Free and paid camping in Louisiana

88 camps in Louisiana: 40 free, 48 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Louisiana, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries43 camps

• Atchafalaya Delta WMA campground2 ft
• Attakapas Island WMA primitive camping area 15 ft · fee
• Attakapas Island WMA primitive camping area 210 ft · fee
• Bayou Macon WMA primitive camping area 189 ft · fee
• Bayou Pierre WMA primitive camping area 1141 ft · fee
• Boeuf WMA primitive camping area 157 ft · fee
• Boeuf WMA primitive camping area 262 ft · fee
• Clear Creek WMA primitive camping area 1270 ft · fee
• Elm Hall WMA primitive camping area 11 ft · fee
• Grassy Lake WMA primitive camping area 140 ft · fee
• Grassy Lake WMA primitive camping area 243 ft · fee
• J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert WMA primitive camping area 1232 ft · fee
• J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert WMA primitive camping area 2149 ft · fee
• Little River WMA camping area -- Doughty Bluff69 ft · fee
• Little River WMA primitive camping area 242 ft · fee
• Loggy Bayou WMA primitive camping area 1135 ft · fee
• Loggy Bayou WMA primitive camping area 2145 ft · fee
• Maurepas Swamp WMA tent camping area 14 ft
• Maurepas Swamp WMA tent camping area 22 ft
• Pass-a-Loutre WMA camping area -- Loomis Pass 1st-2 ft · fee
• Pass-a-Loutre WMA camping area -- Loomis Pass 2ndfee
• Pass-a-Loutre WMA camping area -- near Fresh Water Reservoir3 ft · fee
• Pass-a-Loutre WMA primitive camping area 4-2 ft · fee
• Pass-a-Loutre WMA primitive camping area 52 ft · fee
• Pearl River WMA primitive camping -- Crawford Landing18 ft
• Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA camping area -- Hwy 665-2 ft · fee
• Pomme de Terre WMA primitive camping area 141 ft · fee
• Richard K. Yancey WMA primitive camping area 141 ft · fee
• Richard K. Yancey WMA primitive camping area 251 ft · fee
• Richard K. Yancey WMA primitive camping area 344 ft · fee
• Richard K. Yancey WMA primitive camping area 450 ft · fee
• Richard K. Yancey WMA primitive camping area 550 ft · fee
• Russell Sage WMA primitive camping area 162 ft · fee
• Russell Sage WMA primitive camping area 261 ft · fee
• Sabine WMA primitive camping area 1247 ft · fee
• Sherburne WMA primitive camping area 125 ft
• Sherburne WMA primitive camping area 233 ft
• Spring Bayou WMA improved campground (Boggy Bayou)46 ft · fee
• Spring Bayou WMA primitive camping area 144 ft · fee
• Spring Bayou WMA primitive camping area 344 ft · fee
• Tunica Hills WMA camping area -- South Tract277 ft · fee
• West Bay WMA camping area -- Spikes Camp Site99 ft · fee
• West Bay WMA camping area -- Wolf Bay Camp Site140 ft · fee

Kisatchie National Forest30 camps

• Ahtus Melder172 ft
• Bankston Camp218 ft
• Bucktail Hunter Camp297 ft
• Cane203 ft · fee
• Caney Lakes Camp222 ft · fee
• Cat Hwy 472 Camp154 ft
• Corney Lake Rec Area121 ft
• Coyote366 ft
• Custis Hunter Camp303 ft
• Dogwood Camp175 ft
• Enduro Ohv Camp269 ft · fee
• Evangeline Camp202 ft
• Fullerton Rec Areafee
• Gum Springs Rec Area264 ft · fee
• Hunter Camp315 ft
• Kincaid Camp161 ft · fee
• Kisatchie Bayou Campground162 ft
• Kisatchie National Forest128 ft · notes
• Loran Camp229 ft · fee
• Lotus Camp164 ft
• Lotus Ohv Camp238 ft · fee
• Oak Horse Camp300 ft
• Pearson Hunter Camp155 ft
• Red Bluff Camp216 ft
• Saddle Bayou Hunter Camp123 ft
• Stuart Lake166 ft · fee
• Sugar Creek Hunter149 ft
• Turkey Trot Hunter262 ft
• Valentine Lake Rec Area149 ft · fee
• Winn Hwy 472 Camp156 ft

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers13 camps

• Bodcau Road Primitive Camping174 ft
• Crow Lake Primitive Camping194 ft
• Della Field Primitive Camping213 ft
• Duck Dam Primitive Camping174 ft
• Horse Camp Primitive Camping217 ft
• Hwy 157 Primitive Camping199 ft
• Hwy 160 Primitive Camping182 ft
• Hwy 2 Primitive Camping187 ft
• Ivan Lake Primitive Campsite206 ft
• Old Field Primitive Camping174 ft
• Pardee Calloway Primitive Camp182 ft
• Rainey Wells Primitive Camping196 ft
• Teague Lake Primitive Camping198 ft

Elsewhere in Louisiana2 camps

• Bogue Chitto NWR riverbank primitive camping (Pools Bluff boat ramp access)63 ft
• Corral Ohv Camp95 ft · fee