Buffalo River Float Service

01/11/2025

Snow on the Buffalo ☃️❄️

01/04/2025

11/30/2024

Rush, AR

This week on Retracing Our Roots, Sammy Raycraft and Vincent Anderson delve into the mining days of the Ozarks. Our first stop is Rush, Arkansas, where we uncover the story of this ghost town that once hosted 5,000 people and was famously known as a “tent city.” Newspapers outside the Ozarks ref...

11/03/2024

It’s monsoon season here in the Ozarks Mountains. Lots of rain with more to come! Should have some good water levels for November. We are open by reservation during the off season. Email us [email protected] or you can call 877-350-6592, leave a voicemail and we will get back with you.

09/17/2024

It was another fun weekend on the river.
Thanks to Ms. Paula for organizing this trip every year!

Ready to hit the water! Buffalo 🦬 River!
10th Annual Float Trip! Thanks Paula for all the hard work!

09/12/2024

The Allen Family is a great asset to our community in many ways .

Congratulations on 70 years!

Issac and Tony Allen pictured in the famous meat dept at Allen’s Grocery In 1953 when Gene and Ivon Allen opened a grocery store with $500 in inventory and the dream to sell $100 a day little

09/08/2024

45 degrees in the river valley this morning!!

09/02/2024

Labor Day weekend marks the end of the summer season for us and the beginning of the Fall season ( which we believe is the best time to visit the Ozarks).
The river is in ok shape for this time of year and the crowds are long gone. We will be open daily till the end of October so give us a call to schedule a canoe or kayak trip down the Buffalo National River.

07/20/2024

What an amazing day on the river!! These boats are ready to embark on a three day journey down the river with eight lucky souls.

07/13/2024

It’s going to be a great day on the river! We are sold out today but have availability tomorrow (Sunday).

07/10/2024

Beryl has delivered some much needed rain to the Buffalo River watershed. The lower Buffalo will experience the best water levels of the summer over the next few days. For the first time since early May, we still have some availability this weekend!
So give us a call toll-free @ 877-350-6592 or go book your river trip online @ buffaloriverfloatservice.com.

05/18/2024

It’s going to be a big day on the river. Water levels and weather look great! We have just a few boats left for today, so if you want them better get them early. 🛶🛶🛶

05/11/2024

Great News!

Rush Campground Update

Rush Campground now has potable water service again! With the restoration of water, camping fees will once again be collected starting tomorrow, May 11, 2024. Rush is a tent only campground (sorry, no RVs or trailers allowed) and costs $16 per night. All sites are first come, first serve and each site comes with a picnic table and fire ring. Don’t forget the maximum number of people per site is 6.

Rush Campground is also the last location visitors can get drinking water before embarking into the park’s Lower Wilderness Area. For more information about Rush Campground please call the Buffalo Point Ranger Station at 870-449-4311.

05/04/2024

The store is stocked and ready to go! Just a reminder to get those reservations in. Weekends are starting to fill up 🛶

03/31/2024

We will be renting boats and providing shuttles on April 8. Reservations required and must be checked in by noon.

03/29/2024

Are you keeping an eye out for information about the coming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? Just make sure you keep that eye nice and protected with some eclipse glasses!

Just like at any other time, the sun is dangerous to view directly during nearly the whole of an eclipse event. It is only during the brief period of totality that you are safe to watch the event without any eye protection. This period will not happen during every eclipse. The moon must appear large enough in the sky to completely cover the disc of the sun. Eclipse glasses will block out most light, making for a safer viewing experience. Make sure that you don’t just use normal sunglasses, as those don’t block out nearly enough light for safe viewing. Solar filters can be affixed to cameras and telescopes so that they provide adequate protection when looking through their lenses. There are also other methods for viewing an eclipse with your naked eye like pinhole projectors. However, these do not allow you to look directly at the event like the glasses or solar filters will.

Did you also see the eclipse in 2017? Did you save your eclipse glasses from then? If you did, that’s great! They make for an awesome souvenir. Just make sure that you don’t try to use them again in 2024! Most eclipse glasses are only safe to use for three years. You’ll want to acquire new ones before you come view the upcoming eclipses. Make sure you read the instructions for the glasses to make sure you are using them safely. You want to make sure you can keep enjoying eclipses in the future!

For more information, check out https://www.nps.gov/buff/planyourvisit/the-2024-total-solar-eclipse.htm.

03/28/2024

On April 8th, we will have the opportunity to witness a spectacular and rare event: A total solar eclipse that will appear right over Buffalo National River. But how rare is a solar eclipse really?

The numbers initially make it seem like solar eclipses really aren’t that special. We get somewhere between 2 to 5 solar eclipses each year, with a total solar eclipse occurring roughly every 18 months. That make it only slightly less common than having to do your taxes.

However, an eclipse is not a global phenomenon. It occurs in a line over the Earth as the moon’s shadow passes over the planet. People outside of North America will experience a normal day on April 8th while many of us here will witness an obscured Sun. For those outside of the narrow path of totality that passes over the Buffalo River, they will not see the Sun completely covered as in a total eclipse. Instead, they will see only a partial covering of the Sun.

Because total solar eclipses don’t happen everywhere at once, it can be a long time until another one passes our way again. You’d have to be willing to travel far away from northwestern Arkansas to get chance to see another one soon. Of course, if you miss the one this year, you’re lucky enough that you only have to wait until August 12, 2045, to see the next total solar eclipse pass of part of the Buffalo River. In terms of eclipses, a 21-year wait doesn’t seem that bad!

For more information, check out https://www.nps.gov/buff/planyourvisit/the-2024-total-solar-eclipse.htm

Photo Credit: An excerpt of a NASA map shows the path and timing of the eclipse over Arkansas. NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

03/11/2024

It’s officially the opening day of the 2024 float season!!
We will be open 7 days a week until
November. Give us a call toll free @ 877-350-6592. Reservations for single day canoe and kayak trips can also be made online.
We will have some information regarding the upcoming ellipse soon. See you on the river 🛶