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Good camping in Louisiana?

Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted by TheCanadianAmerican
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:34 pm
I love camping and have done a good bit of it in other states but never in Louisiana. Can anyone recommend some good spots preferably in southern part of Louisiana?
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30854 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:39 pm to
I don't know what is allowed there,but check on Avery Island,it's south of Lafayette. Really a beautiful place...except for the salt mine..that part isn't so pretty...in general though,it's a real pretty place.
Posted by 14ft_flat_matt
Member since Feb 2018
249 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:54 pm to
Kisatchie is worth the drive
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
2069 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 12:59 pm to
LOL Avery Island is a private island. Closed to public, except for tours. Plus ol' baw wouldn't last 5 minutes in that marsh with all the mosquitos
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 1:11 pm to
I went up off of Angola Rd with this chick last year. We went to that waterfall deal up Pickneyville Rd the next day. Was a pretty good trip. Can't remember the name of the place though
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30854 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 1:11 pm to
I don't know much about it,just went there once to pick up some salt. I thought it was nice,and the deer were about like pets.
Lots of awesome live oak trees.
Posted by DownSouthDave
Member since Jan 2013
7501 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

TheCanadianAmerican


It's almost summertime, ay. You're going to sweat your poutines off!
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29429 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 1:57 pm to
Beach camping in southwest Louisiana.

Bring an AC.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
64825 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:01 pm to
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:07 pm to
I built a wooden-framed collapsible tent for the bed of my truck a few years back. You can bet your arse I built a spot for a window unit on the toolbox
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25002 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

I went up off of Angola Rd with this chick last year. We went to that waterfall deal up Pickneyville Rd the next day. Was a pretty good trip. Can't remember the name of the place though


Tunica Hills. The trail with the waterfalls is Clark Creek.

They have the private campground on Parker Rd, then a little bit past that place is the free public primitive camp site on Tunica Hills Wildlife Mgmt Area.

ETA: The Tunica Hills WMA camp site is “free” but you need to have either any valid LA hunting or fishing license or a wild Louisiana stamp

This post was edited on 5/7/18 at 7:52 pm
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5501 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:26 pm to
quote:

Clark Creek


Recommend. Good hiking.
Posted by way_south
Member since Jul 2017
931 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 2:33 pm to
I would say October..
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
7612 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 4:10 pm to
i guess it depends on what you like to do
Posted by Captain Ray
Member since Nov 2016
1589 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 4:13 pm to
Pends on what ya call camping. if ya have a camper and it has an AC then Louisiana has a wonderful state park system google em the web has some nice pages with pics and such. If ya a tent and roughing it kind of camper same answer from late October to early April
Posted by Riolobo
On the lake
Member since Mar 2017
5117 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 4:24 pm to
Like others have posted. no way you will want to tent camp in south Louisiana until early November
Posted by GEAUXT
Member since Nov 2007
30379 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 4:47 pm to
little woods
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 5:42 pm to
Fausse pointe has some of the best secluded off the grid camping in LA. Some is only water accessible
Posted by tommy2tone1999
St. George, LA
Member since Sep 2008
7612 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:01 pm to
Swamp coolers like that don't work well in Louisiana. You need the humidity to be really low so that evaporation can take place. That's how they cool.
Posted by RoyalWe
Prairieville, LA
Member since Mar 2018
4227 posts
Posted on 5/7/18 at 6:03 pm to
Several Boy Scout Troops camp every month in tents. If you prepare you can still camp and have fun while doing it. I do recommend a battery operated fan at night.

I second checking out Kisatchie and Clark Creek Natural Area.
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