Tent Camping near Natchitoches, Louisiana
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The Ouachita RV Park
1 Tent Site
The Ouachita RV Park in Monroe, Louisiana, offers full-hookup RV sites and a tent site just off Interstate 20, with an outdoor swimming pool, clubhouse, laundry, dump station, playground, and dog park. Part of the Streamside Parks family, it is built for genuine big-rig access on one of the most practical I-20 stops in northeast Louisiana. Sites carry full hookups, with a tent site rounding out the lodging. Contact the park to confirm amp service, length limits, and current category availability for your rig — the published site records are incomplete, and a call gets you a straight answer. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and a clubhouse handle the practical side. An outdoor swimming pool anchors the property, with a clubhouse, playground, dog park, billiards, horseshoes, corn hole, and picnicking filling the grounds. The amenity package is well rounded for a highway park — a pool and a clubhouse are more than most interstate stops offer, and the big-rig friendliness is the point rather than an afterthought. Sites are laid out with genuine room to maneuver, the laundry and bathhouse are on site, and the dump station means you leave clean. Pets are welcome. Monroe sits on the Ouachita River in northeast Louisiana, midway between Shreveport and Vicksburg on I-20. The Biedenharn Museum, Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe are all close. Demand tracks interstate traffic rather than a season, with spring and fall the most comfortable. Reserve ahead for holiday travel periods.
from $20/night
3.0
Lake Charles RV Resort
107 RV Sites, 4 Tent Sites
Lake Charles RV Resort in Iowa, LA, offers 107 full-hookup RV sites and 4 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 82 feet. Sites come in three categories — standard back-in, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table. The resort is rated big rig friendly, and at 82 feet the premium pull-thrus take the longest coaches without unhitching. Every space rental includes four people, with additional guests charged separately. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, propane fills, a dump station, on-site dining, a clubhouse, and personal mailboxes cover the practical side. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. A lake on the property gives guests water access, with boating nearby. Iowa sits just off Interstate 10 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwest Louisiana coastal plain, minutes from Lake Charles itself. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Confirm your party size when you book — four people are included and extras cost more.
from $16/night
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Texas State Railroad Campground
55 RV Sites, 16 Tent Sites
Texas State Railroad Campground in Rusk, Texas, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites and 16 tent sites at the historic depot of the only state-owned heritage railroad in Texas, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A splash pad, lake, clubhouse, and playground sit on a big-rig-friendly property in the East Texas Piney Woods. Fifty-five sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in pull-through and group back-in configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Sixteen tent sites cover simpler camping. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. One vehicle is allowed per site; additional vehicles are $5 per night on arrival. On-site recreation suits families staying around the train schedule. A splash pad anchors the warm months, a lake on the property supports fishing, and walking trails, a playground, a clubhouse, and a pavilion fill out the grounds. Pets are welcome. The railroad is the reason most guests book. Its 25-mile steam and diesel excursion runs through the Piney Woods between Rusk and Palestine, and the campground sits at the Rusk depot, the eastern terminus — which means guests can walk to the platform rather than drive to it. The line was built in 1881 to haul lumber and supplies during the East Texas timber boom. In town, the Carnegie Library, the Museum for East Texas Culture, the Howard House Museum, and Veteran's Memorial Park are all close. Excursion schedules drive occupancy here. Check the train calendar first and book your site around it — running days fill well before quiet ones.
from $25/night
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Bayou Wilderness RV Campground
122 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites
Bayou Wilderness RV Campground in Carencro, Louisiana, offers 122 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and five tent sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance and open all year. An outdoor pool, fitness center, lake, and pickleball courts sit just north of Lafayette. One hundred twenty-two sites run in 30-amp, 50-amp, and 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 45 feet. An all-pull-through layout is genuinely convenient — no backing after a long driving day, at any site in the park. Five tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, with a gated entrance controlling access. An outdoor pool and fitness center anchor the property, with a lake supporting fishing and swimming. Pickleball, basketball, horseshoes, sports courts, walking trails, a playground, and a dog park fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Carencro sits in the Louisiana French cultural heartland just north of Lafayette, where Cajun food, zydeco music, crawfish culture, and the cypress swamp landscape of the Atchafalaya Basin define a regional identity unlike any other in the American South. Festival Acadiens, the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, and the Lafayette music venues are all within reach. Spring festival season and the mild winter months draw the heaviest demand in Acadiana. Reserve well ahead for festival weekends and for the winter Texan window.
from $25/night
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On The Lake RV Resort
109 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites
On The Lake RV Resort in Onalaska, Texas, offers 109 RV sites, nine cabins, and three tent sites on Lake Livingston, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Tall Timbers, patio, gravel, and premium pull-through categories join a full-service marina, boat ramp, fishing pier, and beach. One hundred nine sites span Tall Timbers back-in, gravel back-in, patio back-in, and Tall Timbers premium pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet, with picnic tables. Nine cabins and three tent sites round out the accommodations. A laundry, propane fills, dump station, boat storage, restrooms, showers, firewood, and WiFi handle the practical side. The lake is the reason to book. A full-service marina, boat ramp, boat docks, fishing pier, and beach give complete water access, with boating, fishing, and swimming from the property. An outdoor pool — open seasonally and, by the resort's own account, second in popularity only to the lake itself — anchors the warm months, with a hot tub and sauna, clubhouse, sports courts, volleyball, horseshoes, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining besides. Off-roading is nearby. Pets are welcome. Lake Livingston is the largest lake in Texas east of the Sabine, an 82,600-acre reservoir on the Trinity River delivering outstanding white bass, catfish, and largemouth fishing, surrounded by the longleaf and loblolly pine of the Sam Houston National Forest corridor. Summer lake season drives demand. Reserve well ahead.
from $24/night
Popular camping styles for Natchitoches, Louisiana
Popular camping amenities for Natchitoches, Louisiana RV parks and campgrounds
Pull-Through
30-Amp
Concrete Patio
Sewer Hookup
Water Hookup
Electricity
Concrete Pad
ADA Accessible
50-Amp