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Sam Houston Jones
Sam Houston Jones State Park is a 1,087-acre state park located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The park is named after Sam Houston Jones, the former governor of Louisiana. The park is located on the Calcasieu River and is home to a variety of wildlife, including alligators, turtles, and a variety of birds. The park offers a variety of activities, including camping, fishing, boating, hiking, biking, and picnicking. There are also several nature trails, a playground, and a swimming beach.
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User Reviews
Christi Kruger
Hurricane Laura took a toll on the state park in 2020, but with the help of the community, so much of the park has been restored to its former beauty! They renovated the bathrooms and facilities. A great place for outdoor activities with family!
Emily Bridges
I enjoyed my visit to the park! The weather was beautiful and the hiking trails were well marked and maintained. Great place for a day visit or vacation!
TerryLisa Moore
We stayed 3 nights in our 5th wheel in site 24. Nice site, but hookups are way in the back of the site & there was a drop off on the living side. Whole campground looked nice, but seemed to be designed by someone who does not own a RV (as indicated by hookup placement & road curves inside the campground). Appreciated having laundry facilities on site & the gates were locked at night. Lots of trails to walk & close to things to do in the Lake Charles area.
mary beth overmyer
We stayed in the camp ground. The sites were all full hook up. Bathrooms were clean and the showers hot. E stopped twice once on our way to Texas and another on our return trip.
chris m
We had wanted to stay here longer but we decided to cut our visit short and head to our next destination so we could hunker down and let the winter snow storm pass. Yes, SNOW in Louisiana. First snow in Lake Charles since 2009 from what I can find. This park was hit with a hurricane a few years back which decimated the park. Most everything is newly built. CG is all concrete roads and pads with new hook ups. Sites and roads are wide and easy to get into. Park apparently lost 80% of their trees and there are none in the CG. It was about 75% full. There is a laundry room, cold water wash only. One of the machines recently burst and they had heaters and fans drying it out. Bathroom is out of date but serviceable. There is just one dumpster and it is up beyond the bathroom. There were only 2 signs in the whole park warning of alligators. And 1 that said don't feed them. Of course you would not need to remind intelligent people not to feed alligators. Large day use and nice boardwalks, picnic shelters, even some EV charging stations. Their 'cabins' are new and don't look like cabins, they look like a small housing development. There was one trail open, the Riverwalk Trail. It is a 1.5 mile walk which loops around the CG. Park is surrounded on all sides by housing developments. I'm sure that will be less noticeable once the trees grow back. Was very glad to see armed state park police on patrol, especially given the surrounding area. There is a town outside where we found a Walmart. But the town has more gun stores and churches than they have medical offices and grocery stores if that tells you anything. We camped at Sam Houston Jones State Park in a Fifth Wheel.