About Wilbur D. Mills
Wilbur D. Mills Campground is a small, quiet campground offering 21 campsites. The park is located just downstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam on the right descending bank of the Arkansas River. Hiking, fishing, hunting, birding, and boating are all popular pastimes in this area. The waters below Wilbur D. Mills Dam can be an excellent place to catch Blue, Channel and Flathead catfish as well as other species such as crappie, white bass, striped bass, and their hybrids. Many outdoor enthusiasts find the whitetail deer hunting to be excellent in the fertile soils of the bottomland hardwoods of the public lands adjacent to the area. Birders find many species to check off their lists as well. Hiking is permitted year round in the area, except during permit drawn hunts outside the park. Hikers are reminded to wear bright colors, such as fluorescent orange or yellow during hunting seasons as…
- Managed by: Arkansas River - Wilbur D. Mills Pool, USACE
- Where: 10 mi southeast of Gillett, AR · 33.97889, -91.30861
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Mar–May & Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: None.
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Verizon 4G · AT&T 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 4.8 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Notrebes Bend Park 0.6 mi
- Pendleton Bend 3 mi
- Campsite · 9 mi SE of Gillett 4.3 mi
- Merrisach Lake 4.3 mi
- Campsite · 9 mi SE of Gillett 4.4 mi
- Campsite · 9 mi SE of Gillett 4.5 mi