Toledo Bend camping is pleasantly located on several small bluffs that extend over and into the Toledo Bend Reservoir, South Toledo Bend State Park offers a scenic, waterfront view from many vantage points. While the reservoir is nationally recognized as a destination for bass fishing tournaments, visitors to the park can also enjoy other outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, cycling, birding, camping and enjoying the many forms of wildlife in the area.

South Toledo Bend State Park Campground

Primitive campsites are clean, include a picnic table and fire pit, and are nestled on a bluff overlooking Toledo Bend. The park offers a comfort station within walking distance of the primitive sites that includes air-conditioned bathrooms and showers, coin-operated laundry, and water fountains. Multiple trails, a boat launch, fish cleaning station, swimming area, and more! We had a great experience and plan to return as often as we can. I couldn’t expect any more for less than $20/night.

Excellent Primitive Experience

Nice state park on western boundary of Louisiana along Toledo Bend Reservoir.  Camping here is usually quite nice from late Oct through late April.  Only (5) undeveloped campsites are available for tents/hammocks only.  They have a great view looking out over the huge lake.  Each has a picnic table and a fire ring w/ steel grill rack.  On weekends you must reserve campsites/cabins for a minimum of two nights when doing online reservations.  There is a large number of improved campsites that have water and electrical hook-ups, and quite a few cabins that can be rented, some of which also have a nice view of the lake.  Bathhouse was fairly clean whenever I have been there, and has showers, sinks, and flush toilets.  I would have given this park's camping area a 5-star rating, but there was no hot water left to take a nice warm shower during my last visit.  Toledo Bend Reservoir is the #1 bass fishing lake in America 2 years in a row.  Clean water and a few sandy beaches along the two small nearby islands are great for hanging out on when canoeing/kayaking/ boating.  Bald Eagles are often seen during late Fall, Winter months, and early Spring.  Please note that the raccoons are professional thieves at this state park, so you need to put your food away at night.  

Camping, canoeing & kayaking, at S. Toledo Bend State Park, west Louisiana

This was my first time at this beautiful state park. I will definitely come back! 3 days was not long enough to do everything! Our camper site was #46. It had a very large well kept wooden deck with a picnic table. The camper pad was long and concrete. It was slightly uneven,  we used 3 blocks to level it off..There was also a large sand pad if you preferred a tent. A firepit was also there. Many of the other sites also had decks, with the same things available. It had water and electricity,  a dump station, and very clean shower/restrooms . Also available were primitive camping sites with amazing views. Oh, did I mention that our site had a very short walk to a dock overlooking the beautiful lake. This dock had room for four boats! There are beautiful biking, and hiking trails, both concrete and dirt. Several play areas for the kids! There was a beach and swimming area, a nature center,, and playgrounds.  The camp hosts were amazing and very helpful. The park was super clean, family and pet friendly,  and a great price at 28 dollars a night.
Happy camping!!

ALMOST PERFECT 

Would of gave it 5 stars, did not have full hookup. Well maintained campground with cleaned restrooms and showers. Trails were all concrete. Lots of shade. They have a beach for swimming. Lots of fishing and kayaking. Nice place to go RVING.


Camping,Kayaking and Fishing

South Toledo Bend State Park is located near Leesville on Toledo Bend lake. The lake is known for Bass Fishing and is listed as one of the best bass fishing lakes in the country. I’ve also read that the lake has great areas for scuba diving, if you are into that. The park is not far from Fort Polk, and offers nice opportunities for camping, hiking, boating, fishing, kayaking, etc. 
   The campsites are mostly all heavily wooded, and spacious. Plenty of room between sites. They have several waterfront sites with hookups, but the I terror sites were nice also, and most have a lake view. 
  The park has docks for fishing and boat launch, and a fish cleaning station. Theres a nice playground too. There’s also rental cabins that looked really nice. 
  The park was still being cleaned up from hurricane Laura, but was still very nice. The best place to camp I’ve seen around this area! 

Best camping around! 

We stayed early February 2021. Beautiful campground with lots of space in between sites. Roads need some work getting in there and the closest store (gas station) with any necessities is about a 20min drive each way. But we loved the solitude. 

Sites were clean, ours had a fairly level pad but the pads aren’t very wide. Ours (site 41) overlooked the water with easy access to the beautiful lake. Great views! They have been and are in the process of clearing trees and brush so the sites look great and there is quite a bit of firewood available to collect. Also offers some sites with decks right off the pad. There are also multiple docks around the site which my children enjoyed fishing from and we docked our kayak at for the week. 

Very clean bath houses and laundry (we are full timers so that is always a plus). 

We would defiantly return. Great experience

Gorgeous

The primitive camping here is located on a bluff overlooking the reservoir, which makes for amazing views. However, across the water is an RV park that plays music very loud music with a terrible D.J. and you can hear all day for 8 hours a day, which made our stay less than enjoyable. While this isn't the park's fault, it totally impacts the enjoyment of camping there.

I wish the park would move the primitive camping area to Hippie Hill where the glamping spots are located as that would make it more remote. The other thing is that RVers walk through the primitive camping site to look at the views, thus limiting privacy and the safety feeling with all these people tromping through your quiet area, with their dogs, etc.

This park seems like it would be more enjoyable for RVers and people that own their own boats, as there is a public boat launch and docks to tie up near the RV sites. If you're a tent camper, I would look for another park until RV island, the noise maker is dealt with.

Primitive Camping Hampered by Noisy RV Park

Stayed at site 12 in a tent.  Had electricity and water, weather a comfort station nearby.  Great paddling and boating on the lake.  Fished a little out of a kayak, but it was a little tough to stay in position to fish.  Caught a few small bream.  Hiked the short nature trail and got a good lakeside view of the dam. 

  

The spillway side of the dam is great for recreation and makes for a good day trip activity.