Cowhide Cove

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. Lake Greeson is recognized for its rich variety of game fish, including largemouth, striped, spotted, smallmouth and white bass, flathead and channel catfish, black and white crappie, walleye and bluegill. The tailwaters below the dam also support a healthy population of rainbow trout and smallmouth bass. The clear waters are excellent for water skiing, tubing and cruising, and four marinas offer fuel, boat rentals, and picnic and fishing supplies. Thirty miles of walking, nature and cycling trails are open to the public, with a short nature trail in the campground for naturalists, birders and families. The best hunting lies within the Lake Greeson Wildlife Management Area, where deer, quail, turkey, squirrel and rabbits are the primary game. Cowhide Cove offers 50 campsites — 48 with electric hookups and two tent-only sites without — each with picnic tables, ground grills, pedestal grills and lantern poles. Other amenities include a dump station, hot showers, a boat ramp, playground and swim beach. Central Arkansas is mild and somewhat humid in spring and fall, hot and very humid in summer, and variable in winter, when temperatures may range from below freezing to the 60s. Loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, sweet gum and oak dominate the uplands, while bottomland hardwoods are common along the rivers, creeks and streams that enter the lake. The public lands around Lake Greeson hold white-tailed deer, wild turkey, geese, southern bald eagles, migratory waterfowl and songbirds; bald eagles are an attraction each winter. Ouachita National Forest and Hot Springs National Park are within a two-hour drive, and Crater of Diamonds State Park — the only diamond-producing site in the world open to the public — is within 30 miles.