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Unfortunately this park has declined in last several years. No maintenance on sites, mud everywhere, culverts all clogged, no rules enforcement, new sewer hookups were built wrong - too high so have to rig the connection. The location is great, the boathouses/ laundry spotless. But just feeling so run down and park is being used by large groups and they take over as they are not directed to group sites. It’s a free for all. Good for 1-2 nites for NOLA visits. Large rigs beware, the slides/ awning almost touches next rig in north campground pull thrus. Go on edge only back in sites.

Lovely state park near beautiful Mandeville, LA. NICE clean restrooms, beautiful setting, great bicycle trails, historic site, a great choice to see Lake Pontchartrain - NOLA w/o being so close to rougher areas.

We were searching for a place to stay in order to visit the WWII museum in NO and lucked into finding this state park. This is a great park! Our campsite was level, close to a clean, nice bathroom /shower and quiet. Staff was friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend this park!

We stayed in the most populated camping area with the dump site. The pluses are it’s very a pretty area and getting to see the lake from this park is amazing. The bathhouse is older but clean. Things do tend to flood a little bit well look where you are. The cons - no one could seems to give us a code to get in if we came in late even though we called several people. So we hauled it to get there. Not good. The bugs were horrendous. I don’t say this lightly. I spent 27 years in the Army doing field training all the way till the end almost and lots of that training in MS, GA, TN, LA , TX etc…. We love state parks but this was a bit much. Maybe it was just a bad site we were on being isolated a bit….but even with the bug spray and covered up it was pretty bad in May.

Stayed in July 2021. Beautiful park, many places to walk around and see the lake. Some sites are not full hook up, so make sure to book what you need. Bathrooms were older, but clean. Easy access to the surrounding lake communities, water sports, and dining options. Would stay again. See my travels on YouTube/Instagram @pagingdoctormegan

This is a beautiful state park. The beautiful oaks with the hanging moss is a true southern charm. However, the state of Louisiana needs to step up their game and start adding sewer to the sites. For a state park to be this beautiful with as many camping sites as it has, the fact that it only has seven sites with sewer is a disgrace. When we stayed there one of the dump sites was out of order and the other dump station had a 45 minute wait in the evening....i can only imagine how long the wait time was earlier in the day.

We loved it. Read the reviews and with rain the forecast requested a dry campsite. I recommend the north campground if you want more space-similar to what we are used to with state parks. Every pull-through on the north campground faced the forest which is nice/secluded but is going to be closer to the bayou water. We did not want any flooding (although I saw no flooding at any site). The south campground is closer to the main park, playground, etc. but also has sites much MUCH closer together. This place is beautiful. Sunsets are amazing at the beach, the Cypress trees are grand and breath taking. We planned on staying here 3 days but decided to stay a whole week because it’s quiet and wonderful. $20 per night with water and electric during the week. I imagine it gets buggy when it’s hot. The cooler temps (60’s/40’s) probably kept the bugs away for us. Highly recommend. Bonus is that Mandeville is a cute town and has a Whole Foods.

We had the same observations as the previous reviewer - very wet and puddles covering about 50% of the campground, including tables and fire circles but sites were paved and mostly dry. Still, very nice park though. We had site 24, closer to the primitive sites, and it was very private, with deer wandering right through. Only 1 bar of 5G AT&T service that really struggled at our site but 2 bars over by the bathrooms, where upload speeds were significantly better.

01/30/2020 While traveling through the south, we booked a week in this state park. Most sites look level and are paved. Very few sites have sewer hookup but there is a dump station close by. A hassle to have to tear down to dump but what I am told is all the full hookups go really fast. 3 Shower buildings are nice and clean and they supply free laundry! My only complaint is the wet camp sites but don’t think there is anything they can do about it. It is LA after all and swamps are everywhere. It rained an inch yesterday and we have water all around our camper. The parking pads and all the roads are raised up to stay high and dry, it just the fire rings and picnic tables are sitting in water. We walked around looking at other camp sites and there are very few that’s grounds are high enough to be dry. I think this is a great example of what it is like in Louisiana camping. Security and staff here are very good, friendly and helpful. We would come back here again.

One of the largest parks I have stayed in, located on a former sugar mill, timber and brick producing plantation on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Lots of bike and walking areas, was a bit wet due to all the rain this January but the sites were dry and flat, water & electric. Weather was not conducive to swimming but few bugs. This was MLK weekend, so the place was very full, lots of activity, especially kids riding their bikes and playing on the play structures, but did quiet down around 10pm. Enjoyed learning the history of the area. Also had a great breakfast in Mandeville (historic section) at La Lou. Would come back when in the area.