The Oaks Family RV Park and Campground
50 RV Sites, 9 Cabins
In the Wiregrass region of Covington County in south Alabama, in the community of Andalusia where the longleaf pine flatwoods and the creek systems of the lower Conecuh River watershed create the natural setting for one of the state's most actively growing small campground markets, The Oaks Family RV Park and Campground provides 20 concrete and gravel pad full-hookup sites alongside family cabins, glamping tents, and primitive tent sites in a property designed explicitly around the family camping experience. A swimming pool, catch-and-release fishing pond, dog park, zipline-equipped playground, covered pavilion with outdoor kitchen and fireplace, and modern bathhouses with private showers create the full-family amenity suite that makes The Oaks a genuinely destination-worthy campground rather than a one-night layover.
Twenty concrete and gravel pad RV sites—including pull-through configurations up to 60 feet—with full hookups, picnic tables, and fire rings serve rigs of varying sizes on a well-designed, oak-shaded property where the canopy that gives the campground its name provides meaningful shade during the south Alabama summers. Family cabins, glamping tent accommodations, and primitive tent sites extend the accommodation menu for groups with mixed camping preferences—the family reunion scenario where some guests prefer a cabin and others want the tent experience that their camping tradition demands. Clean modern bathhouses with private showers and laundry complete the daily support infrastructure for extended stays.
The catch-and-release fishing pond provides the on-site freshwater fishing that makes The Oaks genuinely recreational rather than simply utilities-with-a-parking-pad, and the zipline-equipped playground, covered pavilion with outdoor fireplace, and dog park round out the activity infrastructure that keeps children and pets occupied between Conecuh National Forest adventures. The oak tree canopy throughout the property—the defining visual feature and the practical shade that makes a south Alabama summer campground genuinely comfortable—creates the dappled light environment that makes individual sites more appealing than the open-field campgrounds that dominate the south Alabama flatwoods market.
Conecuh National Forest, south and east of Andalusia in Covington and Escambia Counties, encompasses more than 84,000 acres of longleaf pine flatwoods, natural springs, and the Conecuh River's blackwater creek system in one of the Southeast's most significant longleaf pine restoration landscapes. The Open Pond Recreation Area in the national forest provides swimming, camping, and the spring hiking that the natural seep ponds and carnivorous plant communities make botanically extraordinary from March through May. Gantt Lake, northeast of Andalusia in the Conecuh River system, provides flatwater boating and the bass and crappie fishing that the 540-acre reservoir's wooded shoreline sustains as one of Covington County's primary recreational destinations.
South Alabama's climate supports camping at The Oaks through most of the year, with the spring longleaf pine flatwoods wildflower season from February through April providing the most botanically spectacular conditions as the pitcher plants, sundews, and the wildflower communities of the Conecuh National Forest's wet savannas bloom in a botanical diversity that the longleaf pine ecosystem has historically supported throughout the Southeast. Summer's heat is managed by the property's oak canopy shade and the swimming pool's cooling relief, and fall brings the most comfortable all-around temperatures for hiking, fishing, and campfire-and-covered-pavilion evenings that make The Oaks a genuinely pleasant Wiregrass camping destination through October and November.
from $31 $27/night
