Tom Sawyer's RV Park

Tom Sawyer's RV Park is located in a heavily forested area, right along the bank of the Mississippi River. It gets flooding on a regular basis but they monitor river stages carefully and can give you ample notice before such flooding occurs. Our visit was rather last minute and they were still doing flood cleanup when we arrived. They were sweet and helpful by providing us a last minute spot to stay in for a couple of weeks during a very busy time for them. The staff are amazing people, fun, knowledgeable, and very helpful with every request we made. ...... Laundry & Bathrooms - we stayed in the forest area toward the rear of the park so we used the quaint two story building that has the restroom/shower area below and the laundry area above. The machines are free to campers, which is a big perk. They have newer model machines. Both the laundry area and bathrooms were immaculately clean and well maintained every time we used them. This building is rather like a tree house and fits the Tom Sawyer theme perfectly. The stairs may be challenging for some but I think they have another facility in the park that has only a couple of stairs leading to it...... Sites - This park has a wide variety of sites with something for everyone's camping style. They have sites in the midst of the forest with heavy shade cover, sites with no trees at all, and various types of sites in between. They have gravel and fully paved sites, long and short sites, narrow and wide. Most of the sites we saw had picnic tables. All the sites we saw had full hookups. Our site (#33) was in the forest area with trees all around. It was gravel, fairly level, and only required a small amount of manual leveling on our part. It is a long but narrow site and our picnic table was right against the neighbors electric/sewer hookups so we didn't spend a lot of time at the picnic table. However, there are many many sites with more width than ours had. I suggest that you reserve ahead of time and let them know your preferences when you reserve. The folks who work/volunteer there know their park well and can help you find just what you need. We will return there again, and next time we will make sure to get the type site we love best. This is a great place to camp because of the variety but if you want a certain type spot some planning will help...... Pets - they allow pets and we saw all types and sizes. There are snakes, coons and other critters around so keep an eye on your fur babies.... Phone, Internet, TV, cable - Our T-mobile phone had little or no service while there. Our AT&T phone worked fairly well. We didn't have much success getting the camp wi-fi to work from our site. We had good reception of local channels with only rabbit ears on the TV. The campground doesn't provide cable hook ups...... We really enjoyed this campground, we will go again, we will plan better when reserving our spot the next time we go. The campground had a few mosquitoes, some gnats and some woolly aphids but not nearly as many insects as we expected along the river. We didn't even need to use repellent to be comfortable. The campground has a variety or trails through the jungle areas, some are easier and some are little more than deer trails.... Ice is available at the visitor center..... Area - bike trails with bike rentals are just the other side of the levy on the road to town. You can bike and or walk along the levy. West Memphis Arkansas is a small truck stop style town. It has truckstops, a racetrack that is very active, a Walmart, fresh market etc. It is the location of the original Pancho's Cantina Style Mexican restaurant. If you take the "old bridge" over to Tennessee, you can be in Downtown Memphis Tn is about 10 minutes where you can enjoy all the tourist fun of Beale Street, take a riverboat cruise, sample some BBQ at the Rendezvous, etc.

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I travel for business and the RV way of traveling is the best. When I stay at a park Wi-Fi access is right up there with AIR! My wife called this park and the first question after "Are there any spaces available?" was do you have Wi-Fi, she was told yes. When I arrived at the park and after I paid I asked how to access the Wi-Fi, I was given a password, and then was told "there is no guarantee of access". Had my wife been told of this when she called we would have found another park. So I stayed one night and they were right access sucks. Cell phone did not even work well. If you are looking for a family RV park to enjoy the outdoors this is probably a good place. The reason for the bad access is people stream movies and eat up all the band width. I do not understand "WHY" people would plan to come to an RV park and then stay inside watching movies. Pretty stupid thing to do and is what's wrong with all this connectivity. Anyway, I hope this info helps. Enjoy the environment and praise God for the place we are blessed with.

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I love the river views from this park. There are two rows of sites that face looking out over the Mississippi River. The sites are a mix of gravel and some that are concrete. Each site has a picnic table and grass areas between the sites. The park has working wifi and a small shower/bathroom in a small cabin structure. They offer fishing ponds and great views of the boats moving up and down the river. This is a very reasonable park and we will stay here again when visiting the Memphis area. See our full updates, pictures and reviews at our blog at thegilliamsisland.

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Just an overnight stay. Watching the river traffic was enjoyable. Facilities were okay. Lots of insects particularly fire ants. Other campers were spreading fire ant poison around their sites.

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A beautiful park right on the Mississippi River. As you drive into the park, don't let all of the industrial buildings and train track worry you. Once you cross the berm into the park you will forget all about them. You will hear the train a bit, but it is not too bad. The road into the park was easy to navigate, the roads in the park are a little narrow in places. Check in was fast and friendly. There are 100 sites and it appears they are building more. The park is well maintained. Sites are gravel and grass, average width. We were in site 51 which was long enough for our 37-foot Class A, tow-dolly and parking the car. Full hook-ups, no issues and 50amp electric. They have a number of trails, along the river and through the woods. Walking the dog was a breeze and clocked in a couple of miles each day. There are benches along the river for watching the tug boats, and each one has a fire pit. WiFi was spotty at times and our Verizon signal was strong. We stayed November 6 - 8, 2017 and paid $35.00 a night with our Good Sam discount.

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Only stayed for one night. If you are passing through for the night or you are looking for a small getaway, THIS IS YOUR PARK. Park is easy to find right off the highway, has a lighted sign at night, and the roads in the park are wide & clear. Most sites are easy to get into. We stayed at one of their cheaper sites, but the view was still superb. Right on the Mississippi River. Lots of room to walk around and beautiful scenary. The bath-house was very small, and there was a hefty walk to both bath houses. Only 4 bathrooms for over 100 sites. It was cold when we arrived, and the heating in one of the bathrooms didn't work. The showers were also out of hot water. While we didn't use our sewer connection, it appeared that the sewer line was filling up as I saw liquid about 5-10 feet below ground, and pouring a little waste down there made it seem that it was close to overflowing. The individual on the phone was also difficult to understand. I wouldn't stay here for any extended period of time, but it seems like a great place to get away for a few days.

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We stopped at the Tom Sawyer RV Park for one night and the park owners were very nice and accommodating. The sites were concrete and level, the gravel area outside of the parking pad was a little on the muddy side. Our site was right on the Mississippi River and the views were great. The trails were plentiful for walking the dogs although they were quite wet. Water, sewer, and 50 amp hook ups were very nice. WiFi was spotty but did work. No cable is provided but there is excellent antenna coverage. Bathhouses included a single stall of men and separate for women, they were clean and heated.

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Awesome location on the Mississippi river. Great roomy spaces w an awesome view of the river. Excellent local for those wanting to enjoy the river life. Great photo opportunities from Sunrise to Set.

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My wife's favorite park. Quiet and peaceful on the Mighty Mississippi River. Pros: the views of the river, lots of green space and paths to walk, level concrete pads or level gravel sites. Pull thru sites right on the river. Free laundry (8 washers and dryers). Only a few miles from I-40 and I-55 and the attractions of Memphis. We found the wifi to be sufficient. Cons: Dusty roads (all gravel), no cable, little shade on the river sites (others have shade). We did not view or use the restrooms.

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I enjoyed our 3 night stay. Lots of space with some spaces having shade. Some are cement pad, some are not. Some roads are paved, some are not. I took away one star because of the dusty roads. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Lots of room to walk the dogs and take walks yourself. Enjoyed watching barges go by. Close to Memphis, TN- about 10 min so easy to site see. I would stay again for sure.

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