Lake Sylvia Recreation Area

Very nice recreation area. Clean bathrooms and nice flat parking for RVs at campsites. Tent spots and electric and water hookups at some sites. One shower in each bathroom for men and women plus an additional ADA restroom. Nice trail nearby and lake for swimming. Very quiet when we were there.

Beautiful location. Remote and peaceful. Great hiking trails. Connects to the Ouachita Hiking Trail. I have AT&T and couldn’t get a cell signal in the campground but could while out hiking trails the next morning. Highly recommend and look forward to returning one day. Beautiful lake and swimming area. Too cold to swim when I was here and great CCC architecture nearby.

We stayed in the tent loop on a Sunday in early November. We were the only campers in the tent loop and there was only one RV in the RV loop. There are shower houses in both loops but only the RV one had hot water. There was a picnic table, fire ring and lantern post. The camp hosts were amazing. We asked if they had firewood for sale. They didn’t but immediately offered to get some for us and even cut some of their wood for us. It was a quiet night and the hot shower in the morning was perfect. There is a swim beach in season and we hiked a short trail to the dam at sunset. Beautiful!