Intracoastal Parish Park Campground in the United States

Seriously, for $12 a night there power, water, and as much fishing or crabbing as you can handle. It is not the most scenic place in the country, but all the barges floating past are pretty darn cool if you ask me. Definitely a great place to base camp while touring Creole Nature Trail. The park is divided into a boring RV section (asphalt and gravel) that overlooks the river. It has commanding view but everyone was crammed in there when we arrived. We chose to park in the completely vacant (at the time) "tent area" which has grass and easier access to the water (not that I fish or anything) and still with a pretty good view. The sites are all more than long enough for big-rigs, and the cleanliness of the park was second to none. I have only two gripes; 1) The overhead lights are so bright that it was not easy to sleep at times, and 2) the metal draw bridge makes a ton of noise every time a vehicle goes over it, which is every few seconds, 24 hours a day.

4 years ago

We weren't expecting much out of a $12 county park but I'm so glad we ended up here. You can't beat the price and we enjoyed watching the tug boats pushing the barges across the waterway. My only complaint would be that occasionally there were loud honks from the boats. There is noise from the draw bridge as well but we don't mind the white noise. You are just a few steps away from fishing, too. It was a great place to plug up a few days and recharge our batteries. The bathrooms were not in working order when we were here either.

4 years ago

It's true that there's noise from the bridge, but it didn't bother me sleeping. I sleep with white noise anyway. Scenic with the water and boat traffic. Not exactly remote, but fine.

4 years ago

Only knew about having to make reservations online from other reviews. Wish the reservation website was accurate, this is why I hate choosing a site online- of course we ended up on a gravel patch with no fire ring or picnic table....even tho we could have chosen from any of the other 6 avail. There is no one here to allow switching, so ur stuck with what u picked online- we did choose one that said it had these things..... I'm not happy- this is why we came here, to finally have a fire. The hookups are backwards, so our door opens right into the elec/water post & the gravel isn't the type you can walk on barefoot. We have dogs, so a patch of grass would have been nice- site #13 if you want that. Dump station not labeled, & host building says "do not disturb". NOT BEING ABLE to switch sites turned into a huge problem, when we were the ONLY ones camping here & guess where the next 2 campers parked? That's right- on EITHER SIDE OF US. REALLY?? IN a huge, empty park???? Thanks a lot. (Not their fault obviously). Not much to do here except watch the boats, fish if you paid the $60 for a non-resident fishing license ($90 if you get the salt water as well). My dogs are unhappy, I'm not thrilled, would rather be boondocking. Oh well, live & learn. (We also arrived on a Thurs which is lawn maintenance day, so the 4 large lawn mowers were overkill & quite noisy- they finally finished at 2:30pm.) Also- they might want to get a friendlier guy as the camp host- he just rolls up on his Harley & stares at us, trying to look all mean....? Why? We had to approach him & then he finally spoke "got a reservation", still no smile? Real nice....since the next day the guy down from us was beating the ^%&% out of his gf yelling "I should have f*%^&d you dead" (Yes, that's right, he yelled it three times) & the big tough biker guy just sat there watching.

4 years ago

Interesting place. Unusual bridge and close viewing of tugs and barges. Yes the bridge is a bit noisy, I imagine especially so if camped at that end of the park. The sites are close together and 100% gravel but I had the site's site so it wasn't too bad. The ones facing the water had covered picnic tables every third site or so. That was a nice touch and people put up tarps to block wind/sub/visibility. I would have hung my hammock. It was Thanksgiving week and I snagged the last available site. Reservations are best because it is a popular fishing place. The bathrooms are great, though only one shower stall. I'm typically a boondocker and this was a great place to recharge for awhile. 50 amp and water at the sites for a great price,

4 years ago