This Dad’s Opinion:
From our house in Olive Branch, MS to the park is a flat non-eventful drive with the exception of crossing over the Mississippi Bridge. There are actually 2 bridges that lead from the Memphis area to Arkansas, but with the height of our 5th wheel, we have to take the new bridge which happens to give a great view of the new Bass Pro located in Memphis. The old bridge has some lower bridges in the path from our house to Arkansas which I do not want to take chances on. Better safe than sorry. Anyway, the ride in is mostly flat and highway which affords me the luxury of using the cruise control on my f350. Once in town, the address takes you straight to the entrance of the park, but be careful here. Stick to the left. You will see campers in the back, but instead of going straight to them, stick to the left. Go around the playground area, and circle around to the RV area. This will make it so that you are in position to back into your site. Speaking of sites, there are only 11, so it is a good idea to call in advance and make a reservation. Now back to the dad portion. The sites were pretty much level with concrete pads, 30 and 50 amp service, water, but no sewer. There is a dump station at the entrance you can hit on your way out. Also, in order to hookup, you will need to check-in and get keys to the locks. The locks are on the electric box, water hookup, and the dump station. We had site 10 which was a perfect site for our 42 ft 5th wheel with a playground right across the street. Our friends, the Dunlap’s, had site 9 which would have been a tight squeeze (lengthwise) for “Big Girl”, but perfect for their 30 foot Grand Design Imagine travel trailer. Everything hooked up as usual and all was good. On the way out, at the dump station, there was a spicket that you could hook your own hose to to rinse out the stinky pipe. One thing to note here, with the way the dump valve was at the clean-out, I had to get the sewer slinky out to allow everything to empty freely.
I’ll be honest, I had my doubts about staying in a city park. I mean, I have never seen a city park with rv options before. Never. I was prepared to be turned off and drive further to Craighead Forest in Jonesboro.Upon arrival, I was pleasantly surprised. I noticed a pretty lake, a walking trail, and a medium sized building. One might assume you could check-in at that building but to be honest I am not sure what it was for as it was locked the whole time we were there. You had to check-in at some city government building in the downtown area that made it hard to navigate through with the RV. This building also closed at 5pm. Luckily, our traveling companions could get off work earlier than I could and picked up our lock for us. Yes, I said LOCK. I was taken aback at first but guess it makes sense to lock the water and electric if you are a city park to control use.
Our site was actually very nice. Lots of backyard space, so to speak. Enough room between our 2 sites that we had a mini-party with tons of kids and adults, food, tables, chairs, hammocks, and a movie on an outside projector. The showers and restrooms were separated and both required a key. Unfortunately, we did not realize that it was the same key we had until the last day. A small inconvenience for our guest.
Early mornings were nice and peaceful. I really enjoyed eating breakfast looking out over the water to my right. Our site backed up to water but was filled with trees and overgrowth so you could not really enjoy it. Instead I worried about our kids or dogs getting too close.Saturday was a bit hectic however as a local company was having an employee appreciation day on the other half of the park. Tons of cars and people everywhere. It looked fun but made me a little nervous about allowing the kids to play on the large playground across the street and about leaving or camper and things. My worry was “for not” as there were no issues. I am not sure how often events occur at the park but that may be something to take into consideration before booking.
Rates:
Daily - $20.00
Daily senior (60+) - $15.00
Daily - $20.00
Daily senior (60+) - $15.00
Some Features:
11 Sites with Water and Electrical (50 amp)
Table
Grill
Bathhouse
Pets Welcome
Dump Station
Fishing Lake
Playground
Horseshoe Pit
Volleyball
