Best Dispersed Camping near Leesville, LA
Kisatchie National Forest provides several free dispersed camping options near Leesville, Louisiana. Hunter's Camp offers primitive sites in a pine forest setting with vault toilets and trash receptacles. The camping area features open sky with yellow pines creating scattered shade, making it suitable for solar charging. Forest Road 380 provides more secluded primitive camping with approximately five spacious areas, some suitable for groups. The access road can be difficult when wet, with rutted paths leading to individual sites.
Valentine Lake Wild Azalea Trail offers backcountry camping options for hikers. Primitive camping is permitted adjacent to the trail, but sites must be at least 30 feet from the trail centerline. The 18-mile trail features multiple clearings suitable for camping near streams that provide water for filtering. As one camper noted, "There are adequate running streams to get water for filtering." The trail includes "plenty of ups and downs and some rough terrain" and is best hiked when temperatures are moderate. Forest Road 380 also features a natural spring near the entrance where "locals come here to fill water." All sites follow the standard pack-it-in, pack-it-out protocol with no services or cell reception.
