Planned Activities

Grand Ecore RV Park

59 RV Sites

Grand Ecore RV Park just north of Natchitoches, Louisiana, offers 59 full-hookup RV sites above the Red River bluffs, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Back-in and pull-through 30/50-amp categories join a splash pad, outdoor pool, boat ramp, and recreation center minutes from Interstate 49. Fifty-nine sites run in back-in 30/50-amp and pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits. Seventy feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A splash pad and outdoor pool anchor the warm months — a genuinely useful pairing for families through a Louisiana summer. A boat ramp gives river access, with a recreation center, pavilion, walking trails, community fire pit, and dog park filling the grounds. Pets are welcome. The riverside setting above the bluffs is the property's defining feature, and the position is unusually convenient — minutes from I-49 without the noise and asphalt of an interstate park. Natchitoches is the oldest permanently settled community in the Louisiana Purchase territory, with a National Historic Landmark district along Cane River Lake, the Creole plantation corridor south of town, and one of the most layered cultural landscapes in the state. The Christmas Festival of Lights draws visitors from across the South. Spring and fall deliver the most comfortable conditions in northwest Louisiana. Reserve well ahead for the Christmas Festival season and for Northwestern State event weekends.

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.

Red River Valley RV Park

10 RV Sites

Red River Valley RV Park in Pineville, Louisiana, provides a small, welcoming campground in central Louisiana's Red River corridor, positioning guests on the banks of one of the South's historically significant waterways just across the river from Alexandria, the cultural and commercial hub of Louisiana's central parishes. With ten well-equipped sites offering 30-amp, 50-amp, and 110-amp full hookup connections—a power option range that accommodates everything from basic travel trailers to the most power-intensive large motorhomes—the park serves both through-travelers on the US-165 corridor and guests spending time in the Alexandria-Pineville metro area. The park's intimate scale creates a personalized camping atmosphere where interaction between guests and owners is natural and the attention to individual needs reflects small-business hospitality rather than the standardized service of larger commercial campgrounds. The variety of electrical service options—including 110-amp connections not commonly found at most RV parks—makes the park particularly valuable for guests with specialized power requirements, large electric coaches, or multiple air conditioning units that demand more amperage than standard 50-amp service provides. The Red River's proximity adds a natural water element to the setting that the park's small footprint would otherwise lack. Pineville sits on the north bank of the Red River across from Alexandria in Rapides Parish, and the twin-city character of the Alexandria-Pineville metropolitan area gives the broader location access to the cultural, commercial, and recreational resources of a regional center while maintaining the quieter, small-town character of the north bank community. Central Louisiana's landscape is defined by longleaf pine forest—much of it in various stages of restoration after a century of industrial logging—and the rich bottomland hardwoods along the Red River corridor that support abundant wildlife including alligator, great blue heron, and white-tailed deer. Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana's only national forest, surrounds much of the Pineville area and protects 600,000 acres of longleaf pine uplands, bayous, and creek drainages across six ranger districts distributed across central and northwestern Louisiana. The forest's Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area—known as Louisiana's Little Grand Canyon for its dramatic sandstone outcroppings and cypress-lined waterways—provides hiking and backpacking terrain that surprises visitors who don't expect genuine topographic relief in Louisiana. Alexandria's museums, including the Alexandria Museum of Art and the Kent Plantation House, offer cultural programming that complements the natural recreation available in the national forest. Red River Valley RV Park operates year-round in central Louisiana's mild climate, where even winter months provide comfortable outdoor temperatures for guests accustomed to colder northern conditions. The park's small size means it books to capacity quickly during regional events and holidays, and direct communication with the owners for reservation inquiries is typically the most efficient booking approach. For travelers seeking an affordable, well-equipped overnight stop or short-term base in central Louisiana with a personal touch that larger operations don't provide, Red River Valley RV Park delivers straightforward value in a historically and naturally interesting corner of the Deep South.

from $40/night

Gods Country Resort

85 RV Sites, 7 Cabins, 11 Tent Sites, 1 Tipi, 2 Houses, 4 Wagons, 1 Lodge

God's Country Resort in Shreveport, Louisiana, offers 85 full-hookup RV sites, 10 cabin, house, and lodge units, 11 tent sites, and five tipis and wagons inside the Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 105 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Covered and deluxe categories with covered picnic tables and swings join economy and extra-large tiers, alongside a lazy river, water park, marina, and casino. Eighty-five sites span back-in covered, back-in deluxe with covered picnic table and swing, back-in economy with picnic table, fire ring, and grill, and back-in extra-large categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 105 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The covered sites and the deluxe tier with a swing are unusual touches, and 105 feet accommodates the longest coaches. Ten cabins, houses, and lodges, 11 tent sites, and five tipis and wagons make the lodging range exceptional. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The property is gated — call 318-309-4322 for an entry code before you arrive. A lazy river, water park, and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a marina, hot tub, disc golf course, jumping pillow, arcade, game room, golf cart rentals, playground, pavilion, dog park, casino, on-site dining, and a bar besides. Protected wildlife habitat minutes from Shreveport's riverfront casino district. Summer drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Bundick Lake RV Park

19 RV Sites, 36 Cabins, 10 Tent Sites

On 15 scenic acres along Bundick Lake in DeRidder, Louisiana—the parish seat of Beauregard Parish in the Pineywoods of southwest Louisiana—Bundick Lake Retreat & RV Park delivers 19 full hookup RV sites, inviting cabins, and a bunk house sleeping 25 in a lakeside setting with direct water access, a swimming pool, miniature golf, pickleball, a pavilion with outdoor dining, and fishing, boating, and kayaking on a lake that sits at the edge of one of Louisiana's most remarkable and least-visited natural landscapes. For travelers using the DeRidder corridor on US-171 or coming specifically to explore Kisatchie National Forest's southwest Louisiana longleaf pine country, Bundick Lake provides a comfortable, activity-rich base camp. Full hookup RV sites offer water, sewer, and electric service alongside WiFi connectivity and access to all of the resort's recreational amenities—the pool, miniature golf, pickleball courts, and the boat launch for the lake. Shower facilities, laundry, and the pavilion and walking trails complete the essential infrastructure. The bunk house facility, with commercial kitchen access and sleeping for 25, serves the group retreat and organizational camping market that the property's combination of lake access and indoor gathering space accommodates well. Cabins provide private accommodation for guests who want lakeside comfort without RV or tent camping. Bundick Lake occupies a basin in the rolling Pineywoods landscape of Beauregard Parish, where the longleaf and loblolly pine forests that once covered much of the Gulf Coastal Plain have been partially restored in the surrounding Kisatchie National Forest lands. The lake itself supports largemouth bass, crappie, bream, and catfish populations that provide good year-round recreational fishing, and the surrounding forest corridors attract white-tailed deer, wild hogs, and the migratory songbirds that move through the southwest Louisiana pine woods in spring and fall. The lake's modest development level creates the peaceful, wildlife-adjacent character that makes the Bundick Lake basin genuinely restorative as a camping environment. Kisatchie National Forest—Louisiana's only national forest, encompassing 600,000 acres across seven ranger districts throughout central and northwest Louisiana—surrounds much of the Bundick Lake area with hiking, off-highway vehicle trails, and the longleaf pine restoration that represents one of the South's significant conservation achievements. The Wild Azalea National Recreation Trail, one of Louisiana's longest hiking trails at over 28 miles, runs through the Calcasieu Ranger District and provides a full-day or overnight backpacking option through the pine hills and azalea-flowered woodland that makes the forest exceptional in spring. Hodges Gardens State Park, to the northeast, provides additional botanical and natural area attractions in the Kisatchie country. DeRidder operates as the service hub for Beauregard Parish's timber, oil, and gas economy, providing the commercial services that make an extended stay in the Bundick Lake area practical for travelers who need to resupply between outdoor adventures. The park operates year-round, with spring and fall the most comfortable seasons for outdoor recreation in southwest Louisiana's humid subtropical climate—winter fishing can be excellent for bass and crappie, and the spring azalea bloom in the national forest from late February through April is one of the most spectacular and least publicized wildflower events in the American South. Reserve your site or cabin at Bundick Lake Retreat and let Louisiana's Pineywoods and the national forest show you a side of the state that most travelers never discover.

from $20/night

Lake Murvaul Park & Marina

19 RV Sites, 5 Cabins

Lake Murvaul Park Marina in Carthage, Texas, provides a marina-equipped lakefront camping destination on Lake Murvaul in Panola County's East Texas Piney Woods, where a quiet 1,000-acre reservoir on Murvaul Bayou creates the protected boating, fishing, and swimming environment of a smaller East Texas lake without the boat traffic and commercial development that the larger East Texas reservoirs experience during peak summer season. Carthage's position as the Panola County seat and the birthplace of country music legend Tex Ritter—whose legacy the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame preserves in the county seat's museum complex—gives the Lake Murvaul area a cultural heritage dimension that distinguishes a visit to this corner of East Texas from pure lake recreation. The marina and campground's facility provides the complete lake access infrastructure for Murvaul's boating and fishing community: a marina, full hookup sites, a boat ramp, a pavilion, lake access for swimming and canoeing and kayaking in the reservoir's calm protected water, dining on site, playground, laundry, showers, bathrooms, and pet-friendly policies collectively serve the families and anglers whose Lake Murvaul stays center on the water's bass, catfish, and crappie fishing in the reservoir's timber and brush structure. The Wi-Fi and full hookup utilities provide the extended-stay infrastructure that the lake's fishing community values in the colder months when Lake Murvaul's catfish and crappie productivity peaks in the deeper water structure. Lake Murvaul's creation in 1958 on Murvaul Bayou in Panola County impounded a Piney Woods watershed of loblolly pine and mixed hardwood timber in a reservoir whose clear East Texas water and the surrounding timber company lands that limit shoreline development create the quiet lake character that small-lake fishing enthusiasts specifically seek out when the major East Texas reservoirs are crowded with recreational boaters on summer holiday weekends. The lake's timber and brush submerged structure from the original forest provides the crappie and largemouth bass habitat that sustains one of East Texas's more consistently productive smaller lake fisheries. Carthage, the Panola County seat approximately 8 miles from the lake, is home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame—a museum celebrating Panola County's remarkable contribution to country music history through native sons Tex Ritter, Jim Reeves, and Ricky Van Shelton in a county that has produced more country music recording artists than virtually any comparably sized rural county in the United States. The historic Panola County Courthouse and the downtown's commercial blocks reflect the timber and oil economy that built Carthage into the most prosperous small city in the Sabine River corridor's East Texas Piney Woods. Lake Murvaul Park Marina operates year-round in Panola County's mild East Texas climate, where the Gulf-influenced winter temperatures rarely drop below freezing for extended periods and allow the catfish and crappie fishing that Lake Murvaul's deeper structure sustains through December and February in the most productive cold-water fishing months. The spring bass spawn from February through April draws the tournament fishing community to Murvaul's protected structure, and the summer swimming and boating season brings the family recreation visitors who find Lake Murvaul's smaller scale and quieter character more appealing than the commercial intensity of the larger East Texas reservoirs on summer holiday weekends.

from $40/night

Lakeview Park and Beach

83 RV Sites, 12 Cottages, 1 Apartment

Lakeview Park and Beach sits three miles north of Eunice, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish—42 acres of Cajun Prairie campground built around a 13-acre fishing lake and a natural swimming pond with a sandy beach in the heart of the Acadiana region, where the Saturday night fais-do-do is not a historical re-enactment but an ongoing tradition, and the Cajun and zydeco music that plays in the park's converted barn dancehall from February through November draws campers who are as interested in the culture as the fishing. This is one of the more distinctly Louisiana campgrounds in a state with many good ones. The park offers 95 full hookup RV sites with electricity, water, sewer, free cable, and WiFi—predominantly pull-through configurations with some back-in positions—accommodating the range of rig sizes that modern RV travel involves. Eight renovated cottages with full kitchens, complimentary WiFi, and cable complete the accommodation roster for guests who prefer enclosed lodging. The 13-acre fishing lake, kayak rentals on the property, the swimming pond and sandy beach, a Tiki Hut for drinks, basketball courts, volleyball, horseshoes, two playgrounds, and a general store stocked with camping supplies and handmade crafts provide the daily recreation. The Saturday night barn dances—Cajun, country, honky-tonk, and zydeco bands rotating through the old dancehall—are a genuine cultural experience and one of the most unusual campground entertainment programs anywhere in the South. St. Landry Parish occupies the Cajun Prairie country of south-central Louisiana, a flat, agricultural landscape of rice fields, crawfish ponds, and small Creole and Acadian communities where French is still heard in conversation and the food culture—cracklins, boudin, and rice dishes that reflect the Attakapas and Acadian heritage of the region—is distinct from the rest of the American South. Eunice is the center of that culture in the Prairie Cajun region: the Liberty Theater hosts its own Saturday performance of the Rendez-Vous des Cajuns live radio show, a community event that has broadcast since 1987 and represents one of the most authentic expressions of Cajun music and cultural heritage accessible to visitors. Opelousas, the St. Landry Parish seat about twenty minutes south, is one of the oldest cities in Louisiana and the self-proclaimed Zydeco Music Capital of the World, with a historic downtown reflecting the French colonial and antebellum plantation heritage of the Teche Country. Lafayette, the economic and cultural capital of Acadiana, is about fifty minutes south and provides the full range of Louisiana cultural tourism—the Vermilionville living history museum, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, the region's restaurant scene, and access to the Atchafalaya Basin boat tours that explore North America's largest river swamp. The Creole Nature Trail All-American Road southwest of Lake Charles, about two hours west, provides access to the Gulf Coast and the most bird-rich coastal marshes in the country. Lakeview Park and Beach is open and active from February through November, with the Saturday barn dances anchoring a campground calendar that goes well beyond the typical pool-and-playground family camp formula. Peak summer demand from Memorial Day through Labor Day fills the pull-through sites fastest, and the Saturday night fais-do-do draws regional campers who plan their stays specifically around the music. The combination of lake fishing, beach swimming, Cajun cultural programming, and genuine regional cooking nearby makes this one of the more distinctive campground experiences in the Deep South.

from $35/night

L'Acadie Inn and RV Park

17 RV Sites, 16 Cottages

In Eunice, Louisiana—in the heart of the Cajun Prairie in St. Landry Parish, in the community that has most faithfully preserved and celebrated the traditional Cajun French culture, Zydeco music, and the accordion-driven Saturday morning radio broadcasts that distinguish southwest Louisiana from every other corner of the American South—L'Acadie Inn & RV Park offers a full hookup RV park, inn accommodations, cabins, a swimming pool, dining, a library, a pond, and a welcoming, hospitality-forward operation whose first stated amenity is "Fine Cajun Hospitality"—a promise that the property's approach to guest service delivers at the pace and with the warmth that the Cajun Prairie community has maintained since the Acadian exiles arrived from Nova Scotia in the 18th century and made this part of Louisiana their home. Full hookup sites with electric, water, and sewer service provide the RV accommodation alongside inn rooms and cabin options for guests who want enclosed lodging for their Eunice stay. A swimming pool serves the warm Louisiana summer, a library provides the reading resource that extended-stay guests appreciate, a pond supports the fishing and wildlife watching that any Louisiana water body generates, and WiFi maintains the connectivity that modern travelers expect. Dining on-site reduces the dependence on Eunice's restaurant scene for daily meals, though the town's Cajun food culture—the boudin, cracklins, étouffée, and the preserved cooking tradition of the Cajun Prairie—makes leaving the property for a local meal a cultural experience rather than a logistical necessity. Eunice occupies the St. Landry Parish prairie in the southwestern Louisiana landscape that the Acadians transformed from open grassland to the rice-farming, crawfish-raising, and cattle-ranching economy that has defined this part of the state since the 19th century. The town's cultural institutions—the Liberty Theater, which broadcasts the Rendez-vous des Cajuns live Cajun and Zydeco radio show every Saturday evening to a live audience and across radio stations throughout south Louisiana; the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park system; and the Eunice Museum, chronicling the community's Acadian heritage—make Eunice the most culturally complete of the Cajun Prairie communities for visitors who want to understand how the Cajun culture developed and why it has survived. Fred's Lounge in Mamou, 13 miles north, is one of Louisiana's most legendary cultural destinations—a small bar that has hosted the Mamou Saturday Morning Radio Show since 1962, a live Cajun music and Zydeco broadcast over KBON that runs from 8 AM to 1 PM every Saturday with the house open to dancers, drinkers, and the stream of visitors who come from across the world specifically for this authentic, unreconstructed Cajun cultural experience. The Opelousas area to the east adds the Zydeco capital of the world's music venues and the traditional sweet potato country that defines another dimension of the Louisiana prairie's agricultural and culinary heritage. L'Acadie operates year-round in Eunice's subtropical Louisiana climate, where the Mardi Gras season from January through Fat Tuesday produces the Courir de Mardi Gras—the traditional Cajun Country chicken run that is one of the most distinctive Mardi Gras traditions in Louisiana, with costumed riders on horseback gathering chickens from farm to farm across the prairie. The fall festival season, the Liberty Theater's year-round Saturday programming, and the Cajun food culture in every season create a cultural calendar that rewards a Eunice visit at any time of year. Reserve your site, inn room, or cabin at L'Acadie and let the Cajun Prairie's hospitality, music, and culture prove that southwest Louisiana offers something no other American destination can replicate.

from $50/night

Jellystone Park™ Lake Charles

184 RV Sites, 14 Cabins

Jellystone Park Lake Charles in Louisiana offers 184 full-hookup RV sites and 14 cabins with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 98 feet. Premium pull-through, standard pull-through, and back-in categories join a water park, splash pad, mini-golf, boat docks, and jumping pillow in Calcasieu Parish. One hundred eighty-four sites run in back-in, pull-thru, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 98 feet, with picnic tables. Ninety-eight feet is exceptional capacity and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow — rare at a family camp-resort. Fourteen cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool alongside. A lake and boat docks support boating and fishing, with mini-golf, a jumping pillow, gem mining, golf cart rentals, hiking, a pond, playground, pavilion, and picnicking filling the grounds. Live music runs through the season. Pets are welcome. Lake Charles sits on the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Houston, where bayou country, casino culture, and the Sabine Pass industrial corridor produce a southwest Louisiana character distinct from the rest of the state's tourism geography. Contraband Days, the Creole Nature Trail, and the region's Cajun and Creole food scene are all close. Summer is the season for a family water resort, with mild winters drawing snowbirds crossing the I-10 corridor. Reserve well ahead for June through August and for festival weekends.

from $45/night

Vinton RV Park

128 RV Sites

Vinton RV Park in Louisiana offers 128 full-hookup RV sites beneath mature oaks just off Interstate 10, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 68 feet. Premium covered concrete back-in sites join gravel pull-through and concrete back-in categories, with an outdoor pool and recreation center in Calcasieu Parish. One hundred twenty-eight sites span standard 50-amp gravel pull-through, premium 30/50-amp concrete back-in, and premium covered 30/50-amp concrete back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 68 feet. The covered concrete sites are the standout — shade structures over a level concrete pad make a real difference through a Louisiana summer, and few parks at this price point offer them. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and a recreation center handle the practical side. The park is open 24/7 with office hours 9am to 5pm daily. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a recreation center for the rest. A casino is nearby. The oak canopy shades the grounds throughout, which is the property's defining physical character. Pets are welcome. Vinton sits on the I-10 corridor between Beaumont and Lake Charles, near the Texas border in southwestern Louisiana's crawfish and rice farming country — the gateway campground for anyone entering the state from the west. The park operates year-round with steady interstate traffic. Spring and fall deliver the most comfortable conditions, and Lake Charles festival weekends tighten availability. Reserve ahead for those.

from $50/night

Antique Capital RV Park

7 RV Sites

Antique Capital RV Park is a premier RV park in Gladewater, Texas, serving both short-term travelers and long-term guests. Located in the heart of East Texas near Longview, Tyler, and Kilgore, ACRV offers a clean, quiet, and welcoming setting with on-site management and amenities designed for comfortable stays. Guests enjoy full-hookup RV sites, spacious pull-throughs, a saltwater swimming pool, fishing pond, two dog parks, dog wash, laundry facilities, fitness center, resort-style private bathrooms, and an event center. Our premium long-term RV sites include hard-to-find features such as private fenced yards, storage buildings, carports, and covered RV sites. Gladewater is known as the Antique Capital of East Texas, with a historic downtown filled with antique shops, vintage finds, and small-town character. The area sits within the beautiful East Texas Piney Woods, where tall pine forests, mature hardwoods, rolling terrain, lakes, and rich red soil create a landscape that feels distinctly different from the wide-open image many people associate with Texas. The region is also shaped by the history of the East Texas Oil Field and is surrounded by some of the state's most scenic lakes and outdoor destinations. From antique shopping and small-town festivals to fishing, history, and exploring the Piney Woods, Gladewater offers an authentic East Texas experience. Whether you're visiting for a few nights, exploring the Antique Capital of East Texas, working in the Gladewater, Longview, Tyler, or Kilgore area, or looking for a quality long-term RV community, Antique Capital RV Park combines a convenient location, exceptional amenities, and a peaceful place to call home.

from $44/night

Texas State Railroad Campground

55 RV Sites, 16 Tent Sites

Texas State Railroad Campground in Rusk, Texas, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites and 16 tent sites at the historic depot of the only state-owned heritage railroad in Texas, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A splash pad, lake, clubhouse, and playground sit on a big-rig-friendly property in the East Texas Piney Woods. Fifty-five sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in pull-through and group back-in configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Sixteen tent sites cover simpler camping. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. One vehicle is allowed per site; additional vehicles are $5 per night on arrival. On-site recreation suits families staying around the train schedule. A splash pad anchors the warm months, a lake on the property supports fishing, and walking trails, a playground, a clubhouse, and a pavilion fill out the grounds. Pets are welcome. The railroad is the reason most guests book. Its 25-mile steam and diesel excursion runs through the Piney Woods between Rusk and Palestine, and the campground sits at the Rusk depot, the eastern terminus — which means guests can walk to the platform rather than drive to it. The line was built in 1881 to haul lumber and supplies during the East Texas timber boom. In town, the Carnegie Library, the Museum for East Texas Culture, the Howard House Museum, and Veteran's Memorial Park are all close. Excursion schedules drive occupancy here. Check the train calendar first and book your site around it — running days fill well before quiet ones.

from $25/night