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From I-10, take Exit 103-A (Hwy. 90-E or 167-S) towards Lafayette. Go to first red light (Willow Street) and turn left. Go to 2nd red light (Louisiana Avenue) and turn left. Go to 4-way stop (Alexander Street) and turn right. Go to "Acadiana Park Campground and Nature Station" sign and turn left. Park at Nature Station trail head (across from campground attendant's house) and walk down the nature trail to the Nature Station.
Pretty lovely place to stay the night after a long drive. electricity hook-up and water hook-up worked well. Paid $28/night.
Bathroom was ok, the shower worked just fine.
Lovely spot to walk as well. They even have a playground for kids.
this is a great campground & 5 star location on the immediate edge of Lafayette Louisiana... The perfect launch point to explore this charming town. At only $28 (Jan 2023) this is a great deal as well. Don't expect nee upgrades or remodeled but nearly every site has electricity & water. it is a beautiful/peaceful spot next to a well to do middle-class residential area. Also, was nearly empty when we visited in Jan 2023, so it's a great last-minute stop to get away from rest stops and roadside camping, to recharge and rest up!
Very nice little campground with nature trails, a creek full of turtles and a decent nature center with some info. The park is staffed very minimally it seems. But very quiet and serene. Big sites and some have fire pits. I didn’t see any riffraff or crazy people living here yelling and playing music like one of the reviewers left. Max stay is 10 days and it looks like they enforce that. It was very clean, aside from parts of the creek that had trash dammed up in one part, but we really enjoyed the peace and quiet and low activity.
I stayed here about a month ago in a 30' toy hauler camper. It was a beautiful park and the water pressure was good, no funny smells. I have a filter but it's just a basic one on the hose. Electricity was good, no surges detected. The site I was in was pretty level, but the road getting to the sites has a steep downward slope, a tight turn to get to some spots for longer rigs and could use a little repaving/leveling. Also, the dump station is at the very entrance to the park so if you're using a portable tank for waste just keep in mind it's about a 1/4 mile with some hills and some rough patches of road. I also found that the upper park is very busy on the weekends, causing some people to use the dump station area as overflow parking - so plan your dump accordingly!
The trails in the park were gorgeous! I really loved staying there with my dog, and I think that was one of his favorite stops so far! The spacing between sites was pretty good, and it wasn't busy when I was there so we were all spaced out. It was quiet and gated, I felt very safe staying there, though I would definitely still lock up any outdoor items, etc. Some reviews reported this being a bad neighborhood. There were some rough areas about a mile away, but this neighborhood seemed very safe to me. It was a little noisy on the weekend from the park above the campground, but that gets cleared out at sunset. I read some reviews about non-campers using the bathrooms. I used my own, so I'm not sure of the condition, but it seemed the bathhouse was accessible to both campers and park patrons.
I have family in the Lafayette area and definitely plan to stay again!
