Weekends booked	Weeknights booked	Open dates 30d
Oct 10, 2026	36	52%	23%	30

About Horseshoe Bend (Beaver Lake)

187 campsites (187 listed in availability data)
$16–$75 per night
Recreation.gov rating 4.2/5 from 933 reviews
Equipment: Tent, RV, Trailer
Activities: Swimming Site, Water Sports, Hiking, Fishing, Camping, Boating

Horseshoe Bend Campground sits along the vast shores of Beaver Lake in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas, offering spacious and sunny campsites and an abundance of recreational activities. Towering limestone bluffs, natural caves and a variety of trees and flowering shrubs surround Horseshoe Bend Campground, making it an ideal retreat for outdoor enthusiasts. Beaver Lake and Dam, completed in 1966, was constructed in the White River Basin and boasts 449 miles of beautiful shoreline at the top of the conservation pool. Although the dam was originally built for flood control, hydroelectr…

Description excerpt from Recreation.gov.

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Other campgrounds in Beaver Lake

Campground	Difficulty	Weekends booked	Open dates (30d)
Prairie Creek (Ar) Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Dam Site River (Beaver Lake) Beaver Lake	Moderate	53%	26
Dam Site Lake Campground Beaver Lake	Hard	89%	21
Hickory Creek Park (Ar) Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lost Bridge North Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Indian Creek Campground (Ar) Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lost Bridge South Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Rocky Branch Campground Beaver Lake	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

Nearby campgrounds

Campground	State	Difficulty	Weekends booked	Open dates (30d)
Big M Table Rock Lake	MO	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Campbell Point Table Rock Lake	MO	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Baxter Table Rock Lake	MO	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Mill Creek (Missouri) Table Rock Lake	MO	Hard	96%	22
Cape Fair Table Rock Lake	MO	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Aunts Creek Table Rock Lake	MO	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

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