Louisville State Recreation Area

Fairly well maintained and accessible bodies of water. Many Camping options available. Very large area with different ponds and species of fish. Lots of kayaking/boating and recreation options. It has river access. Normal and vault toilets are tolerable. Shop(sells bait) and showers open during peak seasons. Gets a bit busier the nicer the weather gets. Good condition BBQ stations. Pack out your trash. Leave no trace and keep it beautiful.

Our go to camping grounds. Decent showers and bathrooms. Great place for kids, lots to do! Nice concessions store with bait. Good fishing, multiple ponds.

I wanted to like this campground so much! I had a great view of the river and the most of the other campers were very respectful. The low rating is solely based off the location. I was looking for a same day tent spot. I tried Mahoney first, they were full so I was referred here. Upon arrival I thought this was going to be a great stay. The staff were fantastic and like I said before I got a great spot, and the campground was nicely maintained. Plenty of kids roaming around but they stuck to the roads and weren’t cutting thru campsites which is a win in my book! The water spouts are few and far between and not very visible. I had to pull up the campground map online to find the closest one to me. What I didn’t know was how bad the location was since I didn’t read reviews like rookie. The campground is sandwiched between the river and the railroad tracks. The trains ran ALL night and blew their horns for the duration of passing the campground. I stayed off to the right hand side when you first enter the campground. I also didn’t know that there was a large concrete manufacturing plant open 24 hours that admitted a loud industrial electrical hum all night right beside the campground. Neither of these are conducive for tent camping. Hopefully the RVs have a better time. And since this was mainly an RV park the bathrooms were a hike! Like I said before most of the campers were very respectful except for my direct neighbor. Bless their hearts. They got a wild hair up their butt around 1030pm and decided to bring out a LED rope light you could probably see from space (exaggeration) and turn on loud music. I went over and asked them to turn it down, which they couldn’t hear me over the speaker at first. But they were very nice about it and turned it down. Tent camping 0/10 don’t recommend. Can’t say how the RV experience is. Happy Camping!

Trains run about every hour so sleeping was challenging! No water at all spouts. Pretty lakes and nice to bike around.

Went camping here for the first time a few weekends ago. Our campsite was at the end of lake 3 next to the playgrounds and bathroom. Showers are pay to shower. $1 for 3 minutes and 25c per minute after that. You couldn’t adjust the temperature of those showers which I thought was odd. Water is nice and hot, I know not everyone prefers it that way! Bathrooms were surprisingly air conditioned so that was nice. Lake 3 had a lot of green algae, but kids caught a few fish out of it. We visited the swimming area on a Saturday afternoon and it was completely packed. They might consider expanding that swim beach area. There is a store within the Rec area for ice and other camping essentials you may have forgotten or need. Trains come through very frequently, so would definitely scope out sites farthest away from the trains. We live right by tracks at home so they don’t typically bother us, but feels and sounds a little different while camping. A bit louder. We enjoyed our weekend, campsites were clean and ready when we arrived. There were a few open camp spots over the weekend, but not many!