Belle Starr

Weather did not cooperate

On the East Loop, the black top pads you park the trailer on have been gradually caving in for years. They need to be resurfaced. No working bathhouse on the East Loop either. They closed it last summer because of septic tank issues and we were hoping would be fixed during the winter. But it's still closed. In some spots, 2 or 3 campsites share a water spicket. If the Corp would fix those issues, would definitely improve the camping experience.

Water hookup was 200 feet away from E07.
We had to drive to Walmart to buy 200 feet of RV waterhose.
Liked the spacing of the park.
The restrooms were locked.
A storm was brewing and we didn’t have shelter.

I only stayed here one night and I'm happy that's all. The hookups were on the wrong side. Neighbor had ran about 100 ft of hose across my site to the water spigot (his didn't have one). Would've been nice to know in advance that I'd be tripping over someone else's water hose. Bathrooms were locked so I couldn't use them. I had a pull through site (E18) but it's L shaped and difficult to pull into. Asphalt slab was chipped away and pretty narrow in some places. I'd heard how great Belle Starr was and was sorely disappointed. Glad it was only an overnight stay

Take this with the grain of salt becuase the lake was over flood stage and 1/2 of the park was under construction and 1 bathroom in our E loop was being remodeled so we had to use the main bathhouse. With that in mind, even still, the main bathhouse was dismal. Fairly clean, but No Soap. No paper towels. Needs paint. Basically run down.

Forced cancellation due to work taking place in the park

We enjoyed it

I have been coming to Eufaula since I was a kid (5 yrs) with my parents, when my dad passed in ‘95 mom sold their property close to Belle Starr so this place holds tons of good memories for me. Now I am sharing it with my daughter and granddaughter. The East side has the best beaches for our boat and swimming. Most of the campsites has easy excess to the water. The boat ramp was closed this weekend due to maintenance but there was one available at the marina close by. This trip we actually went to the town of Eufaula on Saturday and visited the local shops on Main Street, highly recommend it if your not too busy boating n fishing.

East loop needs some serious attention. It's the best loop with beaches right at most sites, and it has the worst pads. E9 is the best table area with solid concrete but the camper pad is like the others and falling apart. At E11 and with most on East loop, it's difficult to park and be able to put supports down on flat ground. The asphalt is broken. I also fell by our table and luckily my head missed the old rock that is left from past pads around the tables. New pads for the campers or repair should be priority and the areas around the tables as well. It would be great to see new, plastic coated tables, fire pits, and BBQs, but fixed pads would be great!

Everything was great except for the weather