Beaver Dam Campground

Beautiful campground with nice, long, level sites. Sites are spaced so far apart that they feel very private and often have greenery between you and your next door neighbor. Friendly host and hostess. Very well-maintained. I stayed three days/two nights and definitely will return. I did not use the bathroom facilities but I did see the host cleaning them on a daily basis. I paid $15/night because I had the America the Beautiful pass and it was definitely worthwhile. I’m looking forward to returning in the fall/winter and hiking the trails. They were closed due to logging. Beach/swimming area was closed due to CoVid. Almost forgot to mention that the campground is convenient to I20 and the local Walmart. Maybe a 10-minute Drive after you exit I20 but feels very remote and is so quiet and peaceful.

Old campground. Distressed showers and toilet rooms. Poor AT&T service. Plenty of greenery and bugs. Nice campground loop for riding bicycles. Good thing I carry a 50 Amp adapter with me as I can’t tell you the number of times the regular 30 Amp hookup has not worked. Federal campground basically a disappointment.

$23 charge per night reflects the $19 originally paid for site #13 plus a $4 penalty for cancelling one of our two nights so we can move on to Mississippi to visit friends we met camping for a night.

We booked online because I wasn't sure how busy it would be. With the booking fee, it came out to a total of $29, even with the disabled vet pass so I wish we would of just payed when we got there. There was only 3 or 4 other campers the whole time we were there.

Initially we had booked site 15, but upon arriving saw that it was really close to other 2 sites. The rest of the sites are spaced out pretty well, so we just found another spot. The campground host never talked to us. The site was very clean and there were nearby garbage cans. Electric and water hookups are at the site and a dump station is about 1 mile away. Honestly, I didn't even realize the park had bathrooms until I just read the other reviews! I can't speak as to how they looked.

I should say, Google Maps did not lead us to the right location. It lead us to the dump station and said we had arrived. On Google the campground is called 'Upper Caney Campground.'

There was a supermoon one night we were there. The sky was so clear and the park was dark, so we had excellent views!

Check out Black Bayou Lake National Reserve if you decide to stay here! It's over 1 hour away, but well worth the drive.

We're full-timers who stayed here for 2 nights in early November. The standard nightly rate is $15, although seniors and disabled vets with the national park pass pay only $9.50.

The sites are all back-in, with a generous long paved pad and a wide gravel space with large table and fire ring. Many of the sites are far from neighbors, surrounded by trees, and nearly all sites have a view of the water.

Shower houses and bathrooms are standard for public parks on national lands. Camp host was very friendly and circles the campground regularly.

This place was ok. My site was very large, although very exposed. Truck and trailer fit with plenty of room to spare but had to disconnect due to upward slope.

Only a few sites here have views of the lake and half the ones that do are right on top of each other. Lots of micro-trash all over my site (cig butts, bottle caps, tissue, wrappers, etc...). Odd host seems a bit territorial, got in his truck and followed me as I looked for a site and sort of acted like the place was full when it was not even close. Locked gates everywhere in early October. No access to dry camping area, day use area closed. No place to enjoy views of the lake. A couple barking dogs from neighbors but overall very quiet.

About 15 minutes from the town of Minden and Hwy 80. Minden is a little rough but has good food. While eating at Louisiana Fried Chicken, I befriended a gentleman who only half jokingly asked why I was 'hanging out in the ghetto'. Nice guy, though. Great chicken.

Best thing about this place was the price. $9.50 for a large site with electric (with pass-- $15 without) is a bargain. But there was a sign at the entrance with proposed rate hikes to $25 for electric (without pass). Hopefully, they use that money to clean the place, open up some lake access and replace their broken picnic tables or it really will not be worth the visit.

Not much Verizon here but went from 1x/3g to 2 bars of 4g with booster.