Stargazing

Sugar Sands Campground and Canoeing Outpost

27 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites

Sugar Sands Campground and Canoeing Outpost in Vancleave, Mississippi, offers 27 full-hookup RV sites and 10 tent sites on the white sand banks of Black Creek, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Grass back-in, back-in, and pull-through categories join a beach, kayak and boat rentals, and sports courts. Twenty-seven sites span back-in, grass back-in, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet. Publishing the surface in the category name is a small but useful touch. Ten tent sites round out the lodging. Restrooms, showers, a pavilion, and WiFi handle the practical side. The creek is the whole proposition. Boat rentals and kayak rentals put you straight on the water for canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing, with a white sand beach on the bank. Sports courts, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, and picnicking fill the rest, with strong stargazing and birding. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Black Creek is one of Mississippi's most pristine rivers — clear, tannic water over genuine white sand, which is an unusual and beautiful combination that draws swimmers and paddlers from across the coast. Jackson County puts the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge close, along with the Vancleave multipurpose arena, the GI Museum, and the Gulf Coast beaches and casinos a short drive south. Summer paddling season drives the heaviest demand, with spring and fall the most comfortable. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $20/night

The Joshua on HWY 61

20 RV Sites

Enjoy a quiet, independent stay at The Joshua on 61 in Woodville, Mississippi, along U.S. Highway 61. Whether you’re visiting family, exploring the area, or settling in for a work assignment, you’ll have your own space and the convenience of easy self-check-in. Our 20 back-in RV sites offer full hookups with 30/50-amp electricity, water, sewer, and fiber Wi-Fi. Coin-operated laundry is available on site, with additional vehicle parking in the paved lot at the front of the property. Nightly, weekly, and monthly options make it easy to plan a weekend visit or a longer stay. Discover Woodville’s historic town square, hike the wooded trails of Clark Creek Natural Area, or plan a fishing trip to Lake Mary. Birdwatching, hunting-season preparation, family gatherings, and regional events offer reasons to return throughout the year. Natchez, St. Francisville, Centreville, and Gloster provide more places to explore, visit family, or connect with work along the Highway 61 corridor. Traveling with relatives or friends who don’t have an RV? Our private Airbnb studio apartments with full kitchens let everyone stay at the same property while enjoying their own accommodations. Long-term unfurnished studio apartments and extended RV stays provide options for those making Woodville home. For help choosing an RV site, arranging multiple sites, or planning a monthly or contractor stay, email [email protected]. Explore your options at www.thejoshuaon61.com. Four Ways to Stay. One Unmatched Experience.

from $40/night

Fort Morgan RV Park

31 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Fort Morgan RV Park in Gulf Shores, AL, offers 31 full-hookup RV sites and 2 cabins, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 70 feet. The five categories are all about the water: waterfront, bay view back-in, bay view pull-through, bay access back-in, and bay access pull-through. All carry water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table. The park is rated big rig friendly. One honest note the park makes itself: the beach here is a created beachy area on the bay side, not the Gulf — worth knowing before you arrive expecting surf. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a clubhouse, a dump station, golf cart rentals, kayak rentals, and boat storage cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. Boat docks, a fishing pier, a community fire pit, a playground, and walking trails fill the grounds, with boating, fishing, kayaking, paddle boarding, swimming, hiking, biking, and stargazing. Golf, a state park, and the Gulf beaches are nearby. The park sits on Bon Secour Bay where Mobile Bay narrows toward the Gulf — a boutique waterfront property with little in common with the sprawling resorts in Gulf Shores proper. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Waterfront sites book first.

from $75/night

Red River Valley RV Park

10 RV Sites

Red River Valley RV Park in Pineville, LA, offers 10 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in two categories, pondside back-in and woodside back-in, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit. The park is rated big rig friendly, and at 60 feet the sites take a long coach. Pets are welcome. Ten sites means it's genuinely small, and the pondside spots are the ones to request. A pond and creek frontage fill the grounds, with planned activities and dark-sky stargazing over the river valley. Pineville sits in central Louisiana's Red River corridor, on the banks of one of the South's historically significant waterways, directly across the river from Alexandria — the region's cultural and commercial hub. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Ten sites means calling ahead is simply the way to book here.

from $50/night

The Shoals Cottages & RV Park

51 RV Sites, 1 House

The Shoals Cottages and RV Park in Tuscumbia, Alabama, offers 51 full-hookup back-in RV sites and a house rental with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 55 feet. A clubhouse, lake, creek, and laundry serve guests at the center of the Muscle Shoals music corridor. Fifty-one back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 55 feet. A single back-in category keeps things simple — every guest gets the same spec, and 55 feet accommodates most coaches comfortably. A house rental rounds out the lodging for guests without a rig. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and a clubhouse handle the practical side. A lake and creek on the property support fishing, with planned activities through the season and genuinely dark skies for stargazing. Pets are welcome. The location is the draw for a specific kind of traveler. The Muscle Shoals area — Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Florence, and Muscle Shoals itself — produced a concentration of recording studio work that shaped American popular music far out of proportion to the region's size. FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio both still stand and both give tours, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame is in Tuscumbia, and Helen Keller's birthplace at Ivy Green is here as well. The Tennessee River's broad shoals landscape frames all of it. Spring and fall deliver the most comfortable north Alabama conditions. The W.C. Handy Music Festival in July and the Helen Keller Festival draw regional crowds — reserve ahead for those weekends.

The Barn RV Park

36 RV Sites

The Barn RV Park in El Dorado, AR, offers 36 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a full-hookup back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table. The park is rated big rig friendly, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, and a barn on the property. Pets are welcome. It's owned and operated by longtime El Dorado residents, and the maintenance standard reflects that. Picnicking and genuinely dark south Arkansas sky for stargazing are the on-site recreation. El Dorado sits in the oil country of Union County, with restaurants and shopping a short distance away, three golf courses nearby, and the Murphy Arts District downtown hosting concerts and events through the year. Rates and availability are on the booking page. MAD event weekends fill the park — reserve ahead when something's on the calendar.

from $40/night