Location
Hand Cove Resort and RV park is near the city of Mountain Home, Arkansas, on the southeast end of Norfork Lake. We are the closest
resort to the water of any resort on Norfork Lake. You can walk across our gently sloped
grass yard 100 yards to the water's edge. Hand Cove Resort is in a quiet, secluded section
of the Big Creek Arm of Norfork Lake, which many experienced fishermen consider the best
fishing area on the lake. Many repeat guests come to Hand Cove Resort every year for the
peace, quiet, and tranquility of the Arkansas Ozark Mountains as well as the fishing and
water sports.
| HAND COVE RESORT IS YOUR GATEWAY
TO: |
| Hand Cove & Jordan Recreation Area of Norfork
Lake |
| Norfork Lake Dam |
| Sand Island & Barren Point Beaches |
| The Best Striper & Walleye Fishing Waters on
Norfork Lake |
| Blue House Bluff |
| Over 29 Scuba Dive Attractions & PADI Service at
nearby Jordan Marina |
Cabin 4 patio. It's a short walk down a gently
sloped yard from our cabins to our dock, which is visible here at the water's edge.
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Cabins
The Hand Cove Resort cabins are exceptionally clean full housekeeping units. Most of
our cabins have been recently renovated. Each cabin has a fully equipped kitchen with a
full size refrigerator, a full size 4 burner gas range with oven, microwave, pots, pans,
dishes, and silverware. A bath with shower, color TV with remote, free wireless internet
access, bed and bath linens, and cement patio with picnic table, a Weber BBQ kettle, and
lawn chairs complete our cabin amenities. For your comfort, all units are air conditioned
and heated. Our studio cabin sleeps 3, our one bedroom cabins sleep up to 5, and our two
bedroom cabins sleep up to 9 persons. A padded stall for your boat is included free with
each cabin rental. All you need to bring is food and your beach towels.
See Our Cabin Interiors
1 bedroom cabin photos | 2
bedroom cabin photos
RV Sites
Would you like to bring your own cabin? Then
park your RV right here in our resort. Our RV guests enjoy all of the same resort
facilities that our cabin guests do including our rental boats. Each of our 20 graveled
and leveled sites has water and 30 amp electric hookups, and most have sewer connections.
All of our sites overlook our central park area or the lake and are shaded by tall
hardwood trees. We offer both short and long term site rentals.
WE ARE THE ONLY RV PARK WITH DIRECT LAKE ACCESS – NO other RV park on Norfork Lake
offers resort type amenities, dock access, boat rentals, and proximity to the lake like
Hand Cove Resort and RV Park. See Our RV Sites & Rates
2008 Lodging Rates
Check-in time 3pm - Check-out time 10am
Cabin
|
Description |
Spring/Fall
October 1 - April 30 |
Summer
May 1 - September 30 |
| Daily |
Weekly |
Daily |
Weekly |
Cabin 3
1 Bedroom
lake view |
Recently renovated with 1 full size bed and 1 full size
futon. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$65 |
$399 |
$84 |
$499 |
Cabin 4
1 Bedroom
lake view |
Recently renovated with 1 full size bed, 1 twin, and 1 full
size futon. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$65 |
$399 |
$84 |
$499 |
Cabin 5
1 Bedroom
partial lake view |
1 full bed, 1 twin bed, 1 set of bunk beds. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$65 |
$399 |
$84 |
$499 |
Cabin 6
Studio |
Recently renovated with
1 full bed, 1 twin size sofa bed. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$55 |
$340 |
$69 |
$429 |
Cabin 7
2 Bedroom Lake & forest view |
Recently renovated with 2 queens, 1 full, 1 twin, and a full sofa
sleeper. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$75 |
$460 |
$99 |
$609 |
Cabin 8
2 Bedroom
Forest & partial lake view |
Recently renovated with 1 queen, 1 full, 2 twins, and a full sofa
sleeper. Rate is for the first 2 guests. |
$75 |
$460 |
$99 |
$609 |
Additional Guests
(over 5 years old) |
$10 |
$50 |
$10 |
$50 |
| Each Pet |
$10 |
$50 |
$10 |
$50 |
- All rates are plus appropriate sales
tax and are subject to change without notice.
- Rates may be higher for single
night, weekend only, and holiday reservations.
- Memorial and Labor Day reservations
must include Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Forth of July reservations must be for a full
week.
- Guests having day visitors will be
charged $5 per person per day for the use of our facilities, and must register with our
office at time of arrival. Advance registration is appreciated.
- Please let us know if you will
arrive after sunset.
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2008 Rental Boat & Equipment
Rates
Equipment |
Rates |
Deposits |
Type |
Daily |
Weekly |
Daily |
Weekly |
| 20ft.
Lowe pontoon, 90hp outboard, LCD graph, canopy top, seats 8 |
$150 |
$650 |
$150 |
50%
of
total rental |
| 14ft.
alum. fishing boat, seats 3 |
$10 |
$50 |
$10 |
50%
of
total rental |
| 14ft.
alum. fishing boat with 15hp outboard motor, seats 3 |
$40 |
$200 |
$40 |
50%
of
total rental |
| Extra
boat stall |
$7 |
$49 |
$7 |
50%
of
total rental |
| Ski
Tube |
$25 |
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50%
of
total rental |
- All rates are plus fuel, oil, and
appropriate sales tax. Rental rates are subject to change without notice.
- Memorial and Labor Day reservations
must include Saturday and Sunday.
- Our boats are not equipped or
available for night use and must be returned by sunset daily.
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Reservation
Policies
Reservations are accepted by mail, phone, or e-mail. Your mail
reservation should be accompanied by your deposit check, credit card, or money order with
the balance due upon your arrival. Your phone or e-mail reservation will be held for 10
days pending receipt of your deposit check or money order with the balance due upon your
arrival. Your reservation will be confirmed by mail upon receipt of your deposit.
Please plan on being billed for your
entire reservation regardless of your actual arrival or departure date. Sorry, but we will
not be able to credit you for a late arrival or early departure date.
Reservation Availability Requests - The
best way to find out if we have openings on the dates you need is to phone us at
870-488-5367. This way we can also answer your questions about accommodations,
pets, boat rentals, directions, etc. If it is more convenient, please e-mail your
inquiry to greg@handcoveresort.com
Deposits & Refunds
Cabins - The deposit for a reservation of 3 nights or less is
$100.00 per cabin. The deposit for a reservation of 4 nights or more is $200.00 per cabin.
If you find it necessary to cancel your reservation, your deposit will be eligible for
refund, less a $25 processing fee, if your cancellation is received at least 30 days prior
to your planned arrival date, and your reserved cabin is re-rented. Deposits for boat and
equipment rentals are not refundable.
Stax, our golden retriever, waiting to welcome you
Pets Are
Welcome at Hand Cove Resort
We are animal lovers and have a dog of our own, so we know how important it is to
be able to bring your pets. Some of our cabins have been set aside for guests with pets.
Dogs and cats are welcome with advance notice. Please let us know about your pet at the
time you make your reservation. We have special areas of our grounds to walk and exercise
your pet. As a courtesy to our other guests, please keep your pet attended to at all times
and on a leash when outside of your cabin or RV. You are responsible for any damage caused
by your pet.
All cabins have large windows with either lake
or forest views
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Dock &
Lake Access
At Hand Cove Resort and RV Park, you'll enjoy fast and easy
lake access. You can fish or swim from either our swim deck or from shore. There are
several good bank fishing spots, and there are great places to swim in the lake. Feel like
a morning hike? Then explore part of the 550 miles of primitive shoreline of Norfork Lake.
The lake shore, along with our grounds offers an abundance of native plants and wildlife.
If you are not a hiker, then do your exploring, fishing, swimming, or tubing from the
comfort and convenience of one of our rental boats. Whether you are a cabin or RV guest,
our rental boats will carry you to all of the best Norfork Lake has to offer.
Bringing your own boat? Just back it into the water on the
hard surface launch ramp next to our dock, pull your vehicle out, and either park in our
large parking area at the launch, or near your cabin or RV and walk the short distance
back to our dock. If you like to trailer your boat each day when coming off the lake, you
will enjoy our launch and parking. If you want to leave your boat in the water, we have
plenty of dock stalls.
Our dock and yard seen from Norfork Lake
Boat Dock In A Protected Cove
Our private covered illuminated 11 stall boat dock is
located a short distance from the main lake channel in a protected cove. You will sleep
well each night knowing that your boat is safe and secure from the elements. Each stall is
padded with carpeting, is well lit, and has electrical outlets to power your battery
chargers and other equipment. Our new well lit fish cleaning station has electric outlets
and running water.
The boat dock can be seen easily from most of our resort
cabins. With the resort's boat dock so close to the launch ramp, it is easy to launch and
dock your boat. Easily load coolers, food, fishing gear, water toys, and then head out to
the fun you want to have on the lake.
Two full service marinas are a short boat ride away. They
offer fuel sales, fishing guide services, stores selling fishing tackle, bait, snacks,
ice, etc., and full service marine repairs.
Activities
Scuba Diving - This area of Norfork Lake is famous
for scuba diving. Jordan Marina, 1/2 mile away by water, has a PADI certified scuba shop
with equipment sales, air, service and rentals. They also have maps detailing locations of
29 underwater attractions that are nearby. The underwater visibility is excellent for
scuba diving which also makes for good spear fishing. Ask us about a dive site map
detailing locations of 29 underwater attractions that are nearby.
Fishing - Our area of the lake has
some of the best fishing Norfork Lake offers. The lake supports largemouth, smallmouth,
Kentucky, white, and striped bass, crappie and walleye, blue, channel, and flathead
catfish, and bream (bluegill, red ear, sunfish). Stripers typically run 6 to 10 pounds.
Stripers and catfish over 25 pounds are not unusual, and 3 to 5 pound bass are relatively
common. The kids love catching crappie and bluegill from the dock. We have charcoal
smokers and a propane fish fryer for your free use. We also sell Arkansas fishing licenses
Sand Island & The Beaches - Norfork
Lake's only white sand beaches are 5 minutes away from our resort by boat. The beaches are
a favorite place for vacationers to beach their boats, swim, picnic, fish, sun, and build
sand castles. Bonfires are a normal happening on the weekends. Hop into your boat (or rent
one of ours) and join the fun!
Area Attractions - Mountain Home, AR is about 30 minutes from the
resort. Mountain Home has many restaurants, movie theaters, two 18 hole golf courses,
churches, bowling, miniature golf, horseback riding, antique and craft shopping. The
resort is a convenient base camp for day trips. Many of our guests enjoy exploring
Blanchard Springs Caverns, The Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Old Hardy Town,
Branson, MO for music shows and Silver Dollar City theme park.
One of our 20 full hook-up shaded RV sites
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| New For 2007- 2008: |
| Guest Laundry |
Resort Convenience Store |
| RV Park Picnic Tables |
New Fish Cleaning Area |
| Refurbished Cabins |
Enhanced Swim Deck |
| Free Wireless Internet Access |
Dock Lounge Area |
| In addition, many of you will be happy to hear
that the road to Hand Cove Resort has been completely rebuilt and re-surfaced. We now have
a hard surfaced road right to our entrance. |
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Meet The New Owners
of Hand Cove
We are the Weinmann family team that became the new owners of
Hand Cove Resort and RV Park in August of 2005. Greg Weinmann heads the day to day
operations. All of us have spent our careers in customer service and have traveled the
country extensively as professionals. This coupled with Greg’s 20 plus years of
experience in mid and upper level facility management gives us a unique perspective to the
needs and wants of today’s traveling and vacationing guest. We are looking forward to
meeting new guests and those of you who are returning to Hand Cove Resort. Thank you for
visiting our web site! Come stay with us and watch us grow. We hope to see you soon! |
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