Lake Ouachita State Park Campground

Lake Ouachita State Park was a very pleasant experience! The campground was quiet despite being almost at 100% capacity. There was some lake noise during the day, but that's expected given the boating destination that is Ouachita. The campground host was incredibly hospitable, as was the Visitor Center employee that thankfully provided me much needed coffee. If you've made it this far in the review...know this...come for the lake, but stay for the sunsets - absolutely spectacular (especially after a storm). The 4-mile Caddo Bend Trail is only 0.4 miles from the campground, and it is an absolute must if staying at the campground. Get sweaty on the hike, then take a dip in the water to cool off. :-)

We overlooked the marina.One morning I opened the door and there were three deer staring at me, I said to my wife “come and see this”. The deer where just beautiful. We had a fire each morning and at night. The weather was kind to us although it cooled off by the end of the week. We had an Instant Pot Thanksgiving, had so much fun preparing it.

We walked the short one half mile trail, we took the “Eagle Cruise” , spent one day shopping around Hot Springs. It was a fun five days.

Once in a while we could get a text out. Generally there was no cell signal.

We stayed from Nov. 22 until Nov. 27. We already have reservations for 2022.

If working online is a concern for you like it is for me you want to consider other options.

Site A15 is closest to the cell service area which can be reached from the tent only camping area in A sites. The sites in B and C have no service.

The visitors center has free WiFi and a turn out had great service just outside the park.

Good trails, clean bathrooms, hot water showers

This park was beautiful. We were lucky in getting a shot right by the sun beach for our little one to play on. The playground was great, there's some holes on the property. We had a beautiful view of the lake the whole time. There is also a marina where you can rent boats to get out on the lake. Three sisters spring is also on the property.

This is a beautiful place. The lake wraps around and there are a ton of little coves to explore by kayak, paddleboard, or boat. The beaches have incredible rainbow shale rocks that are really beautiful and crack in your hands.

We were in loop D, a non-hookup site, which was up on a hill and very quiet. Loops B and C were full, concrete, and fairly cramped. They also have cabins and camper cabins. The showers were recently redone and great. Sites are not especially level but not a huge deal.

Signal is not good. You can drive to certain spots (that they have marked on the campground map) but it's still not great.

The Caddo Bend Hiking Trail is a 4 mile loop around the penninsula - it's lovely, but don't try to run it and take good shoes, it very rocky. But a lovely walk.

Love the park and access to everything in town. This is a great and scenic place to stay, we had a group at sites 19,20,21, and 24. The only issue was that the camp hosts patrol and collect trash at really early hours in a couple of Kubota Ranger / Sides by Sides that are very loud. They woke people in our group each morning.

Trees are pretty thick, but we were able to get direct TV to work.

Cell was poor - 1/2 bars max for Verizon and aT&T