Roosevelt State Park Campground

This campsite was not crowded at all and really peaceful. I stayed in site 13 which was right on the lake. The view was beautiful. The spot was really large with plenty of room for tents and hammocks. There are trails close by that were nice to walk on. The pool is there for an extra fee with a water slide. They are well maintained. It was a great park!

Beautiful campground around a lake

Roosevelt state park

Beautiful wooded site with full hook up and clean bathroom and shower

Beautiful location 

Lovely park with plenty to do. swimming (in the lake for free or swimming pool $ plus a water slide) full hookup.  Shady level pads.  pet friendly.  we really enjoyed a nice weekend.  we go to this campground frequently. 

great times

Finest state park with shady sites and full hook ups, family friendly, swimming, nice bathhouses, convenient access off I-20\. Popular fishing lake, allows skiing Memorial Day til Labor Day. Disc golf. We have camped year around

Love this campground

For the breathtaking sunrises and sunsets over the water, to the fishing &amp; kayaking, to nature trails &amp; beach fronts. It’s one of my favorite campgrounds for my family.

A beautiful family friendly camping opportunity 

Nice lake surrounded by mature trees. Family friendly campground with many things to do. The camp area has a small beach and swimming area in the lake. Across the lake there is a swimming pool and a water slide. There is a separate fee to use the pool and water slide. The campsites are shaded and have a paved area to park your camper. Each site has a nice picnic table. Some of the sites do not have a lot of level space in front so the picnic table may be located on the back side of the site. 

Beautiful state park

After nixing two flooded campgrounds, we arrived here at 5:30 pm on a Saturday in late February hoping there would be an available spot; we were lucky that just a handful were left (out of 109) as there was a bluegrass festival going on! 

  

The campground is divided into an “old” section and a “new” one. Arriving after hours directs you to the office and the old section, however, the office was closed when we arrived. We flagged down a ranger, who directed us to the first available spot and told us to pay the next morning. The rate of $16 (senior rate) was very reasonable for an electric hook-up, although there was nothing special about the spot. Premium lakefront sites go for $28 (no senior discounts given) and these were nicer. Not all the sites are level but they are generous in size. Laundry is available in both campgrounds.

  

We drove to the new section the next morning (which is several miles away around the other side of Shadow Lake). Aside from the lakefront sites having closer access to the lake, we could see no appreciable difference between the old and new sections. There is a reasonable separation between the sites, with some trees. The picnic tables in both sections appeared to be very weathered. The restrooms/showers were ok – the soap dispenser was empty, and some very disrespectful campers made one of the two toilets unusable (not the fault of the campground).

  

There are also cabins and a motel, plus a group campsite, but we did not check these out. Activities (again, we did not avail ourselves of any of them) include a sports field, water slide and pool, disc golf, boating (there is a boat launch), and a performing arts center.

Many available activities

We stayed for 2 nights in site 83, which is on the lake. Kayaking,  boating, swimming, and fishing! Beautiful grounds,  nice level site. Some sites weren't as pretty. This one has a view of the lake, very spacious site, and lots of shade trees. I don't recommend the bath house, too many spiders!!! Cabins available,  but they didn't appear to be in the best of condition. No store. Pets are welcome. 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

I booked a site that we did not know anything about. This was the first time we stayed in the newer loop. We had tent camped in the older section about 5 year’s ago and had a wonderful time. 
When we arrived on Thursday evening to our site I didn’t know if it was going to be wide enough to let the steps down without fall into the 6 ft ditch. After some measuring of the slide outs and maneuvering over 6 inches from the electrical pole. We set up camp. I had to dig up the sewer tap that was running up hill. 
We made the best of it by setting everything up in front of the camper. The picnic table and fire pit was on the opposite side of the camper up hill with about 8 inches of pine needles going up. Not practical. So we didn’t use that area. Most of the sites were the same way with the picnic area on the opposite side of camper. 
The lake area was nice, did some fishing out of the canoe and kayaking when there wasn’t 30 boats out. Lake was closed for swimming. Overall we made the best of it. We will definitely not be staying at site 45 again. Staff was friendly and there were park rangers riding by all the time. There are definitely better sites, not all. 

Made the best of it

Lot’s to do here. Hiking, boating, pool, water slides.

Big nice place

We loved our stay. Beautiful park, nice campsites, heated and clean bathroom, best spots are on the lake. We stayed in spot 15 and it was beautiful.

A couple reasons I didn’t give it 5 stars, even though we loved it. First, we reserved a spot weeks prior and someone was in it when we arrived around 5pm. The park was very helpful and accommodating once we found the right phone number. I wish they would put signs on the reserved spots to avoid the hassle.

Second, they do not sell firewood here anymore, but there is a gas station across the street that does.

Also, the fire ring and the table/grill are on opposite sides on the parking spaces and there are no cooking grates on the fire ring unfortunately. But the grill was very clean!

But seriously, would recommend!!! Just want to help our fellow campers out with some details of the digs!

Excellent state park!

Grew up coming here for the summer to fish, swim, ski and use the water park. It is an older park but with that being said it has many years left of good camping. The bathrooms are always clean. Many things were closed when we went due to covid but are normally up and running. Love the area. The trails are an addition to the park. We love to get out and walk the woods. 
The old campground is where we like to stay. Mostly quiet and this is the side with the primitive tent camping. This side also has a good bit of shaded spots that are on the water. 

Old but good

I’ve camped at Roosevelt a few times in a tent but went for the first time in our Pop Up this weekend. Bathhouses were nice and clean, the camp sites are very nice. We stayed in site 13 in the R. O. Hannah side and it was on the lake and very nice and quite.

Very nice spot close to home

Well our trip started out bad. We made to park and my truck quit. There were several campers that stopped what they were doing to help us. They helped us set up. Park was nice. Boating, fishing, hiking, the people, all very  joyable.  Sunday morning service was nice. Over all wonderful.  Will be back in a few weeks for a longer stay.

Roosevelt

This is our home camping spot. It’s close to the house but a great get away for the weekend! 

Love this park!

Totally awesome experience! Wish we could have stayed longer.
Dumpsters were hard to come by though so taking the trash was a long walk. Also the washing machine was broken and took our $. Dryer worked so we washed by hand and just used the dryer for necessities. 
Besides those little things this has been the best campsite we’ve seen in a long time. Clean. Well kept. Nice space between sites. Good bath facilities 
Overall beautiful place.

Awesome!

PROS 

No fee to make my own on-line reservation

Site 88 excellent view of lake 

Pedestal BBQ grill 

Wooden Picnic table top with concrete frame on a concrete slab 

Nice space between MOST sites 

Park easily accessible from I-20 

3 bars T-MOBILE 

  

CONS 

No senior discount 

Site 88 concrete parking pad all cracked and heaved made for difficult leveling 

5ft wide campsite fire ring…biggest we’ve ever seen! 

Numerous HOMESTEADERS throughout CCC campground. Made campground very “junky” looking with all their “stuff ” piled around in their campsite 

Park roadway in very poor condition, potholes connected to potholes!  Potholes keep speed at 10 mph or less

Able to hear Interstate 20 road noise 

Train noise about every 3 hours 

Toilet/shower facility heavily used. Finish peeling off of toilet seats. Women’s stall doors coming apart. No soap. Insufficient TP once the weekend crowds hit.  Toilets were not cleaned Saturday

Handicap assessable toilet only in one of the CCC campground loops 

Trash dumpsters are in next campground loop so 30 minute walk 

No campfire wood for sale in park, but sold at EXXON right outside park entrance

No park WiFi

Homesteaders & Toilet Facility Needs some TLC

This campground was our “go to” for weekend getaways for years with our children. From tent camping to RV camping. Fishing, swimming, exploring, to deer petting. We loved this campground and almost positive you will too!!

Many Family Weekends 

Loved camping here!

Miles of trails

All natural with great camp sites