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Thank you! It is a very pretty and peaceful place to stay.

😂Can you imagine? I’d probably push the bike through the store if I did. Seems like ebike thefts are on the rise.

No they do not. You have access to the Campground C bathhouse but it’s a good little hike or better yet ride a bike or take a car.

Hi it’s between Mount Ida and Hot Springs, Arkansas.

That’s awesome! It’s a great place and one of our family’s favorite. My parents first took me there.

16 is very short. I prefer 18 and it depends on the time of year you visit. This section of the campground is on a ridge and has lots of trees so if the leaves haven’t fallen off you don’t really have a clear view of the lake but it’s not bad.

It’s one of my favorite places to go!

Thank you! Hope you enjoy it. It’s packed in the summer time and not as quiet and peaceful as when I went the first time in December.

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing! I am originally from that area so it’s one of my favorite places to visit.

Someplace or Another thanks so much for the kind words! It was fun! Have you been?

Class C Chaos it’s been awhile would like to go back

Thank you! It’s a beautiful place. I went back last June and much more crowded in the summer time.

Thanks so much! Hope you liked it. It’s much busier in the summer time. Did you tent camp at these sites?

@@classcchaos3476 Unfortunately we didn't make it due to a family medical emergency. Hopefully we'll get another opportunity soon.

Thanks for update!

Thanks for the kind feedback.

AdstarAPAD thanks for the comments. I appreciate feedback so I can make improvements.

Max Wardell please let me know how things are there now. It’s a pretty place and we’d love to go back one day. Hopefully they’ve recovered from the tornado now.

@@classcchaos3476 im back now and the place has recovered but when i was there it did rain a lot and made the water have really bad rapids and i didn't stay at shady lake i stayed in a cabin thank the lord, but the lake itself rose a total of 5-6 feet over one night. IT WAS CRAZY!

That’s scary! I would be very nervous because it’s not easy to get in and out of there.

Elliott Family Shenanigans Yes we’ve also been there. It’s nice and near Hot Springs. This is a great time to visit that one. It has a waterfall and several hiking trails. Depending on what you want out of your vacation I would recommend Lake Catherine or Lake Degray over this one. Daisy State Park was great for two nights but not a lot to do there unless you have a boat or rent one. We stopped there on our way home from Hot Springs where we’d spent 8 nights at Degray Lake State Park and Charlton (4 nights @ each) and enjoyed our time there but not much to do there.

@@classcchaos3476 Thank you so much for the reply! We don't have a boat. We like to explore creeks and do a little hiking. We do like a bit of privacy, but looks like neither of these places offers too much privacy. Which area would you say is more beautiful (as in natural beauty, etc)? Thanks so much!

Both are nice.

David it was awesome! It’s a small town with not much else around so pack plenty of groceries and supplies. I also enjoyed all the wildlife refuges in the area (you can’t stay overnight at those but they are free and interesting to visit. I have found most places along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Mississippi are friendly and so peaceful and quiet (except in the Gulfport area near the casino) and it’s not the casinos fault so many trains run through the area and helicopters fly overhead because they have a military base nearby or at least that was my experience. I’m friends with some one who goes to Texas to boondocking there and she loves their beaches. I am not an urban RVer so the more peaceful quiet areas appeal to me. Also you might also enjoy Arkansas lots of boondocking places there are lakeside. And there’s a few places in north Louisiana that are nice and quiet you can stay up to 14 days for free there. Some places in north Louisiana do charge $3/night but lots of free ones too.

David you will probably be the only person there and won’t see many people the whole time you’re there unless it’s fishing rodeo time.

@@classcchaos3476 Yea I thought I would not be able to stay there for free. I can't find many spots on this planet where I can just be left alone with the dirt, I don't want plumbing or electrical or anyone providing anything, I don't want to create a slum yard with a bunch of waste store bought beer cans. I just want free dirt without alot of paperwork. Animals don't pay other animals to have space so why should I pay someone anything. All the space has been claimed. Some asshole 200 years ago decided they would register 200,000 acres with the state and their descendants are all set. I worked hard in my late teens and 20’s, just got used and stepped on and left for broke. I don't want to reserve a spot in a dedicated camping area and have to camp 10 meters away from some loud anti-social family who makes alot of noise but doesn't want me in their camp site.

@@classcchaos3476 not trying to greif or unload on you, just trying to brainstorm.

David yes this place is completely free. I am sorry if I wasn’t clear. It’s a great place to boondock and just relax. There is no charge to stay here. There are several different spots to boondock in Holly Beach and Cameron and other places on the Gulf Coast. Just no grocery stores in the area. That’s why I say you better stock up before you get down there and get what you need.

Lake Greeson was really nice and in addition to the state park there are Corps of Engineers campgrounds. I didn’t go through them. This is the first we came to after leaving Shady Lake. I want to go back to Shady Lake too. I hear they have great hiking trails in the area.

Oh & check on Shady Lake with the US Forrest Service. They’re not open year round.