Brookside RV Retreat

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13 reviews

· Mena, Polk, Arkansas

40 acres hosted by Amanda J.

2 lodging sites · 5 RV sites

Big rig-friendly

Spacious, level camping well-suited for travel trailers over 40 ft long.

Full RV hookups

Electrical, water, and sewage hookups are available at select sites.

Creature comforts

Enjoy the comforts of home at some sites—including flush toilets, showers, and a kitchen.

Ready to Retreat? Come discover Brookside RV Retreat, located and surrounded by the beautiful Ouachita Mountains 20 miles east of Mena and 30 miles south of Mt. Ida, Arkansas. Our RV facilities were designed by people who understand you don't want to be crowded. This is why we have a very limited number of sites, which are spaciously arranged, allowing you as much privacy and solitude as you want. Guests have private access to the Big Fork Creek, a great place to walk or picnic while listening to the sounds of the water. In the warmer months, cool off and take a dip in the crystal clear mountain stream. The creek runs along the backside of a 40 acre plot, all of which you are welcome to explore for swimming holes and waterfalls! In addition, we considered a dark-friendly campground, which means at night, the skies come alive with stars, constellations, and a view of the Milky Way. Learn more about this land: We are a new 2021 RV park located in Big Fork, AR, 20 miles east of Mena and 30 miles south of Mt. Ida. We have 5 pull-through sites with full hook-ups. Sites are very spacious at 75' x 20' plus picnic, firepit, and seating areas. Guests have private access to the Big Fork Creek with swimming holes and waterfalls. We are also located near the Wolf Pen Gap ATV trails, and guests can ride directly to the trails from their RV site. Local rental companies are available for anyone not wanting to bring their own ATVs. There is plenty of overflow parking for trailers for those that do bring their own on the property as well.

Activities

Biking

Fishing

Hiking

Off-roading (OHV)

Natural features

Forest

River, stream, or creek

Swimming hole

Waterfall

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Peaceful Creekside Furnished Cabin

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Cabin · Sleeps 5

This 2 bed, 1 bath cabin is tucked into the woods with peaceful and quiet privacy, yet still easy to get to right off of the highway. It is located conveniently next to our Full hook-up RV campground and right next to the Big Fork creek with a waterfall right in the back yard. Everything is completely furnished including bed linens, futon, towels, dishes, pots/pans, washer/dryer, fridge, gas stove, dining room, living room with DVD player, game closet, grill/firepit, covered porch, and more. Well within riding distance to Wolf Pen Gap (North and East Trailhead) and Fouche Mountain trails! No need to trailer, ride straight from your camp site. Other sites to see include Little Missouri Falls and Eagle Rock Loop hiking! New for 2025, we now have Viasat High Speed Internet at the cabin.

Campfires allowed

Toilet

Potable water

No pets

Showers

No picnic table

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$185

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2023 Jayco Jay Flight Furnished RV

Onsite RV/trailer · Sleeps 6

The camper is already here! Have you ever wanted to camp without the hassle and expense of pulling a camper? Now you don’t have to! Just pack your bags and come enjoy a weekend at our campgrounds at Brookside RV and Cabin Retreat. Stay in this fully loaded and furnished 2023 Jayco camper right here at Brookside or we can pull it and set it up for you at any surrounding campground! Features include: A queen size bed, fold out sofa, two full bunks. Kitchen has full sized fridge, gas, stove, oven, microwave, and double sink. A table and two benches seat four with plenty of storage space. The bathroom has a tub and shower, with a separate vanity and sink. Kitchenware and utensils and all linens and towels provided. Just steps away from the Big Fork Creek and waterfalls, and within riding distance to Wolf Pen Gap and Fouche Mountain trails! No need to trailer, ride straight from your camp site. Other sites to see include Little Missouri Falls and Eagle Rock Loop hiking! New in 2025, we now have unlimited high speed wi-fi from Starlink!

Campfires allowed

Toilet

Potable water

No pets

Showers

Picnic table

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$140

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Site 1 - Brookside RV Retreat

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Vehicle site · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 22 m

We are a new 2021 RV park located in Big Fork, AR, 20 miles east of Mena and 30 miles south of Mt. Ida. We have 5 pull-through sites with full hook-ups. Sites are very spacious at 75' x 20' plus picnic, firepit, and seating areas. Guests have private access to the Big Fork Creek with swimming holes and waterfalls. We are also located near the Wolf Pen Gap ATV trails, and guests can ride directly to the trails from their RV site. Local rental companies are available for anyone not wanting to bring their own ATVs. There is plenty of overflow parking for trailers for those that do bring their own on the property as well. New in 2025, we now have unlimited high speed wi-fi from Starlink!

Campfires allowed

No toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Electrical hookup

Water hookup

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$35

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for 6 guests

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Site 5 - Brookside RV Retreat

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Vehicle site · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 22 m

Campfires allowed

No toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Electrical hookup

Water hookup

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Site 3 - Brookside RV Retreat

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Vehicle site · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 22 m

Campfires allowed

No toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Electrical hookup

Water hookup

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Site 4 - Brookside RV Retreat

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Vehicle site · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 22 m

Campfires allowed

No toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Electrical hookup

Water hookup

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$35

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for 6 guests

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Site 2 - Brookside RV Retreat

Booked 1 time

Vehicle site · Sleeps 10 · Vehicles under 22 m

Campfires allowed

No toilet

Potable water

Pets allowed

Electrical hookup

Water hookup

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$35

/ night

for 6 guests

100 ft

Reviews

90% Recommend21 ratings · 13 reviews

Recommends

· January 2025

3 m travel trailer ·

Site 5 - Brookside RV Retreat

We loved camping on Amanda's land, in our travel trailer. The directions were very clear. We had the whole place to ourselves. It was very quiet and peaceful. Amanda was very helpful, as site 5 was saturated from the snow, we were able to switch to a drier site. I would recommend this campground and will be back!

Meagan B.

3 reviews

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· August 2024

7 m Class B ·

Site 1 - Brookside RV Retreat

Just beautiful. Lovely creek with swimming hole. Good wading for kids. Sites are pull through. Spacious. We had site 1. Fire ant nest around the water spigot. My foot was black with them before I noticed. Did get some bites, but could have been worse. I’m a city slicker, so they may just have been angry ants. After I learned where to step, no more problems. Such a nice place.

Karen F.

1 year on Hipcamp

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· August 2024

Hidden Gem!

With kids ·

Peaceful Creekside Furnished Cabin

Absolute must. This cabin ,with direct creek access, is a true hidden gem. My husband, 7 year old and 2 year old had a great stay with all amenities we needed. Amanda was accommodating and was easy to work with. The cabin was clean, fresh, and cute. The property was just enough for our two-night stay. We enjoyed exploring the creek, climbing the waterfall, swimming in the water-hole, having dinner of hotdogs and snores all by the campfire, chasing fireflies, and having breakfast creek-side, and spotting a fawn swimming in the creek. It was truly the trip I didn’t know I needed. We plan on making this a yearly stop to the “cabin” along our way to family in Fayetteville every summer!

Alyce C.

1 year on Hipcamp

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· April 2024

12 m Class A · With pets ·

Site 5 - Brookside RV Retreat

🏕️ Only a few sites, but they're spacious for big rigs & offer full hook-ups 💡. Plus, the Big Fork River flows serenely behind the property 💎. Set at the back of the wide open space, enjoy privacy & quiet 🔇. We had the place to ourselves for a peaceful night 🌃 #CampingGem #BigRigFriendly #RiverfrontSerenity"

Dawn R P.

1 year on Hipcamp

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· March 2024

12 m fifth wheel · With pets ·

Site 1 - Brookside RV Retreat

Very private area. We enjoyed the peaceful surroundings.

Lisa W.

1 year on Hipcamp

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· September 2023

7 m travel trailer ·

Site 1 - Brookside RV Retreat

Great wide open spot. The creek is clear and pleasant and there are lots of stars for viewing.

Keith G.

2 reviews

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· May 2023

Definitely worth staying here

9 m travel trailer · With pets ·

Brookside RV Retreat

Go to the back creek and walk towards right(Make sure you have some crocs or some kind if water shoes) Would be nice if they made a stairway or easier access to get there for people who cant make that walk so easy. There is a beautiful area to swim and relax with small water fall type scene. Internet can only be reached from site 1-2 from my experience. It was good because it meant more family time. I was able to use Internet for emergency situations i had to deal with from my Home alarm going off(false alarm). We had a great time staying here. They have a fire pit for smores so no need to bring one. Make sure you visit Little Missouri Falls. Its also a place worth visiting. You can take your vehicles in but probably better with side by side cuz its a tight squeeze . Its a scary drive up and down but definitely worth it. I definitely look foward to coming back and hopefully the treed they planted are taller. Im sure they will nske more improvements to this site but definitely had a good time. They were easy to answer questions. We were allowed to use our tent for a better camp feel so us guys stayed outside in tent. Im will be recommending this place to everyone i know for sure. Next time i might stay a full week cuz time flew.

Manuel M.

2 years on Hipcamp

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· July 2022

10 m travel trailer · With pets ·

Brookside RV Retreat

The camp was easily located, the services were fine. Nice to have camping options in that area.

Rickey B.

3 years on Hipcamp

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· August 2021

Would Stay Again!

Group trip ·

Brookside RV Retreat

The scenery and surroundings of this campsite are beautiful! You are surrounded by forest and mountains and have access to some very cool shaded areas by the creek. The creek itself is amazing, with crystal clear water and a waterfall that I could have sat and listened to all day. The pads and camping/yard area are some of the largest we have camped at and we had no trouble leveling. The extra wide roads and pull through sites made it very easy to maneuver and set up.

Mandi R.

3 years on Hipcamp

Not recommend

· June 2021

It literally sucked

Brookside RV Retreat

First of all it's not a luxury resort or a retreat it's a RV camp in the middle of a field and when you dump the trash you have to get out on the highway on to Curves I almost got clipped twice. I would give it on a scale of 1 to 10 a zero there's nothing there but a mud hole. $50 a night is overpriced. $18 a night would be expensive for that place. There are no restrooms which I don't use anyway and for $50 a night there ought to be a laundry lamp post trash on site without going on the highway the pads need to be level these people have a lot to learn about an RV Retreat

Curtis G.

4 years on Hipcamp

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· May 2021

Peaceful stay

Brookside RV Retreat

Loved it!!! Quite, peaceful, beautiful!!! Very private. The cutest creek. The sound of the creeks day and night was lovely.

Gilda G.

5 years on Hipcamp

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· April 2021

Group trip ·

Brookside RV Retreat

The Big Fork creek is beautiful. Was too cold to wade in water but in the summer would be a nice place to cool off.

Kim F.

5 reviews

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· April 2021

Peaceful, pleasant and relaxing.

Group trip ·

Brookside RV Retreat

Very nice place if you’re wanting to get away from city life or go crystal hunting like we did. Clear nights are great for star gazing as well. The nearby creek was awesome! Camp host is nice and always quick to reply to any questions or needs. Was able to get one bar at site 3 and 4 but wasn’t consistent with my AT&T plan, but service was available a few miles in either direction from the site. This place was so peaceful that I’ll be purchasing a cellphone booster and returning soon.

Joseph B.

5 years on Hipcamp