Best Tent Camping near Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes, AL

Small road side park that the state had turned over to the County some years ago.

It only has 3 RV sites and typically offers water and electricity only.

Nothing more than a class "C" should stay.

Tent camping is welcome. 

Bathrooms were closed for the season and the water is off due to a leak.

There is a dump station located by the restrooms. 

There is WMA property across the road that could be accessed for hiking.

This is a great campsite if you want a secluded quiet place with river access. There is a boat launch that leads you straight to the Tombigbee river before it meets the Black Warrior in Demopolis. There are tent sites and each has a picnic table and fire pit. Some sites have water access. There is a bathroom, but no showers. There is also a large pavilion that could be used for events.

Belmont is a free camp ground with with 15 campsites. A Boat Ramp is available. Bathrooms with running water. Two sites can accommodate rigs up to 30 feet. Great for tent, smaller campers and RVs.

We are hosts at a us army Corp of engineers camp site. Very isolated with full amenities on the Alabama river system.. David and Lora Fitch.

We had an excellent experience at Foscue Creek. We were the only tent campers in the park, as it looked like most of the residents were longer-term RVers. Most of the sites are along the creek/river, and each has a table, fire pit, water, electric, and a hook for hanging things. The bathrooms were the cleanest bathrooms I've seen at a public campground. The river is lovely at sunset, and there are tons of birds and other wildlife within the park. Highly recommend this hidden gem.

This is a great campground managed by the University of Alabama. It is on the site of the Moundville Indian mound complex, from the Mississippian period.

There are several camp sites, most with electric and water, some have sewer. There is a central bath house, which is closed in winter. However the campground is open all year. There is a dump station as well.

The museum is very interesting and the park offers several events throughout the year based on Native American culture.

For the price(free) it's not too bad. The primitive toilet definitely doesn't feel like home and it seems the litter bugs abound but it's super quiet and peaceful. Campsites right on the rivers bluff. Laying in my hammock I can look out over the water while listening to the sounds of nature. Small boat launch seems pretty active. The trash bins are full and would benefit from being emptied more often. About half a dozen usable primitive sights that seem to be free and first come first served. No employees, attendants, or camp host have been discovered. There seem to be several campsites that are missing amenities. The usable sites have a parking space, gravel tent pad, picnic table, fire ring and lantern hook. None of the water fountains appear functional so there does not seem to be any running water. There is a nice hammock station installed by Troop 44 which is quite nice. Can't wait to see the sunrise over the Tom Bigbee river in the morning.

I've been sneaking out of town for the last couple of months on my motorcycle you see I have recently got into Hammock camping… as I was looking for a destination I wanted to go somewhere out-of-the-way so I found this little state park in Alabama called Roland Cooper State Park the most clean,friendly and kept up State Park I believe I've ever been to the employees were most helpful and truly enjoy their job I was envious I am now thinking off workamping….. if you haven't heard of this you must check it out I believe it's a perfect fit for people like me I took the wife just a few days ago to swing over night….. now when I say swing I mean in a hammock… lol… she absolutely loved it . if I didn't know better I would think the park was brand-new so this is my new getaway spot ... I drive 200 miles each way and let me tell you this it's worth every inch…. but don't take my word go see for yourself and explore a great outdoors

First off. WiFi - as I need to connectivity. Miserable on Visible (Verizon) and Cricket (ATT). The WeBoost made it usable. Apart from working on cell, we managed to stream Sling over Visible. Moving on. The hostess is great. The site is quiet, clean. Full hookups so no need to use showers etc. Great walk around the park, about a one mile loop. Lovely park. $28 / nite for full hookups

PROS 

Immaculate grounds throughout the campground. Always saw someone working at it. 

Site 49 level concrete pad surrounded by pea gravel, with moveable aluminum table, pedestal BBQ grill, metal fire ring and wooden fish cleaning table. 

Bathhouse very clean and in good working condition with soap and TP 

Quiet except for occasional train whistle 

Sue at gate check in very nice and helpful and then Bill escorted us to our site. What great customer service! 

Security gates closed at 10p; open at 6a. No overnight entry. 

America the Beautiful Pass discounted the site to$15/night...WHAT A STEAL! 

No reservation transaction fee incurred 

T-MOBILE 2 bars 

CONS 

Site numbers painted on asphalt and on electrical box 

Roads are narrow in some areas 

No park WIFI 

Don’t Miss 

Barges on the waterway 

Smokin’ Jack BBQ in Demopolis 

Lower Pool park with the damn and the last lock heading south

As an advid RVer its always hard to meet the title requirements. The park is easy to access off Hwy 80 and we chose a pill through {site 17} the site was clean and free of leaves, the park host even called us the morning of and let us know the site was open, she asked for a 1 hour heads up to be ready for our check in, all was ready when we arrived, she checked our senior pass and received a great deal at $12 per night. We had plenty of T-mobile service and streamed to our TV with no problem. Be prepared fro some mosquito action at around 5PM, so streaming TV will come in handy. Will book again this park, very pleased.

Stayed 2 nights on a beautiful site overlooking the lake.  Wish we could have stayed longer.