Arrow Rock SHS covers the whole village plus campgrounds south of there. If you're wanting to explore, start with the Visitors Center, just off MO 41. Located at the Visitors Center is a museum, gift shop and theater where you can watch a 20-minute film about the history of one of Missouri's oldest settlements. The parking lot is huge so that parking should be a no-worry. Be sure to get a map of the village as there lots of historic sites noted. Many of the buildings are still standing after a century and a half, including the legendary J. Huston Tavern. Speaking of which: at this time, the tavern is temporarily closed until the State (which partly owns it) finds new ownership. I was very bummed that I did not get to eat there recently, but here's to hoping. But be sure to check out some of the old buildings like the printing press museum and the old jail. Plan on spending at least a day here. read more

Beautiful Place to visit and enjoy a peaceful weekend at the Upside Down Cabin and explore this historic town. I could not of had a nicer time! And it felt like Paradise! read more

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We stayed a night at Arrow Rock Historic campground for $21. Seems to be the going rate for just electric hookup up-and-down Missouri these days. Camp host came around and collect fee in the evening. Our pull through site #22 has enough warm sun in the morning and good shade in the evening to keep us comfy. Why was the site paved but But none of the sites here are leveled, so leveling blocks needed here. A dated but clean and functional bathroom is short walk away. No WiFi and weak LTE/3G inside campground. Water spigots is short distance away. Dump station is in the middle of intersection near the exit. The park is large and mostly paved make it fun to walk our pooch. Love to come back but the price make us look elsewhere. read more

We reserved basic sites 6 & 7 for Labor Day, though only used site 7 because it was HUGE. The limit to the number of people per basic site is 6, but we had 7 and it was not a problem. If I had it to do over, I would have reserved sites 5 & 6 instead since they were right next to each other. The camp ground was clean, quiet, not at all crowded, it had a nice playground for the kiddos and was within walking distance to the historic town of Arrow Rock. We had lunch at Chez Trappeur in the town of Arrow Rock - highly recommend - and on the morning of our departure, we stopped in the teeny tiny town of Blackwater and had breakfast at the Country Creek Bar & Grill. read more

If you're going to Arrow Rock or Black Water be sure to stop by the A.R. visitors center. Nice displays with history of area, Missouri and the making of our people and nation. read more

Nice quite campground also a lot of history around the area with a lot of restaurants and trails and the Lycym theater which has good plays

Campground is ok, very unlevel sites. Full sun and shirt mostly. As for the town, there isn't much to it that you can't see in any old town, old houses you can't enter. The old recreated courthouse was open though. Visitor center was boring unless you like arrowheads. read more

We tent camped at the state park campground here for one night. Missouri State Parks has a great online reservation system, so we were able to pre-select and pre-pay our campsite. We liked that there are two separate sections to the campground; one for tents and one for RV's, so the tent area was very quiet - no need to listen to RV generators and such at night. There is a shower available in the bathroom building. My husband said that the men's room had a moldy odor. The women's room could use new paint, but the facilities were clean and working. After a long day in the car, we enjoyed walking over to the village of Arrow Rock and strolling the main street to look at all of the old buildings. We'd like to come back another time and take a historic tour. read more

Last night I stayed at Arrow Rock State Park in Arrow Rock, MO, my last night in Missouri. The campgrounds were well laid out, not too far from the historic town. The bathrooms and shower house were the best designed I have seen so far with benches, hooks, clean floors and warm yellow block walls. As with all other Missouri State Parks I have visited, the volunteer campground hosts are helpful but do not pry. They come up and talk to me as soon as I arrive, as the host did for this park. He offered brochures and to answer questions if I had any. The trees are plentiful in the campground and there is a wireless connection near the campground host's site. The town itself is very pretty with old, well-interpreted buildings. The visitor's center is a "must stop" to understand the town and its relationship with the Missouri River, and the Santa Fe Trail. Along the main street there are antique shops and a tavern, but everything really is closed off-season, which is when I visited. If you're looking for coffee, or a restaurant, forget it. I supposed it is in a small way comparable to Harper's Ferry, WV, but HP is thoroughly interpreted, you can walk right in to most buildings, and there are restaurants, although many are closed off-season. There's just much more there. read more

This is a neat state historic park. Every year they have a festival here on Columbus Day weekend when they have craftspeople make things like chairs, shoe horses, candles, stuff like that. Fun to watch and learn about life a long time ago. read more