We stayed at Tickfaw State Park in Springfield, Louisiana. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A nice state park, at least until our site flooded; we moved to a different site for the last night.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-12-08
- Check out: 2024-12-13
- 5 nights
Weather:
- Rainy at first then sunny
- High temps 56-74°F, lows 35-64°F
- A little wind, gusts to 26 MPH, but sheltered by trees
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train horn noise
- Little neighbor noise
First Site:
- #27, back-in, asphalt
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
- Mostly level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
- Asphalt driveway about 65 feet long by 10 feet wide
- No neighbors on either side (over 100 feet through trees)
- Lots of tall trees between sites
- Scraping branches
- Picnic table on 24 by 10 feet wooden deck
- Charcoal grill and fire pit
- Lantern hook
- Mostly clean site
- Elevation zero feet, front facing South
Second Site:
- #6, back-in, asphalt
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
- Level site; used air leveling, since only one night
- Asphalt driveway about 70 feet long by 10 feet wide
- 75 feet to neighbor on driver side
- 120 feet to neighbor on passenger side
- Some tall trees, but only grass between sites
- Picnic table on small concrete pad
- Charcoal grill and fire pit
- Lantern hook
- Clean site
- Elevation 10 feet, front facing SSW
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located behind site
- 42 PSI water, fairly conveniently located behind site
- Loose sewer connection, very conveniently located (less than 1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Verizon: 3-5 Mbps down, 4 Mbps up, 25-45 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 5 Mbps down, 14 Mbps up, 24 ms ping, unreliable
- AT&T: 2-9 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 85-1300 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: none
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Boardwalks
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Surrounded by the bayou, sometimes in it
This is a beautiful state park amidst the bayou, but it became a problem because it had rained heavily before we got there, and the river started to rise. We woke up one morning to see that our deck area was surrounded by water and our power pedestal was partially submerged. A very nice ranger came by, ensured we were okay, and offered to help us disconnect the power when we were supposed to depart the following day. However, the water continued to rise throughout the day, and we weren’t comfortable with how high it was getting, so we opted to move to a dryer site for one night. Two other helpful staff put on their waders and disconnected us so we could move. While the rising water was problematic, and the access road is a bit narrow, we would happily stay here again. We camped at Tickfaw State Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our first site was delightfully private, surrounded by trees:
Utilities:
Deck, in the rain… hey, what’s a little rain when staying in a bayou?
Oh, that’s what… we woke up to a flooded site on our last full day:
We kept an eye on it, but the water level kept rising, submerging the power cord from our Watchdog… not great, Bob:
So we made the call to ask to be moved to another site for our last night.
Our second site was more open, not quite as nice, but also not underwater, so that’s a plus:
Other sites:
If we stay here again, this might be a slightly better site, #29:
Glamping tent:
Cabins:
Group camp, cabin style:
Another group camp, tent style (used by scouts):
Dump station:
We were very glad we made the call to change sites; our first site was completely submerged the following day, on the day we departed:
Yowza!
Despite the flooding, we’d be happy to stay here again. If we do, our first site (#27) would still be a reasonable choice (if no recent or expected rain!), though site #29 might be an even better site.
