Loleta Recreation

We enjoyed our 4 night stay at Loleta Recreation Area and for the most part it was a quiet relaxing visit. There were only two other campsites occupied in our loop. The only drawbacks are the fact that there is no cellular phone service available in the campground and we had to drive a few miles up the hill to get phone and internet service daily to check our email. Also, that there is no sewage dump station available at this time, so we had to leave and go to another campground to dump on our way home.

We enjoyed our 4 night stay at Loleta Recreation Area and for the most part it was a quiet relaxing visit. There were only two other campsites occupied in our loop. The only drawbacks are the fact that there is no cellular phone service available in the campground and we had to drive a few miles up the hill to get phone and internet service daily to check our email. Also, that there is no sewage dump station available at this time, so we had to leave and go to another campground to dump on our way home.

We enjoyed our 4 night stay at Loleta Recreation Area and for the most part it was a quiet relaxing visit. There were only two other campsites occupied in our loop. The only drawbacks are the fact that there is no cellular phone service available in the campground and we had to drive a few miles up the hill to get phone and internet service daily to check our email. Also, that there is no sewage dump station available at this time, so we had to leave and go to another campground to dump on our way home.

Loleta was a lovely, quiet and peaceful spot. We really enjoyed camping there and had a great time hiking the trail as well.

Loleta was a lovely, quiet and peaceful spot. We really enjoyed camping there and had a great time hiking the trail as well.

Loleta was a lovely, quiet and peaceful spot. We really enjoyed camping there and had a great time hiking the trail as well.

There seems to be a gravel shortage at this campground which is an issue following heavy rain such as occurred just prior to memorial day weekend. Our site #24 and the neighboring site #22 were especially bad. Steep and muddy. Avoid these sites. Another reason to avoid #24 is that the vent pipe from the pit toilet, not shown on the map, will be about 15 feet from you and if the wind is blowing the wrong way....you get it. I hope that perhaps some day these 2 sites can be reconfigured into 1 where you can actually pull out of without putting your vehicle in 4WD low range. Few of the campsites were mowed, so a few truck loads of gravel would help that too. We took our weekend trash with us rather than add to another obvious problem. One small dumpster was inadequate and likely would be for most weekends. We were passing by Cook Forest State Park so were able to use their sanitary dump station. It would be nice if options were posted on-line and at the campground. The Marienville sewer plant is only a few miles north so perhaps management could make some sort of arrangement to dump there for a fee since the price of gasoline makes it costly to go out of your way.

There seems to be a gravel shortage at this campground which is an issue following heavy rain such as occurred just prior to memorial day weekend. Our site #24 and the neighboring site #22 were especially bad. Steep and muddy. Avoid these sites. Another reason to avoid #24 is that the vent pipe from the pit toilet, not shown on the map, will be about 15 feet from you and if the wind is blowing the wrong way....you get it. I hope that perhaps some day these 2 sites can be reconfigured into 1 where you can actually pull out of without putting your vehicle in 4WD low range. Few of the campsites were mowed, so a few truck loads of gravel would help that too. We took our weekend trash with us rather than add to another obvious problem. One small dumpster was inadequate and likely would be for most weekends. We were passing by Cook Forest State Park so were able to use their sanitary dump station. It would be nice if options were posted on-line and at the campground. The Marienville sewer plant is only a few miles north so perhaps management could make some sort of arrangement to dump there for a fee since the price of gasoline makes it costly to go out of your way.

There seems to be a gravel shortage at this campground which is an issue following heavy rain such as occurred just prior to memorial day weekend. Our site #24 and the neighboring site #22 were especially bad. Steep and muddy. Avoid these sites. Another reason to avoid #24 is that the vent pipe from the pit toilet, not shown on the map, will be about 15 feet from you and if the wind is blowing the wrong way....you get it. I hope that perhaps some day these 2 sites can be reconfigured into 1 where you can actually pull out of without putting your vehicle in 4WD low range. Few of the campsites were mowed, so a few truck loads of gravel would help that too. We took our weekend trash with us rather than add to another obvious problem. One small dumpster was inadequate and likely would be for most weekends. We were passing by Cook Forest State Park so were able to use their sanitary dump station. It would be nice if options were posted on-line and at the campground. The Marienville sewer plant is only a few miles north so perhaps management could make some sort of arrangement to dump there for a fee since the price of gasoline makes it costly to go out of your way.

Nice secluded, small campground with several sites set in the woods and secluded from neighbors. Site 28 our favorite, with improvised short hiking trail through woods to the creek. NOTE: RVs & trailers approach from North through Marienville. Southern route not well suited for RVs & trailers.