Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Kisatchie Bayou Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · LA · 31.44504, -93.09405
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Kisatchie Bayou Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 162 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Kisatchie Bayou CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Kisatchie Bayou Campground · Kisatchie National Forest · LA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- RxPharmacy21 mi
- MMechanic21 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- DDump39 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Kisatchie Bayou Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
162 ft
State
LA
Coordinates
31.44504, -93.09405
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Kisatchie Bayou Campground · Kisatchie National Forest · LA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJim Dowden Branch (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townLotus · ~3.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.7 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~16.9 mi
- GroceriesDollar General · ~19.8 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~21.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicNatchitoches Regional Medical Center · ~21.3 mi
- HardwareStine Home + Yard · ~21.6 mi
EV charging — from Kisatchie Bayou Campground · Kisatchie National Forest · LA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.8 mi straight-line N — Natchitoches, LA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 43 within 100 · 93 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO34.8 mi — 28 WEST CHEVRON FAST DC, Alexandria
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)34.8 mi — 28 WEST CHEVRON LEVEL 2, Alexandria, LA · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 221781 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Kisatchie Bayou Campground · Kisatchie National Forest · LA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletKisatchie Bayou Rec Area · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFsr 395 Ohv And Horse · ~2.4 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomLotus Ohv Camp · ~3.3 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomCane · ~3.3 mi NW · USFS
Open Kisatchie Bayou Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Kisatchie Bayou Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lotus Ohv Camp~3.3 mi · fee
- Cane~3.3 mi · fee
- Lotus Camp~3.7 mi
- Red Bluff Camp~4.7 mi
The unit that manages Kisatchie Bayou Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Kisatchie Bayou Campground are set by Kisatchie National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Kisatchie Bayou Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Kisatchie Bayou Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Kisatchie Bayou Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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