Canoeing/Kayaking

The Joshua on HWY 61

20 RV Sites

The Joshua on Highway 61 in Woodville, Mississippi, is a peaceful 55-plus RV park on U.S. Highway 61 in Wilkinson County — a quiet retreat with back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp electrical hookups, water, and sewer connections in the historic Natchez Trace country of southwestern Mississippi, positioned on the Blues Highway that connects Memphis to New Orleans through the Mississippi River communities where the Delta blues tradition originated in the cotton field communities of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta and the river plantation country. Woodville's Wilkinson County position on the Natchez Trace and the Highway 61 corridor gives guests the specific historical and cultural depth of the most musically generative landscape in American popular music. Back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, water, sewer, and the on-site amenities give The Joshua the complete practical infrastructure for the 55-plus RV resident who values the peaceful rural Mississippi Wilkinson County setting and the Natchez corridor's historic plantation and trace heritage over the resort amenity density of the larger commercial campground. The campground's Highway 61 position gives the Blues Highway traveler the specific Mississippi route experience — the highway between Memphis and New Orleans that connects the Delta blues' original geography in the northern Delta to the New Orleans jazz tradition at the route's southern end. Pets are welcome. Natchez, 30 miles north of Woodville in Adams County, is the most intact antebellum plantation and architectural heritage city in the Deep South — a Mississippi River port city of 14,000 people whose 600-plus antebellum buildings, the Natchez Trace Parkway's northern terminus, and the Natchez Spring Pilgrimage's house tour season give the city the most concentrated pre-Civil War built environment of any American city outside Charleston and Savannah. The historic Natchez Under-the-Hill waterfront district and the three surviving working antebellum plantations — Stanton Hall, Rosalie, and Longwood (the largest octagonal house in the United States, unfinished since the Civil War began in 1861) — sustain the Natchez heritage tourism economy year-round. The Natchez Trace Parkway, a 444-mile National Park Service scenic road from Natchez to Nashville following the ancient Natchez Trace trade route through the Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee woodlands, passes through Wilkinson County immediately north of Woodville and gives travelers the specific quiet, billboard-free scenic drive through the southern section of the Trace — the oldest road in the Mississippi Valley, used by Native Americans, Kaintuck flatboatmen, Andrew Jackson's Army of Tennessee, and Methodist circuit riders for 10,000 years of travel through the Natchez highlands. The Joshua on Highway 61 serves guests year-round in Wilkinson County's subtropical Mississippi climate, where the mild winters attract the southbound I-55 and Highway 61 snowbird market and the spring Natchez Pilgrimage season from March through April drives the Natchez historic district's peak visitor demand that fills Wilkinson County's limited accommodation. The Homochitto National Forest, east of Woodville in Franklin County, provides the longleaf pine restoration forest, the Clear Springs Recreation Area, and the river bottom hunting and fishing that extend the campground's outdoor recreation range into the national forest country. Reserve sites ahead for the spring Natchez Pilgrimage season and the fall Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration.

from $40/night

Cajun Heritage RV Park

136 RV Sites, 8 Cabins

Cajun Heritage RV Park in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, offers 136 full-hookup RV sites and eight cabins at the eastern edge of the Atchafalaya Basin, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 52 feet. Back-in categories at both amperages join a pull-through tier, with an outdoor pool, mini-golf, pond, and golf cart rentals. One hundred thirty-six sites run in back-in 30-amp, back-in 50-amp, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 52 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Eight cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with mini-golf, a pavilion, playground, pond, and golf cart rentals filling the grounds. Canoeing and kayaking run in the basin, with live music and wine and beer tasting nearby. Pets are welcome. Breaux Bridge calls itself the Crawfish Capital of the World and has the festival, the restaurants, and the St. Martin Parish heritage to justify it. The park sits in the middle of the 1.4-million-acre Atchafalaya Basin — North America's largest river swamp, where cypress, Spanish moss, and blackwater bayou make the most distinctive natural landscape in the South. Swamp tours, Lake Martin's rookery, and the zydeco dance halls of Acadiana are all close, with Lafayette a short drive west. Spring crawfish season and the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival drive the sharpest demand, with the mild winter drawing snowbirds along the I-10 corridor. Reserve well ahead for festival weekends and for the winter Texan window.

from $40/night

Wildwood Resort

Toledo Bend Reservoir straddles the Louisiana-Texas border for 185,000 acres of water that consistently ranks among the top bass fisheries in the United States, producing largemouth bass of a size and frequency that keeps professional anglers and recreational fishers returning season after season. Wildwood Resort occupies 40 acres of waterfront on the Louisiana side, offering lodging from full-hookup RV sites to cabins and multi-room lodges positioned to take full advantage of the reservoir's remarkable fishery and the dramatic piney-woods setting of Sabine County. The resort accommodates guests in two main configurations: 16 full-hookup RV sites with 30- and 50-amp electric service on back-in, 40-foot-friendly pads with security lighting, and 31 cabins and lodges ranging from intimate two-person retreats to large group units sleeping up to 24. The lodge options run from simple cabin accommodations to resort-style suites with full kitchens, making Wildwood a practical destination for fishing groups of any size. Three swimming pools serve guests during the warmer months, and a gift and tackle shop on the property handles last-minute gear and bait without requiring a drive to town. The fishing infrastructure at Wildwood is among the property's strongest attributes. A 300-foot fishing pier, lighted for night fishing and partially covered, extends from the shoreline into Toledo Bend's productive near-shore waters — an excellent option for guests who want consistent access without launching a boat. A private boat launch gives those with their own craft direct reservoir access, while three separate stocked ponds on the property provide catch-and-release fishing that doesn't require a Louisiana fishing license. Paddle boards, kayaks, and paddle bikes are available to all resort guests at no additional charge, making casual water exploration accessible regardless of whether guests brought a boat. Toledo Bend Family Adventure Park, directly across the road from the resort, adds a land-based entertainment component to the trip that extends the property's appeal well beyond fishing. The park includes water attractions, zip lines, and family activities that serve as natural afternoon programming after a morning on the water. Zwolle, the nearest town, is best known for the Tamale Fiesta, an annual October celebration of the area's Spanish and Adaes Indian heritage that has grown into one of the most distinctive local festivals in Louisiana, with tamale preparation competitions, music, and cultural programming. Bald eagles work the reservoir's edge in winter months, and the surrounding Sabine River country offers additional wildlife viewing throughout the year. Toledo Bend's bass fishing season never truly closes, but peak periods run February through May for pre-spawn and spawn activity and October through November in the fall feeding period. Summer fishing is productive in the early morning hours before heat sets in, and the resort's pools provide afternoon relief during the hottest weeks of July and August. The Tamale Fiesta weekend in October fills area lodging well in advance — book early if that event is on the itinerary. Winter is the season for bald eagle watching and quieter reservoir conditions, with cabin rates at their most accessible and fewer boats competing for the best water.

Tiger's Trail RV Resort

131 RV Sites, 10 Cottages

Tiger's Trail RV Resort brings resort-level amenity quality to Baton Rouge, Louisiana — a 220-site premium campground positioned six miles from LSU's Tiger Stadium and directly across from L'Auberge Casino & Hotel on the banks of the Mississippi River. For football fans making the pilgrimage to Death Valley, casino visitors, and anyone wanting a well-appointed base camp for exploring Louisiana's capital city, Tiger's trail rv resort delivers amenities typically associated with destination vacation properties rather than RV campgrounds. The 220 full-hookup concrete-pad sites — 105 back-ins and 115 pull-throughs — accommodate all rig sizes with 30/50-amp service and complimentary WiFi. A resort-style swimming pool and lazy river, pickleball courts, a fitness center, a dog park, a fishing and kayaking and paddle boating pond, scenic walking and biking trails, golf cart rentals, a general store, and laundry facilities round out an amenity lineup that keeps guests engaged regardless of what's happening in the city. Cottage rentals with full kitchens, living rooms, and covered porches provide an alternative to RV camping for guests arriving without rigs. A shuttle to L'Auberge Casino & Hotel makes the adjacent entertainment fully accessible without driving. Pets are welcome throughout the resort. Baton Rouge's position as Louisiana's capital and the home of LSU gives the city a dual identity — part government and university town, part proud representative of the Creole and Acadian cultural traditions that make this stretch of the Mississippi corridor unique in North America. LSU's Tiger Stadium, six miles from Tiger's Trail, is one of college football's most legendary venues — "Death Valley" earned its reputation from opposing teams who found Baton Rouge's Saturday night game-day atmosphere unlike anything in the sport. The Baton Rouge waterfront offers the USS Kidd naval museum, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, and the Old State Capitol's stunning Gothic Revival architecture within an easy drive of camp. The Rural Life Museum on the LSU campus preserves Louisiana's plantation-era heritage in an outdoor museum spanning the state's cultural history from its earliest settlement through the 19th century. Tiger's Trail RV Resort is open year-round, with LSU football season from September through January creating the most significant peak demand periods — home game weekends fill the resort quickly and well in advance, sometimes months ahead. Book LSU football stays early, and check the tigers trail rv resort events calendar alongside the LSU schedule to plan a visit that combines game-day energy with the full Baton Rouge cultural experience.

from $44/night

Myers Landing

48 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

Along the Mermentau River in the coastal prairie of Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, Myers Landing has served the fishing, hunting, and outdoor recreation community of southwest Louisiana since 1983—a well-established river landing and RV park in the quiet community of Lake Arthur that combines genuine Southern Louisiana character with the practical amenities of a full-service campground. The property sits on a working river landing where boat traffic on the Mermentau comes and goes throughout the day, providing an aquatic backdrop that connects guests to the rice, crawfish, and waterfowl culture of the Louisiana coastal prairie in a way that no manufactured resort atmosphere can replicate. A boat launch, private fishing dock, kayak rentals, miniature golf, and cabin rentals give Myers Landing a recreational completeness that extends well beyond the standard RV park. Pull-through and back-in sites with 20/30/50-amp hookup options accommodate RVs of varying sizes alongside cabin rentals sleeping 6-8 guests with full kitchen facilities for extended stays and family groups. An 18-hole miniature golf course, a children's playground with slides and swings, and a country store stocked with cold drinks, groceries, snacks, and LP gas provide on-property infrastructure for both short and long stays. Laundry, restroom, and shower facilities serve the practical daily needs of the camping community, and kayak rentals provide a paddle-powered alternative to motorized boat traffic on the Mermentau for guests who want to explore the river's cypress-lined banks at a quieter pace. The Mermentau River is the life-system anchor of the southwest Louisiana coastal prairie—a slow-moving blackwater river connecting Lake Arthur to Grand Lake and the lower Mermentau basin's extensive marsh complex before draining into the Gulf of Mexico. The private dock at Myers Landing produces largemouth bass, catfish, sac-a-lait (white crappie), and the bream species that inhabit the tannin-stained water year-round, and the river serves as a wildlife corridor for alligators, otters, and the waterfowl that move between the coastal marsh and the freshwater impoundments of the surrounding rice and crawfish farm country. Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, one of Louisiana's most productive waterfowl refuges, lies just a few miles from the landing and manages 35,000 acres of freshwater marsh for the nesting and wintering waterfowl that use the coastal prairie as a major waypoint in the Central and Mississippi flyways. The Lake Arthur town park and surrounding Jefferson Davis Parish landscape provide a genuine immersion in the rice and crawfish farming culture that defines southwest Louisiana's agricultural identity. Jennings, the parish seat, offers restaurants, supplies, and the Lacassine Museum's early oil-well heritage exhibits that tell the story of how petroleum transformed this coastal prairie economy. The southwest Louisiana coastal prairie climate supports year-round camping with mild winters attracting snowbirds and fishing enthusiasts from the upper South and Midwest. Duck season—running from November through January—represents the peak demand period at Myers Landing, when the Mermentau basin's waterfowl hunting draws serious hunters who appreciate the river access, boat launch, and country store's early-morning provisions for a pre-dawn hunt. Spring crawfish season brings a second wave of enthusiasm to the surrounding parish, and the warm months provide active bass and catfish fishing in the Mermentau's productive river system year-round.

from $40/night

Lakeside RV Resort

36 RV Sites

Lakeside RV Resort in Livingston, Louisiana, offers 36 full-hookup RV sites on a lake off Interstate 12, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted up to 95 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Lake front back-ins join standard back-ins and pull-throughs, with a water park, beach, and outdoor pool. Thirty-six sites span back-in, lake front back-in, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 95 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Accessible sites are available, and the lake front category is worth requesting. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a lake and beach on the property supporting swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boats. A clubhouse, game room, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the grounds, with food trucks visiting through the season and strong birding along the water. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Livingston sits in Livingston Parish on I-12, roughly equidistant between Baton Rouge 35 miles west and New Orleans to the east. Tickfaw State Park's bottomland hardwood swamp ecology and the Tangipahoa River and Lake Maurepas watershed surround the area. Spring and fall are the most comfortable in southeast Louisiana. Reserve ahead for festival weekends in either city.

from $50/night

Natalbany Creek Campground

19 RV Sites

Natalbany Creek Campground in Amite City, Louisiana, offers 19 full-hookup RV sites on Natalbany Creek, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Lakeside back-in and pull-through categories sit alongside an outdoor pool, splash pad, mini-golf, and a game room, 50 miles north of New Orleans. Nineteen sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp in lakeside back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Cabins round out the accommodations. Laundry, a dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and site WiFi handle the practical side. If you arrive after hours, a map with your check-in details will be in the mailbox just outside the office to the right. Recreation is unusually deep for 19 sites. An outdoor pool and splash pad anchor the summer, with mini-golf, a game room, arcade, billiards, and a clubhouse for other hours. Sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, and a playground fill the grounds, and a lake and pond support fishing, boating, canoeing, and kayaking. Walking trails, hiking, biking, a dog park, pavilion, and on-site dining round it out. Pets are welcome. The creek is the setting — slow-moving, moss-draped blackwater running through cypress, tupelo, and bottomland hardwood forest in Tangipahoa Parish. That is the Florida Parishes interior at its most characteristic, and few campgrounds deliver it this directly. A state park is nearby. Spring and fall are the most comfortable seasons in southeastern Louisiana. Reserve ahead.

from $38/night

Blessing Trails RV Park

30 RV Sites

Blessing Trails RV Park in Broaddus, Texas, is a welcoming community campground in the Sabine County piney woods of Deep East Texas — a friendly, story-sharing community environment steps from Sam Rayburn Reservoir, the largest lake entirely within Texas, whose 114,000 acres of East Texas bass, crappie, and catfish water and nearly 600 miles of forested shoreline have sustained one of the most productive recreational fisheries in the southern United States for over six decades. Broaddus's position in the Angelina National Forest country of the Sabine-Neches waterway system gives guests the quiet pine forest and big-water lake combination that Deep East Texas offers at its natural best. The park's full-service sites and community atmosphere give guests the comfortable infrastructure for both weekend escapes and extended stays in the Sam Rayburn Reservoir area — the kind of campground where shared meals, early-morning fishing departures, and the easy neighborliness of a small East Texas community campground create genuine social connections between guests who arrive as strangers and leave as return visitors. The park's direct relationship with the Sam Rayburn area's outdoor recreation economy gives guests the local knowledge — fishing guides, boat launches, bait shops, and accessible cove locations — that first-time Rayburn visitors specifically need. Sam Rayburn Reservoir's largemouth bass fishery is consistently cited among the top 10 trophy bass lakes in the United States — a reputation built on the lake's combination of abundant aquatic vegetation, structure-rich shoreline timber, and the warm East Texas climate that gives bass a longer growing season than northern reservoirs. The lake's tournament history includes multiple professional bass fishing events that have confirmed the fishery's quality to the national angling audience, and the fall and spring fishing windows — when bass are most aggressively feeding along the creek channel structures and point transitions — sustain the campground's busiest occupancy periods. The Angelina National Forest surrounding the Broaddus area protects approximately 155,000 acres of longleaf, loblolly, and shortleaf pine forest alongside the Sam Rayburn and Atascocita Recreation Areas that the U.S. Forest Service manages along the reservoir's shoreline. The forest's hiking trails, wildlife observation opportunities for white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and the region's woodpecker diversity, and the boat ramp access to Rayburn's undeveloped coves give guests the public land supplement to the reservoir recreation that makes the Sabine County camping experience more comprehensive than the reservoir alone would sustain. Blessing Trails RV Park serves guests year-round in Deep East Texas's mild subtropical climate, where the moderate winters from November through March attract guests from the northern states seeking relief from winter while maintaining year-round fishing access to the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The spring crappie spawn from February through April and the fall bass feeding activity from September through November represent the two peak fishing windows that drive the campground's most enthusiastic repeat visitor activity. Summer heat is genuine but the piney woods shade and the lake breeze across the large Rayburn water surface modulate the temperature for water-based recreation. Reserve sites ahead for spring fishing season weekends and the major bass tournament events that bring spectator and competitor traffic to the Sam Rayburn area simultaneously.

Paradise Ranch RV Resort

210 RV Sites

Paradise Ranch RV Resort in Tylertown, Mississippi, offers 210 full-hookup RV sites across 105 acres on the Bogue Chitto River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Premium triple sites join standard and premium back-in and pull-through categories, alongside a 20-acre cypress lake, artesian-fed lagoon, and a pool with a zip line. Two hundred ten sites span standard back-in, standard pull-through, premium back-in, premium pull-through, and premium triple categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 55 feet. The triple sites are unusual and suit groups traveling together. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Day passes are not offered, though visitor passes for guests of registered campers run $10 per person. The water features carry the property. A 20-acre natural cypress lake stocked with bream and bass sits alongside an artesian-fed white sand lagoon and a pool with a zip line and splash pad. Kayak rentals, boat docks, boating, canoeing, and fishing all run from the water, with a jumping pillow, gem mining, koi pond, golf cart rentals, and a pavilion across the grounds. A bar, on-site dining, and a snack bar cover meals, and free-roaming red stag deer are part of the setting. Pets are welcome. Tylertown sits in the Mississippi Piney Woods, and the property functions as a self-contained destination rather than a stopover. Summer river and lake season drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

Hidden Springs RV Resort

88 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

Hidden Springs RV Resort in Tylertown, Mississippi, offers 72 full-hookup RV sites and three cabins across 127 wooded acres along the Bogue Chitto River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Riverfront back-in and pull-through categories join a disc golf course, mini-golf, and EV charging. Seventy-two sites span standard back-in, deluxe back-in, deluxe pull-through, pull-through, riverfront back-in, and riverfront pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet. The riverfront categories are worth requesting early. Three cabins and trailer rentals round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and EV charging handle the practical side, and both the WiFi and the cell signal are strong here. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a disc golf course, mini-golf, game room, arcade, recreation center, billiards, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, gaga ball, and corn hole across the grounds. A boat ramp and kayak rentals put guests on the river for canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, with a pond, walking trails, playground, dog park, pavilion, and snack bar besides. Pets are welcome. The Bogue Chitto is recognized for exceptional water quality and biodiversity, and the cypress and hardwood bottomland gives the property a setting genuinely removed from commercial development. Summer river season drives demand. Reserve ahead.

from $31/night

Askew's Landing RV Campground

79 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 20 Tent Sites

Askew's Landing RV Campground in Edwards, Mississippi, offers 79 full-hookup RV sites, a cabin, and 20 tent sites across 40 acres, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Named categories — Lakefront, Lakeview, Horseshoe Bend, Magnolia Flats, The Field, The Hill, and The Pines — join an outdoor pool, lake, and kayak rentals. Seventy-nine sites span Horseshoe Bend, Lakefront, Lakeview, Magnolia Flats A, Magnolia Flats B, The Field, The Hill, and The Pines categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming every section rather than numbering tiers makes the property easy to picture, and Lakefront is the one to request. Eighty feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. A cabin and 20 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake, pond, and kayak rentals supporting boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. Gem mining, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park fill the rest, with planned activities and productive birding. The property operates as a wedding venue. Forty acres of former plantation land sits two and a half miles west of I-20 Exit 19 in Hinds County, with Vicksburg close and the Mississippi Petrified Forest 28 miles north. Spring and fall are most comfortable. Reserve ahead.

from $20/night

Lake End Park Campground & Marina

124 RV Sites, 20 Tent Sites

Lake End Park Campground and Marina in Morgan City, Louisiana, offers 124 full-hookup RV sites and 20 tent sites on Lake Palourde, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lake End Park and Parkway back-in categories join a pull-through tier, alongside a marina, boat ramp, beach, and kayak rentals. One hundred twenty-four sites run in Lake End Park back-in, Parkway back-in, and Lake End Park pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet. Twenty tent sites and cabins round out the lodging. Laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The marina is the anchor. A boat ramp, boat rentals, kayak rentals, and bike rentals give direct access to Lake Palourde for boating, fishing, and paddling, with a beach on the property. Walking trails, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and golf cart rentals fill the grounds, with volleyball and productive birding along the cypress shoreline. Pets are welcome. The city-operated park sits on the Atchafalaya Basin's southern margin in St. Mary Parish, where cypress trees shade the water's edge and the fishing, kayaking, and outdoor recreation of the largest swamp in North America begin at the campground boundary rather than an hour's drive away. Spring and fall deliver the most comfortable conditions on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, with fishing strong year-round. Reserve ahead for festival weekends and the warm-weather boating season.

from $20/night