Cenla Campgrounds — Hotel in Spirit Lake

Worst campground we have been to in the past 5 years of owning a camper. The point of camping is for a moment to break away from the norms of society and all the rules and regulations we live by and get out in nature and relax....you will not find that here as management is extremely rude and on a huge power trip and will micro manage your entire stay if you don't abide by their over zealous set of rules. They might as well state that it's a semi retirement home for 50 yrs and older only to deter families, NOT family friendly park that includes dogs, management yelled at my kids for riding electric scooters, no kids at the playground as soon as the sun sets, lady is literally standing on the office balcony strictly enforcing that every night, was also screamed at and threatened to be kicked out for dogs playing with neighbors dogs. Worst was upon our departure I decided to talk to the manager to see what the problem seemed to be and she just talked over me the whole time and yelled and argued back. also right behind a gas station off busy road so very noisey. Would not recommend ! unless your one of them weird old campers that goes to a campground to just sit in your camper and watch TV...

This is a very nice, clean, quiet, "non-descript" RV park. Nothing exciting but very functional. The facilities are dated but everything was in excellent condition and they have done some updating. The hosts were very nice.

When I looked at the map I was concerned that there would be a lot of noise from US-71. But that was not the case. It is set back far enough that we would only occasionally hear some mild traffic noise.

Most of the park is shaded and seemed to have a lot of seasonal residents. The area we stayed in was newer. It was quite level and had a nice concrete patio. But it was not shaded, and the fire ring is very close to the driving path. There is a small playground for the kids and a basketball 1/2 court. The pool was small but clean. The bath house was clean. But it is quite dated and needs a major overhaul...even with the retiled the showers.

It is located on Center Lake,. Because it was far away from our site you we really couldn't tell. The dock is good for fishing. We were there in July and the lake was a little green, but people catching lots of small fish.

In summary I would say it is very serviceable, and a...

This was our first time here and we stayed 6 days from Sunday night to Saturday morning. Pros of the campgrounds are : nice pull thru sites with full hook up , concrete slab with picnic table, nice facilities . Cons: our site was right next to the maintenance shed, so we knew when they were mowing or repairing stuff. Most site near the lake were for seasonal campers. Pool was very cold and the hours were very odd it opened at 10 am but closed when the office closed which on weekdays was 6 pm. So if you plan on going siteseeing and come back for a late day swim not going to happen. The dock was hidden way, if you didn't know they had a dock you would miss it. The dock is very wobbly ( the boards would dip where you stepped on) and there wasn't a railing around it so be careful if you have younger kids. Out of the 6 days we stay it rained 3 times with 2 being heavy storms and the sites flooded but the staff did go around letting folks know that the weather was looking bad and to put the awnings down . Over all it was a nice...