Love this state park. Very clean and campsites are not stacked on top of each other. Nice trails…read moreand a nice lake for fishing. Lake is known for crappie and bass. The staff is very nice and friendly. Just outside the entrance is a little store that sells all your basic needs in case you forgot something or need something like food water toilet paper, etca.. and has fishing tackle and live bait. If you are hungry, they have a little grill that you can get a burger or a fish shrimp basket or other items to eat. Very friendly owners.

A great trip was enjoyed by all. Halloween was very successful and all the children enjoyed going…read moresite to site.. The staff was out and about helping campers locate their sites and helping them to park. Wonderful time..

It was absolutely gorgeous to go out and kayak for a couple hours, great for a peaceful day on the…read morewater-- worker was very nice and informative on instructions

Such a great experience! Beautiful view on a quiet lake ran well and great directions workers are…read moresuper helpful and friendly

Large tracts of unadulterated wilderness. Sasquatch would love it here. The sandy/gravelly river…read moreit's named for is loaded with secluded sand bars, but beware the quicksand!

Very nice place and well worth going see. It is only 5 dollars a car to enter and they have so many…read morethings to do you can launch your boat, go swimming, fish, BBQ, or just enjoy the view. They have a playground for children and located near it is the swimming area. Which includes a changing facility, BBQ pits and tables to sit on. Not to mention the great views they have the entire place. Definitely my go to place for a get away and relax location.

Crystal Lake is a very appealing lake that is a great place to launch a kayak or just chill and…read moreenjoy an amazingly peaceful vibe and a very tranquil setting. While here, also take a moment to read the historical Mississippi Blues plaque located just by the parking lot. I would definitely recommend a visit here at Crystal Lake if you are in the Flowood, Mississippi area. It wasn't too busy, but it was a Tuesday at about four o'clock in the afternoon. There were a few people here and they also were just enjoying the tranquility. I would definitely recommend a visit here to Crystal Lake if you are in the Flowood, Mississippi area. I will give Crystal Lake five stars as an overall grade.

Park is a lovely place to walk. Picnic tables and restroooms make it a good place for a picnic…read more Boat landing and pier make it a good fishing spot as well. It's spelled krystal lake.

If you love he outdoors, solitude and dirt roads, the Clear Springs Recreation area is the place…read morefor you. Most people who visit this part of the Homochitto National Forest do so for either camping or lakefront activities. The lake here is typical of Mississippi lakes which is to say that it is beautiful, filled with fish and if you really want, you can swim in it. Surrounding the lake there are several picnic tables, shelters and permanently mounted charcoal grills. The lake has an area sectioned off for swimming, but let me warn you, this is no swimming pool. While I haven't personally swam in this lake, I have swam in many like it. Feel a little nibble while you're swimming? That's not your girlfriend, that's a perch. If you think that will freak you out, don't swim here. All of the stuff I just wrote about is great, but it is not why I visited here. My visit was a result of a guy at work telling me all about the dirt roads that run throughout the forest. Since it was a holiday weekend I couldn't get a map to find the roads so I just set out exploring. If dirt roads are what you are interested in, this is the section of the park to find them. Right before you come to the area to pay your fee there will be a gravel road toward your left. Do yourself a favor and follow it. The roads that traverse this park offer an amazing journey. There are actually several different roads, many of which my GPS picked up. The roads were labeled with numbers, but the main one was listed as Wagon Wheel Road on my GPS. Since the roads are gravel even a car can pass easily, but a truck or 4x4 would allow you to do what I did. Along the gravel roads there are many smaller dirt roads. I believe they are all part of the national forest road system, but they are not labeled. They are also more difficult to traverse and some even required high ground clearance and four wheel drive. I spent hours exploring this forest. During that time I never saw any other people. It was very peaceful. So why would anyone want to drive through a great expanse of forest on a dirt road? If you have to ask, this is probably not the place for you. If you enjoy this sort of thing, this is a great place to get away from it all.

A group of us took a trip here this past weekend. It was picturesque. We did hiking, mtn biking and…read moreswam in the lake. I strongly recommend it. We tent camped by the lake, but there are primitive sites way off the beaten track. It is a large forest with 20+ miles of trails. They were well marked along the trail itself but hard to find when you are crossing over the fire roads and connectors. We spent half the day on the trails and would have kept going if we would have brought more supplies. We only found the Richardson Trail worth biking and the pine smell and rolling hills were well worth all the energy we exerted. The Mill Road is a nice hike, just very rooty. Tally's is closed at the camping entrance, but we had to take it to connect to the Richardson for biking- it is also rooty. Highly recommend this spot! Note You can't make camping reservations early and RVs are not allowed.

This park is immaculate. Restrooms, campground and trails. Campsites are spacious for motorhomes,…read moreclass C and tents. This is a must stop for a few day's stay over, boat fishing or a weekend stay. Birds are well represented as well. We saw 16 different species.

We loved our quick overnight stay on our trip from AL to TX. We called to make a one night…read morereservation and got a pull through site (#40). The park was well maintained and beautiful. There is some cleaning of the nature trails that would help the overall experience but we would stop her again. It is close to the interstate and a great overnight campground.

Chatauqua Park- Nice maintained park, playground, lake and walking trail. Great for picnic and for…read morekids to play. Has trees for shade.

Crystal Springs is definitely a small town vibe where everyone waves if your driving or walking…read moredown the street. Great time with family.

Can't get really close to the water. Good space for camping and RVs. Looks like a little bar or…read moresomething is on site as there is a building advertising beer and stating "21 to enter." Bring food & a tent to help kids enjoy but watch out for ants!

Nice place. Didn't walk the trails but the little we did was really nice. The facilities were well…read moremaintained. They even had a small reptile display and some aquariums.

My gosh this place was something. Came here on a Monday with some business buddies. I arrived at…read more4:13 but the visitors center was locked. I peed in the woods and began my journey through the swamp. Things started out smoothly until the path became flooded and a wild snake attacked my buddy. He threw a stick on it. My feet became moist and I felt squeamish. After several days of walking I finally made it to the lake. I saw one alligator and one woman was attempting to force her child to swallow a worm. I would've eaten that worm if she'd asked me to. A cool man caught a fish right in front of me which almost made me scream. I am glad to be in Louisiana and not Arkansas. Arkansas sucks. Eww gross yuck. Stupid Arkansas. Yah Louisiana. Gators yay. My favorite plant was the cockspur hawthorne

I loved staying here! Beautiful park in the center of town. Tons of trees for shade for your RV…read more Lots of spots to fish, but beware of the alligators! Decently clean bath houses. Laundry for $1 is available too.

I want to call this an interactive playground because the children, including my niece and nephew,…read morewere all playing with each other and entertained by the equipment. I believe the sole purpose of parks like this is to improve a child's socialization skills. As you can see from the pictures, the equipment wasn't your regular sliding board, seesaw, or swing set. The colors and the shapes of these items are to capture the child's eyes and lead to interaction. I don't know if I got any pictures, but musical instruments were place in the play area for the free spirit child. Also, there is a child museum on the grounds, which we didn't get a chance to visit, but the children had fun, and that was the goal.