South Toledo Bend State Park — Attraction in Leesville

Being that this is my first and only experience in a Louisiana state park I don't have much to compare it to🤫 but I'm not easily impressed. This campground is very very nice.👍🏻 Cleverly designed with the few pull-through sites being in the center of the loop!➰

Much thought has gone into design and placement. This park has a beach, it has primitive tent sites in a separate area with picnic areas. It's got wonderful cabins, but they're actually houses on the water! 😉And they have their own little neighborhoods in a complete different section. Some of the RV sites have a huge wooden deck. And some RV sites also have tent sites behind them.

I was here for 4 days before I discovered an isolated primitive tent camping area, on its own peninsula across from the beach. 😲 They have provided elevated wood platforms for your tent⛺ and in some places Adirondack chairs.🪑 It also sports its own disc golf course.🤓 It's called Hippie Point out on the 💚 green diamond 💎 trail.

There's a tremendous disc golf course here. 😎 Concrete sidewalks allow a pathway between each tee off area which is also concrete. I almost forgot to mention about the group event building 😱 Extremely fancy. It's in a different section of the park. Right on the water. A huge modern building, with a nature center! Nothing like I've ever seen in a state park! 😳

I must make particular mention of another first for me.😲 Wheelchair accessible tent site!👨🏻‍🦽⛺ Kudos to Louisiana State Parks.. and it's not totally out in the wilderness. It is close enough to access the bath house🚿🚻 which incidentally also has 🧺 laundry. And it's the most reasonably priced at only 175 for a 26-minute wash.🫢 That's half of anywhere else! If you don't have quarters, you are required to use a proprietary app☑️ which you preload with funds. 💱 You will end up with an unused balance. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Some very nice trails 🥾along the waterfront and of course you can leave the campground and bike along the dam. 🚴🏻‍♂️ Or take your four-wheeler on miles of other trails nearby. Oh, did I mention the beach?⛱️

Last couple of notable mentionables; this park actually has boat docks with boat slips! Located behind the premium sites with wood decks, but I don't see that stopping people in other parts of the campground from using them. 😜That's quite an unusual perk.🤩 I've never seen that anywhere! Complete with shore power🔌 and a nighttime street lamp.💡

And lastly, Louisiana State Parks accepts your national senior...

Rented improved rv site #9, pulled in at about 4pm Thursday evening 8/5. Set up our campsite, a nice shaded area directly across from the comfort station and probably as close to the beach as possible. Thursday and Friday were quiet until the masses rolled in Fri evening. We enjoyed a great weekend with sounds of nature and families having a great time. Our pop-up doesnt have a shower so we made use of the very nice and nicely appointed and very well cleaned shower and restrooms and also made use of the pair of washers and dryers. The weekend was as HOT as exspected but we cooled down at the nice, cozy little beach. Be sure to keep your food locked up because the wildlife will take advantage of a poorly secured cooler with eggs sitting right on top 😳...rookie move, but we are rookies, sooo. The staff was wonderful at our interactions. We absolutely are planning our next trip back and hoping to get one of those awesome sites with the deck! We also enjoyed the hiking trails and laps thru the campsites as campers are a friendly bunch and dont mind saying hi or just stopping and chatting. By Saturday the camp was full with big and small rv and everything in between as well as tent campers in the improved and primitive sites so be sure to get your reservations quick! Pulled out Sunday morning at about 10:30am only to find a bit of congestion at the dumpsite so plan accordingly your exit strategy. Over all a very clean, well appointed and gorgeous nature park. Thanks for a great...

We head three night stay in cabin 10 in South Toledo Bend State Park in October 2024 and had a great experience. Perfect weather and park was less than half full. We appreciated the trick or treating for the kids. The park is clean and well kept. The bath house/comfort station is clean, water stays hot. There are washers and dryers there that you can use your phone to pay. The playgrounds are well maintained. The cabin was very clean. No bugs or cobwebs. Linens were clean and fresh. Dishwasher pods, dawn soap, sponge, toilet paper, hand soap, and one extra trash bag are supplied. Don't forget your own paper towels, shampoo and body soap. There is a hair dryer in the bathroom. Broom and mop provided as well as some pots and pans, cups, bowls, plates and utensils. There is a microwave and coffee pot as well. There are four bunks, a full size bed, and sofa pull out for sleeping. Linens and pillows are provided for them all. There is a TV with satellite cable. There is a screened porch and a picnic table and fire ring with grill grate (no actual grill at the cabin but I saw some near the playground). Heads up on cell service, we have AT&T and our signal was very poor. Our parents had T-Mobile and theirs worked well. Thank you SOTB, you guys are doing...