Walnut Ridge Unit, Martin Dies JR State Park — Hotel in Jasper

A good place for anyone who is tired from driving long hours, just be aware that there are wild animals in this location.

My friend and I were traveling from Texas to Georgia and needed a place to sleep, we arrived around 11pm and been driving for more than 12 hours, it must have been about 3am when our vehicle was surrounded by two mountain lions walking around the vehicle while we slept, my friend was the first to notice them since he slept with his window fully opened and got startled by a low growl on his window spooking the mountain lion looking straight at him through his open window… after that we were fully awake and aware of the situation and decided to continue driving to the nearest town away...

Love the park, but a large church group of tent campers made us feel like we were camped in the middle of a playground. I love kids, but these were off the hook. Yelling and screaming and running a mock while the adults we’re playing volley ball until after 10:00 at night, right next door to us! No consideration or respect. It was so loud it was miserable. There should be rules to ensure all campers are able to enjoy the camp site...

Very nice deep woods large trees and fishing, trails and canoeing, special activity daily hook up with electric power and water, and dumping stations located within the park. Very...