Maumelle Park, COE

At Maumelle Park, COE, Little Rock, AR

We have been coming to Maumelle Park for the last 7 years.  We typically get spots between A-12 to A-17, which give us a good view of the river, of the marina, and typically a good, quiet stay. It is a COE park, which means United States Army Corps of Engineers.  There are many of them along the Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri and other rivers that have dams along them.  If you have a National Park Senior Pass, it is only half price...$13 per night.

This year I think we could have gotten just about any spot and found it to be quiet, and acceptable.  Yes, there was a group or two at the pavilion area during the day…and our neighbor from Indiana has older kids who put up a tent in their spot for a visit…but overall it has been very quiet and acceptable.  In fact, our neighbors to the east of us never showed up for the weekend….SCORE!  With UAMS medical spots right across from us (only one of five being used) it is like we are nearly alone except to our west…and they are leaving Sunday or Monday at the latest.  Overall, the park is about two-thirds full.

Section A, where we try to get into each time we visit, is close to this marina…the thing about being close to the marina is that boats have to go very slow as they come by it…unless they are on the far side of the river…so the noise level is very low.

This is looking to the east, towards Little Rock.  It is just so peaceful…makes the park such a nice place to stay.

  

Lots and lots of fishing in this area…I am sure most of it is for bass.  Each year the Arkansas “Simmons Bank Big Bass Bonanza” takes place along the Arkansas River (June time period).  $50K to the winner…it is big time stuff.  I am sure other fish are also caught…but Bass is the big prize.  They fish from the banks and from boats…mostly from boats for the tournament.   I remember living along the river in Pine Bluff and each year when the tournament took place, the noise of the boats leaving was enough to wake the dead.

First thing I heard was the sound of a woodpecker…use to hear woodpeckers all the time when I lived along the river in Pine Bluff.

  

All along the river you can find Canadian Geese.  In Pine Bluff many of the Geese stayed around all year.  There have been cases where the Geese population have been so numerous along some golf courses that they employee dogs to chase them away each day so that golfers don’t get too much bird poop on their shoes.

Here is a sister to our Motorhome...at least it looks like it is our sister.  It is a Phoenix Cruiser, made by a totally different company.  I have seen many Phoenix Cruisers that have the same style as our Dynamax Isata…but I think our Dynamax is a bit better construction…but these Phoenix Cruisers are pretty good.

This is a big sister to our Motorhome…but I have no idea who the manufacturer is.  It is probably 36-40 feet in length…and might be a DynaQuest, or a DynaMax…but it could be a totally different manufacturer.  It is a beast, that is for sure.

  

  

There are many different types and styles of RVs here at the park.  Today it rained pretty good, and some of the pictures show the water around the rigs.  In Arkansas, when it rains, it normally dries up pretty fast.  Tomorrow much of the water will be gone, and the ground will be hard enough to walk on.  Most of the sites today did not have water on the pads…but they did have standing water on the grass near the pads.  At least it was not very severe weather…I think we have lucked out on that this trip.