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Stuart Complex

Fishing and swimming opportunities draw visitors to Stuart Complex, which sits on a 5-acre lake within Kisatchie National Forest. The US Forest Service maintains eight spacious sites, each equipped with a picnic table, tent pad, fire ring, and lantern pole under pine tree cover.

Campers access both the lake and day-use facilities through a connecting trail from the campground. The recreation area includes a fishing pier, swimming beach, and shore fishing spots. Recent visitors report clean restrooms and quiet conditions, though some highway noise carries to the sites. At $5 per night, the campground provides drinking water and allows alcohol, making it accessible for campgrounds around Bentley and works well for weekend fishing trips or lake-based activities.

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Location

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Stuart Complex is located in Louisiana

Coordinates

31.51000079 N
92.44500036 W

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Access

Drive-In
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Site Types

Tent Sites

Features

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Drinking Water
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Alcohol

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Drive Time

22 min from Alexandria, LA
1 hr 36 min from Lafayette, LA
1 hr 56 min from Lake Charles, LA

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Scout

Reviewed Dec. 29, 2019

Sweet campground

Camped in December, nobody else was there, score! Campground and bathrooms clean, quiet except the background highway noise. Lake was pretty, and small, able to walk all the way around the lake in about 20 minutes. Lots of day picnic tables and bbq grills on daytime use side of the lake. Small beach for playing.

Paula W.

Legend

Reviewed Jul. 1, 2018

Fishing, hiking, swimming and shade

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Perfect campground. This little campground has 8 spacious sites with picnic table, tent pad, fire ring, and lantern pole. Beautiful pine trees provide shade and a beauty like none other. There is a trail from the campground to the swimming and fishing pond at the day use area and beyond. Perfect summer weekend retreat. Beautiful forest, clean campground and quiet.

Within the Stuart Lake Recreation Complex there are lots of activities including fishing, swimming, hiking, and picnicking. Located on a 5-acre lake in a pine forest. There is camping, picnicking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, bicycling, and nature study. The day use facility includes flush toilets, a fishing pier, shore fishing, a swimming beach, picnic tables and barbeque pits. The group use facility is located up the hill from the day use area and the swimming beach. It has a covered picnic shelter, a large party barbeque pit, trash bins, restrooms, and access to day use facilities including the lake. Group use area facilities include: restrooms, gravel parking, extra large barbeque pit, trash bins, large covered picnic shelter, and access to the day use facilities and lake. The Stuart Nature Trail and the Glenn Emery hiking and biking trail both be accessed here.

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