City, County & Regional Parks · Arkansas
Point Return Campground
City, County & Regional Parks · Arkansas, United States
- Sites
- 22
- Hookups
- 22 no hookups
- Season
- April 15 to October 15
- Cost
- $15 nightly (2026 rates)
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Elevation
- 745 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Nearest town
- Bull Shoals
- Address
- Point Return Public Use Area, Bull Shoals, AR 72619 (operator publishes the area name, not a street address)
- Phone
- 870-445-4775
About
City of Bull Shoals campground at Point Return Public Use Area. 22 sites, none with hookups. Restrooms. Season runs April 15 to October 15. Reservations: first-come; fee deposited in entrance lock box. Primitive tent and pop-up camping only - no RVs, hookups, showers or flush toilets, just a concrete outhouse-style restroom. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit. Fees go in a lock box at the entrance. A separate campground from the same city's Dam Site RV Park.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 30° | 7° | 67° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 52° | 32° | -3° | 76° | 9 of 11 |
| March | 61° | 43° | 22° | 83° | 4 of 11 |
| April | 72° | 51° | 35° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 79° | 63° | 49° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 87° | 70° | 58° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 90° | 74° | 65° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 88° | 73° | 64° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 87° | 69° | 56° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 71° | 53° | 36° | 86° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 62° | 44° | 21° | 80° | 3 of 10 |
| December | 51° | 37° | 20° | 72° | 6 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Lakeview Park · Army Corps of Engineers · 1 mi · 80 sites
- Dam Site RV Park & Campground · City, County & Regional Parks · 2 mi · 33 sites
- Bull Shoals-White River State Park · Arkansas State Parks · 3 mi · 109 sites
- Oakland Park · Army Corps of Engineers · 5 mi · 33 sites
- Highway 125 Park Bull Shoals · Army Corps of Engineers · 14 mi · 38 sites
All public campgrounds in Arkansas · Every state and province · Facts read from the operator 2026-09-03. Confirm fees, rules and current status with the operator before you go.