We stayed at Leake County Water Park in Lena, Mississippi. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice county park.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-12-13
• Check out: 2024-12-15
• 2 nights

Weather:

• Mostly cloudy
• High temps 59-65°F, lows 42-55°F
• A little wind, gusts to 25 MPH, but sheltered amongst trees

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Some neighbor noise (kids and dogs)

Site:

• #15, back-in, concrete
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Somewhat unlevel site; high on passenger side and front; used hydraulic leveling
• Concrete driveway about 50 feet long by 10 feet wide
• 50 feet to neighbor on driver side
• About 180 feet to neighbor on passenger side, though a path about 30 feet away
• Grass and occasional trees between sites
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees
• Mostly clean site
• Elevation 310 feet, front facing SW

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, very conveniently located
• 65 PSI water, very conveniently located
• Unthreaded sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 65 Mbps down, 3-8 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
• AT&T: 10-22 Mbps down, 0.05-0.3 Mbps up, 125-780 ms ping
• Verizon: 2.5 Mbps down, 0.1-7 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Quiet park under the trees

This was a great stop for a couple of nights on our way through Mississippi. The road to get to it is a bit sketchy (it’s more pothole than road), but once you get in, it’s peaceful and the sites are nicely spaced out. There is a short walk to the day use area, which wasn’t very busy in December, so it felt like we had the place to ourselves. We camped at Leake County Water Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

Day use area near our site:

Bridge to primitive camping area:

Floating dock:

Trees and other vegetation in a little bay off the river:

Boat ramp to Pearl River:

Fish of Pearl River:

Other sites:

Playground:

Swimming pool:

We’d be happy to stay here again, and for longer.

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.