Bonnet Carre Spillway Campground

Not bad for tent camping. if you have a kayak there’s a canal nearby with fish but it’s right next to the freeway so it’s not the best paddle. lots of people come everyday and it was so humid my body heat made the interior of my tent wet and the storms were pretty serious. lots of locals come by daily so if you’re ever looking for a chat there’s plenty of people around. there’s little to no privacy and the trails around are fairly urban but for free it’s an easy stay. I was there for 5 days and i only packed up because i’d fully exhausted the area and a big storm came in.

What a nightmare to reserve this place! I highly recommend you get a reservation well in advance. These guys are very hard to get ahold of, even after several emails and voicemails. You have to somehow catch them when they're in office.
As other reviewers have said, spots 1-5 are no good for RVs. The best spots are 6-9.
10-15 are okay too but not very nice.
Some spots are missing trash cans, some are missing picnic tables.
The road noise is really loud and kept us up each night.
Good luck.

This is the spillway where we got stuck in the mud. Avoid site 9 if it's rainy and you are heavy. You'll end up stuck too. After about an hour or two, we finally were able to pull out of it. Once we finally got out of it, we parked near spot 6 where there was more gravel than mud and spent the week there.

The park ranger had driven by and told us that it wasn’t that uncommon to get stuck out there. He offered to help pull us out the next day, but we gave it one more go and were able to finally make it.

If you’re going to make a reservation for Bonnet Carre, the only one I would recommend is site 6 or really just near the road... more gravel there. The ranger said he didn’t really care where we parked as long as we weren't blocking others.

This is dry camping, no hookups, so come prepared with water and empty gray and black tanks. The only place we found in the area to fill our tank was at a nearby RV park and water was not cheap.

Starlink was 35 down 10 up. Our Verizon phones had 4 bars. AT&T and Verizon on the cell antenna were both at 5 bars.

This was a little gem! Stayed several days while visiting NO. Beautiful park and fishing area with about 15 sites. Picnic tables and trash cans at each site - small plaza about ten min away with market - drugstore - etc. Felt completely safe - easy 30 min drive to city for sight seeing. This was a great find in an area without many other decent camping options! Other reviewers are right about the mud - heavy rains the night before so was muddy when we arrived - but our site was ok. Rest of time sunny and dry so site totally dry within a day or two. Would avoid sites 1-6 if rain in forecast. Reviewers also right about noise - sounds like a jet taking off - and heard trains with horns off in the distance. Mostly in eve when sound travels - still able to get decent sleep. No problem communicating via email to get approval - responded within a day or so. Great spot - Enjoy!!!

Fantastic place to stop and spend a night or two. No hookups. There was hardly anybody here while I was so we had a place pretty much to ourselves. Didn't see any dog on leash signs so my pup was free to roam also. Apparently there is great fishing because it's surrounded by water and the few people that were here were mostly fishing. Appear to be very safe and fairly quiet. There is a highway about a mile away that you can hear but not bad. Very dark if you get into the right spot.