Poverty Point Reservoir State Park Campground

Poverty Point Preserve: We just stopped one night. Looks like a gem. Lake and hiking trail are available. Very clean facilities. Friendliness of staff was superb. (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good

(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.) Price 2023: I was reimbursed at check in, because I’m a senior. $25 to $33 before discount Security: Gate w code Usage during visit: 20% during weekday stop over Site Privacy: Some sites have nice privacy. See my pics. Most sites no. Site Spacing: Good Site surface: Blacktop Reservations: Yes Campground Noise: Quiet Road Noise: Set back from highway. Through Traffic in campground: No Electric Hookup: Yes Sewer Hookup: Maybe some sites. Dump Station: Yes Potable Water Available: At site Bathroom: Very clean and updated w flush toilets.
Showers: Clean and nice. Cell Service (AT&T): 1 or 2 bars.
Setting: Surrounded by wooded forest. Recent Weather: Cloudy and colder.
Rig Size: Large rigs Sites: Some of my favorites: 43,45,46,47, (Entire cg not visited. You won’t go wrong s these sites.)

Beautiful park. Perfect place to pull in for the night. Can’t beat $15 for 62+ years.

It's a great spot

Campground was really clean. Has a lot of shady and big sites. Sites are not too close together so it feels very private. Big clean showers and restrooms. Has a laundry facility and full hookups. Multiple trails and a splash pad/ play area for kids. We didn’t get a chance to use the beach area or fish the reservoir but it looks very inviting. Gates are closed at night but they give you a code to get in/out if need be. Can’t wait to go back and enjoy it for a little longer.

Great park ,very clean ,splash pad,super clean bathrooms, lots of wildlife, swimming beach ,boat rentals highly recommend lots to do wild country safari was great as well as the world heritage site , great cabins on the lake quiet and relaxing

This is a very family friendly park! It's gated and a code is provide to get in/out of the park after hours. Nice splash pad area for the kids, bathrooms are well kept and nice. Staff is amazing! Scenery is great!

By far one of our favorite sites. Already planning a trip back and will continue to come here. Nice clean camp sites, sewer hookup available as well. Nice area with amazing views. The splash pad is a huge hit!

I am staying in a premium pull through site. Nice quiet area. I can hear a train going through at night and some highway noise but it’s not unbearable. Site is nice and level and has a wooden deck but I am not using it because there are dead limbs in the tree and very windy. Still the site is secluded and peaceful. Very few people here at the park this weekend. I have one neighbor.

Well maintained state park. Most sites are level and full hookups. Great place to go fishing. Some hiking trails. A unique feature are the Marsden Indian Mounds in the park. There’s a very nice climate controlled bathhouse with hot showers and flush toilets. Nice laundry room next door to the bathhouse. There’s a water playground/splash pad that is open during the summer months. Lodges and unique cabins on the water are available for rent.

Nice campground. Great bathhouse and laundry facility. Large sites.

Very nice campground. The sites are paved, level and spaced apart nicely. Many with full hookups. Overall a very quiet place. Some hiking trails. Signs warning of black bears but we didn’t see any this visit. The bathhouse is one of the nicest and cleanest I have ever seen. Has this really nice artistic bathroom tiles and a nice laundry room all in the same building and very convenient to the sites. There’s also the coolest cabins over the water and large lodges for rent. Will definitely return.

Beautiful campground, nice sites, beautiful clean bathrooms! Playground Marina, trails. Wifi is fairly good when you're outside. They have adorable cabins for rent on the water! Great for bike riding. Quiet and relaxing.

Nice clean park. Easy access to site. Level site with water electric sewer. Showers restrooms very clean. Only stayed one night no time to explore. Hope to return soon.

This was a very neat and clean state park. The reservoir was pretty and has nice cabins right on the water. We only stayed one night but would definitely go back for a longer stay.

Very nice campsites, lake is beautiful. Restroom and bathhouse was super clean

Big sites. Well maintained. Beautiful.

Here’s a video: https://youtu.be/LKXf2k7od34

This campground on Poverty Point Reservoir is a well-maintained, scenic spot. Everything was very clean and the camp hosts were incredibly nice. Inside the loops, the views are fairly confined due to the maintenance of the natural vegetation for black bear habitat. We didn’t see any, but it’s made abundantly clear that bears may be in the area. A small mound site (Marsden Mounds) is located in the park and a trail with interpretive path allows you to walk past (but thankfully not on) the mounds.

Staff were very friendly and helpful. We stopped one night en-route from Dallas back to Tampa. Arrived in rain at sunset, but found site and back-in was easy. WiFi ok for email but not enough to stream. Had 2 bars in both Visible (Verizon) and Cricket (ATT). Want to come back, looks like a nice park.

This park also has the best bathhouses we have seen. Large swimming area, but it is down the rode a few miles at the marina. A lot of boat traffic from fishing. They do not allow sking.

Kids had a blast walking to the reservoir and hiking some trails. Will go back! One of the friendly park groundskeepers came and said hello when we arrived and introduced himself.

Spotless. Wi-Fi was decent and ATT two bars. I had water/electric site that backed up to the woods and trail. Felt private and spacious. The lake is beautiful. Small town of Delhi is nearby and has gas/grocery store. Don’t forget to visit PP World Heritage site just a few miles up the road.

Pros: Large clean bathhouse, large level campsites, on site laundry facilities, walking trails and a lake. Very cool cabins on the water and visitors center.

Cons:Water playground broken on hot August days. Very little shade in the campground.

Campground has large, level sites. Some are pull through and some you back in. Some have just electric and water hookups and some also have sewage. If you select a non sewage system like I did there is a dump station available in the campground. There’s a water playground which would have been amazing since it is so hot but it’s broken. I stayed here in site #49. I would definitely return. Easy walk to the lake especially from this campsite.

Nice state park. Almost all the sites are very level. Water and electric hookups. Nice walking trails. Bathhouse and laundry facilities. Cabins on the water are really cool! They’re on stilts on the lake, not lakeside on the lake itself! Also they have lodged available. I am probably going back to this place soon. You can hear a train in the distance but it’s not super loud. The park beach, picnic area, marina and camp store are not in the campground but about two miles down the highway. Also in the area but not in the campground area itself are a wildlife park and a golf course.

The lady at the gate was mildly rude. Or maybe the previous place was just that friendly. She seemed as though I was a bother to her, getting checked in. She may have been tired or had other things on her mind though. At the spot, I understand we are in nature, but I was very shocked at all of the poison oak at the sites. Otherwise, it is very quiet with friendly neighbors. I didn’t use the showers, but the bathhouse was clean and pretty. The spots were easy to back in to. I would return. I’d really like to walk around the town and get pictures of all the beautiful churches!

Great flat spots with lots of shade and woods feeling. I really like it.

Great back in sites, well manicured slots and park. The RV park is spread out so you don’t feel claustrophobic. The lake is beautiful and is known in the community for its fishing. There’s certain seasons that specific types spawn and the park is HOPPING. Hard to get a spot. So much to do in this park, and the World Heritage Site is just a 20 minute drive up the road and a $4 entrance fee for a drive through tour. There are options for slots with or without sewage.

Nice level sites.  Many outside sites are well shaded, clean.

Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, Louisiana Park: There is a lot to do at this park. There is a beach and swimming hole but you have to leave out of the park to access it. It is not far and your fee into the park covers the north marina and swimming area. Bike riding, canoe rental or bring your own, fishing off the bank or bring a boat, hiking trails through the Black Bear Habitat, splash pad. The park is rather small, but packs a lot of activity.

Campground and Site 28: This site has electric, water, sewer (we did not need), fire pit, grill, wifi, picnic table and latern hook. There are 2 nice trees for a hammock. Wonderful campground hosts. Very active and on top of stuff like trash and bathrooms. This campground is designed for RV's but we were welcome with our tents. There were only 4 tents set up in the campground and we had (2) of them. Some spots have tons of shade while other have very little. There is a nice bathhouse. There are only 2 shower stalls, but they are huge and clean. There is a laundry room with a coke machine inside. It stormed the night we arrived so our site was a bit flooded. Saturday dried everything up quickly while we took the boys fishing and swimming.

Toward the north end of the park there are cabins and lodges for rent.

Nearby: Poverty Point World Heritage Area. This historic site has a fee of $4 per person.

We had a great time in spite of the rain and will go back when it is cooler to do more hiking and bear watching.