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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.

Bayou Wilderness RV Campground

122 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites

Bayou Wilderness RV Campground in Carencro, Louisiana, offers 122 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and five tent sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance and open all year. An outdoor pool, fitness center, lake, and pickleball courts sit just north of Lafayette. One hundred twenty-two sites run in 30-amp, 50-amp, and 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 45 feet. An all-pull-through layout is genuinely convenient — no backing after a long driving day, at any site in the park. Five tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, with a gated entrance controlling access. An outdoor pool and fitness center anchor the property, with a lake supporting fishing and swimming. Pickleball, basketball, horseshoes, sports courts, walking trails, a playground, and a dog park fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Carencro sits in the Louisiana French cultural heartland just north of Lafayette, where Cajun food, zydeco music, crawfish culture, and the cypress swamp landscape of the Atchafalaya Basin define a regional identity unlike any other in the American South. Festival Acadiens, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, and the Lafayette music venues are all within reach. Spring festival season and the mild winter months draw the heaviest demand in Acadiana. Reserve well ahead for festival weekends and for the winter Texan window.

from $25/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

Lighthouse Bend

36 RV Sites

Lighthouse Bend RV Resort in Cameron, Louisiana, delivers Gulf Coast RV resort accommodations on the Louisiana coast in Cameron Parish — a resort on the Calcasieu Lake and Gulf of Mexico shore of southwestern Louisiana that offers amenities including a 14-slide water park, full-hookup RV sites, and the Gulf waters and wildlife-rich coastal marsh environment of the Louisiana Gulf Coast's least developed and most ecologically intact coastal parish. Cameron's position at the confluence of the Calcasieu Ship Channel and the Gulf of Mexico gives the resort its salt air character, its inshore fishing access, and its proximity to the Sabine and Lacassine National Wildlife Refuges that make the southwest Louisiana coast a nationally significant natural area despite its relative obscurity to visitors outside the regional market. Full-hookup RV sites with the complete resort infrastructure — including the 14-slide water park that serves family guests through the warm Gulf Coast season — give guests the combination of active recreation programming and Gulf-adjacent camping that Cameron Parish's waterfront position enables. The resort's comprehensive family amenity investment in a coastal parish that sees relatively modest tourist traffic creates a destination appeal for southwestern Louisiana and southeast Texas families that the more congested Gulf Coast resort corridors cannot match for ease of access and uncrowded amenity use. Pets are welcome. The Cameron Parish coast provides exceptional inshore and nearshore Gulf of Mexico fishing — speckled trout and redfish in the coastal marsh channels and lake systems, flounder in the jetty and nearshore structure, and the offshore species from the Gulf's continental shelf a reasonable run from the Calcasieu Pass jetties. Cameron's position at the Calcasieu Ship Channel's Gulf entrance gives pier and bank anglers the kind of channel-edge access to fish moving between the Gulf and the inland lake system that inshore anglers specifically target for the species diversity and the fishing quality that channel current and structure sustain year-round. The Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, east of Cameron along the Intracoastal Waterway in the coastal marsh of Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, is one of the most significant migratory bird staging areas on the central Gulf Coast flyway — a 125,000-acre coastal marsh complex where millions of waterfowl, shorebirds, and neotropical songbirds concentrate during the spring and fall migration in numbers that give the Louisiana coast its reputation among serious birders as one of the premier fall-out sites in North America. The Marsh Trail boardwalk through the refuge's coastal prairie and marsh provides wildlife viewing without specialized watercraft. Lighthouse Bend RV Resort operates year-round in Cameron Parish's subtropical Gulf Coast climate, where the mild winters from November through March attract snowbird visitors from the northern Gulf states and the Midwest seeking the offshore character and fishing access of Louisiana's coastal parishes at price points significantly below Florida's comparable coastal destinations. The spring shrimp season and the fall waterfowl season sustain two of Cameron Parish's most engaging outdoor recreation windows beyond the summer family camping peak. Reserve resort sites ahead for the peak summer water park season and during the duck hunting season from November through January, when the Cameron Parish coastal marsh's waterfowl hunting draws visitors from across the Louisiana and Texas hunting community.

from $25/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

New Orleans RV Resort & Marina

137 RV Sites

New Orleans RV Resort & Marina offers 135 full-hookup RV sites on the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline, 12 minutes from the French Quarter, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance. Deluxe and premium waterfront back-in categories join buddy sites, a marina, boat ramp, and outdoor pool. One hundred thirty-five sites span standard back-in, standard buddy back-in, deluxe waterfront back-in, premium waterfront back-in, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables. The waterfront categories are the reason to book here — open water views are something no downtown hotel can offer. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, and RV storage handle the practical side. A marina and boat ramp give direct Lake Pontchartrain access for boating, with an outdoor pool, fitness center, playground, pavilion, dog park, corn hole, and horseshoes filling the grounds. Pets are welcome. The 12-minute access to the French Quarter solves a genuine problem — New Orleans is central to American music, food, and cultural history in a way no other city replicates, and finding a campsite within reach of it has historically been difficult. Directions from I-10 east: follow I-10 west to US-90 west, take exit 240B for US-90/Chef Highway, then the Franklin exit. Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, and the convention calendar drive the sharpest spikes and fill the resort months ahead. Reserve as early as you can.

from $57 $49/night

Adventures RV Resort

196 RV Sites, 64 Cabins, 33 Tent Sites

Adventures RV Resort in Robert, Louisiana, offers 196 full-hookup RV sites, 64 cabins, and 33 tent sites at Exit 47 off Interstate 12, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Concrete back-in and pull-through categories join a water park, lazy river, hot tub, and disc golf course between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. One hundred ninety-six sites span back-in, concrete back-in, pull-through, and concrete pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet. The concrete options give level setup and hold up through Louisiana weather. Sixty-four cabins and 33 tent sites round out a broad lodging range. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and RV storage handle the practical side. Check-in is 2pm for RV sites and 3pm for cabins, with check-out before 11am for both. A water park and lazy river anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, beach, and lake supporting swimming, canoeing, kayaking, boating, and fishing. Mini-golf, a disc golf course, recreation center, arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with golf cart rentals, walking trails, a playground, dog park, snack bar, and live music besides. Pets are welcome. Robert sits in Tangipahoa Parish's pine-and-bayou country, where the Tangipahoa River's clear-water tubing and kayaking corridor draws the New Orleans metro north. Summer river season drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $20/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

Sun Outdoors New Orleans North Shore

142 RV Sites, 36 Cottages

Sun Outdoors New Orleans North Shore in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, offers 142 full-hookup RV sites and 36 cottages on Lake Pontchartrain's north shore, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 75 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Double and triple full-hookup sites for two and three RVs join premium waterfront back-in and pull-through categories, with a lazy river, hot tub, and mini-golf. One hundred forty-two sites span standard back-in, premium pull-thru, premium waterfront back-in, double full hookup for two RVs, and triple full hookup for three RVs, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 75 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Double and triple sites are genuinely uncommon and ideal for families or groups traveling together in multiple rigs. Thirty-six cottages round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A counter-service grill sits on site, with a Sonic Drive-In nearby. A lazy river and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. Mini-golf, a fitness center, arcade, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a lake, creek, beach, playground, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with fishing, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, live music, and planned activities. New Orleans is a short drive across the causeway, which lets you take the city in doses. Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest fill the region. Reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

The Ouachita RV Park

1 Tent Site

Just off Interstate 20 in the heart of Monroe, Louisiana, The Ouachita RV Park operates as part of the Streamside Parks family with the combination of genuine big-rig friendliness, an outdoor swimming pool, and a well-rounded amenity package that makes it one of the most practical and comfortable I-20 corridor stops in the entire state. Monroe sits at the junction of the I-20 east-west corridor and the Ouachita River, and the park's position near that junction puts guests within minutes of the city's commercial district and natural attractions while delivering the kind of quiet, well-maintained facility that overnight and weekly travelers rely on when the day has been long and the priorities are simple. The park's 62 pull-through sites accommodate big rigs without the maneuvering challenges that smaller campgrounds impose, and full hookup service with 50-amp electric, city water, and sewer connections provides the complete infrastructure that extended-stay guests require. Free WiFi is available throughout the property, and the 24-hour coin-operated laundry facility handles washing needs at any hour of the day—a practical advantage for guests working around travel schedules. An outdoor swimming pool, a recreation room furnished with a pool table, books, board games, and a piano, cornhole and horseshoes courts, and a children's playground round out a recreation lineup that covers most of what campground guests actually want. Clean restrooms, shower facilities, and a dump station complete the property's full-service character. A tent area accommodates non-RV guests as well. Monroe's position on the Ouachita River gives the city a natural anchor that downtown visitors who limit themselves to the commercial strips along I-20 consistently overlook. The river's banks, tree-lined and peaceful, provide walking and cycling access along the water's edge, and the riverside park system gives guests an immediately accessible natural escape within the city limits. The Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, just north of Monroe, protects a remarkable bottomland hardwood and cypress-tupelo swamp ecosystem that supports hundreds of bird species and provides outstanding wildlife viewing for guests willing to invest a morning in a canoe or on the observation boardwalk. Monroe's cultural attractions reward the traveler who allocates more than a gas stop. The Biedenharn Museum and Gardens preserves the site where Coca-Cola was first bottled commercially—one of Louisiana's most improbable and genuinely interesting claims to historical significance. The Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, and the Strauss Planetarium provide a range of family-accessible cultural stops. The food culture of north Louisiana—known for its own distinctive take on Cajun and Creole traditions, heavily influenced by the Piney Woods and Arkansas Delta—deserves specific attention from visitors with a day to explore the city's restaurant scene. The Ouachita RV Park operates year-round and serves an eclectic mix of long-haul I-20 travelers and regional guests using Monroe as a base for north Louisiana exploration. The park's size and pull-through infrastructure make it particularly well-suited for large rigs and caravanning groups. Reservations are available and recommended for busy travel periods and holiday weekends. Book your site on the Ouachita, rest properly, and use Monroe as the exploration base that this river city genuinely deserves to be.

from $20/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

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