Many parks and day use areas by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mountain Home Project Office have transitioned to automated fee collection machines.
Visitors can now use a credit or debit card to purchase an annual pass or pay day use fees at the automated fee machines. A receipt will be issued upon payment and visitors should place the receipt in a visible location on their vehicles’ dashboards.
Those who purchase an annual pass at Norfork or Bull Shoals Park must exchange their receipt for an annual pass hangtag within 14 days at any staffed gatehouse or the Mountain Home Project Office. Norfork and Bull Shoals staff cannot provide annual pass hangtags for passes purchased at other USACE lakes.
Area use fees will be collected for individuals using boat launch ramps and parking areas for swimming, picnicking, site seeing, walking, spectator events and other activities in the parks.
Fees will be collected at Cranfield, Robinson Point, Bidwell, Henderson, Panther Bay, Gamaliel and Quarry (lakeside and riverside) parks on Norfork Lake and at Beaver Creek, Buck Creek, Theodosia, Oakland, Lakeview, Hwy 125, Lead Hill and Tucker Hollow on Bull Shoals Lake.
The fees collected are used to recover a portion of the costs of administering, operating, maintaining and improving the parks.
America the Beautiful pass holders will not be charged a day use fee and the pass should be displayed on the vehicle’s dashboard. These passes may be issued to qualifying individuals, veterans, gold star family members, senior citizens and disabled individuals.
Passes can be obtained at the Mountain Home Project Office or online at https://store.usgs.gov/pass. These passes range in price from free to $80 and are valid at all lands managed by USACE, the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation.
For more information about the pay stations or recreation on the Norfork and Bull Shoals Lakes, call 870-425-2700 or visit www.swl.usace.army.mil.
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