Village Creek State Park — Attraction in Wynne

Beautiful park, pretty and practical visitor center. Bike trails, horse trails, hiking trails, tennis courts. If you are bringing horses, a negative Coggins test is required for your horse. Beware, no cell service/signal at all at Camp A and maybe the other camps. There are hotspots throughout the park that you can go to and get WiFi for a little while but mostly there is no service at camp. There is signal at Lake Austell and the Military Road Trail has decent signal, parts of the Trail of Tears has good signal. I have AT&T and i had no signal at the campsite. Spouse had Verizon and he was able to get WhatsApp messages and make phone calls out but no text messages came in. There is also free WiFi at the visitor center. The Trail of Tears portion of the trail is beautiful considering the tragic history of it. There are interactive info boards at the Upper Military Loop trailhead but the speakers do not work. So you have to read everything on the board. Bad if you hate reading, good if you do like to read. Campsite 17 in Camp A was ok. There had been some hard rains evidently because there was a lot of chat washed into our RV parking spot. I think underneath all of that there should've been a paved or concrete slab but ours was bumpy, uneven and wet/muddy from all of the chat being washed out by the the rain. The picnic table area was hard to navigate on foot also because it was all uneven from being washed out, it's on a concrete slab but the chat and dirt erosion from the rain made it a little unwelcome. The visitor center and gift shop has a lot of practical products such as toilet paper, aluminum foil, RV sewer hoses, snacks, etc., also fun stuff like s'mores ingredients, trinkets, nail files, multi-tools, stuffed animals, gifts, knick-knacks, etc. There is also a bike rental, kayak, canoe, pedal boat and boat rental and firewood for sale at the visitor center. When we were there, there were no boats or pedal boats for rent. There were several kayaks and one canoe. They provide life jackets, key to unlock boats and paddles at the visitor center. The boat dock at Lake Dunn does not have a working bait shop, snacks or drinks, no matter what the sign says. As far as i could tell, it's BYOBait. The other Camps B and C are a little nicer and some have sewer hook-ups in addition to water hook-ups. Many also have a really nice patio with small decks. In fact, i already picked out my next campsite for our next trip and I'm not telling which one it is so no one rents it out from under me, lol. There are swimming spots but we didn't try them, fishing is allowed but only pole and rod fishing. The equestrian area is really nice with stables for your horses and hitching posts for them, too. There is a day parking area if you are just coming for the day to ride the trails and not camp overnight. This is a really nice park, a gem in Wynne and i can't believe i haven't come here before. We will be back to camp and see what else the park has...

Campground A review Saturday 11/11/23: 2 familes had the bright idea of bringing a humongous over 6 ft blow up projector screen set up between their 2 campsites and blaring the latest version of the super mario brothers movie. It really was innovative from 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm, as it entertained and momentarily stalled their horde of screaming, littering, and running children. As a grandmother, I was initially impressed with the grown-up strategy, but well before 8 pm it became unnerving due to the echoing earthquake reverberations of bass surround sound. It was even worse when the kids got bored and started screaming and running around again.

Why did I not simply ask the adults to turn the sound/bass down? Probably because, in today's climate, "grown ups" are quick to escalate to gun violence and they'd already demonstrated a poor response to the ongoing noise. Secondly, why you might you ask, why did I not call and report this to the ranger? Because there is no Cell phone service in this park for calling and texting a ranger won't work. You'd think the towering white screen was set up early in the afternoon would have signaled a red flag to patrolling rangers.

The other complaint I have is the issue of toilet paper restocking: Geez it's only common sense that one 1 roll of toilet paper is not going to last from Saturday morning to Sunday morning in the women's camp restrooms. So be forewarned and bring your own T.P. Yes, despite my complaints, I will return to this lovely park a little wiser.

I have faith the park leadership will take note of these issues and work to be more proactive as most of the uniformed seem enthusiastic, conservation...

The park is great and has several things for you to enjoy, including 2 lakes for fishing, paddle boating, kayaking, & a golf course, hiking trails, walking trails, horseback trails, but it is the staff that really stand out. The team at Village Creek State Park were awesome. The staff was friendly, the park was clean, but most of all they stood up in my time of need.

The park has minimal to zero cell service, which is great for disconnecting from the world, but not so much when emergencies happen.

My husband threw his back out on the second night of our trip. I couldn't make any calls. I remembered seeing the Park Ranger truck at a house outside of the campground the day before. So I got my husband situated and got in our truck and headed that way.

Crystal Watson, Park Superintendent, was eager to assist. She made sure that she had calmed me down (since I was on the verge of an anxiety attack from feeling so helpless & having to leave my husband) and then she called an ambulance for us. She came immediately to our campsite, assisted the paramedics, and made sure that I was ok to drive.

The team was awesome and very concerned when my son & I showed up the next day to break camp. Crystal even called the following day to check on us. Hopefully, you never need medical assistance while on vacation, but it was nice to know that we were surrounded with loving people.

I highly recommend this park and the staff. They are a very caring...