Buffalo Point & Indian Rockhouse
Buffalo Point
The largest campground and riverside area downstream, with the Indian Rock House Trail leading to a huge rock shelter, passing sinkholes and caves along the way.
Buffalo Point is the activity hub of the lower national river. It began as a state park built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s and still has its stone-and-timber cabins. Today it offers campsites, rental cabins and a riverside swimming beach. The best-known attraction is the Indian Rock House Trail, a roughly 5 km loop of moderate difficulty. It passes sinkholes, small waterfalls and an abandoned zinc mine, and ends at a huge rock shelter that could hold several hundred people and once sheltered Indigenous peoples. Buffalo Point is about 25 km from Yellville, reached via Highway 268. Campsites and cabins must be booked in advance.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Rush Historic District
- Tyler Bend
- Arkansas Grand Canyon Overlook (Scenic 7 Byway)
- Jasper, Arkansas
- Alum Cove Natural Bridge
- Hemmed-In Hollow Falls
- Big Bluff Goat Trail
- Steel Creek & Roark Bluff