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Scenic Choctaw Lake Campground wraps around Choctaw Lake in the Tombigbee National Forest of Mississippi. Its location provides visitors with ample opportunities for recreation, including fishing, boating, hiking and biking. A day-use area is popular for picnicking and has a swiming beach
Choctaw Lake Recreation Area offers a range of outdoor opportunities, including camping, picnicking, hiking and biking. The lake offers boating, swimming and fishing. Anglers can look forward to a catch of largemouth bass, bream, catfish and crappie.
An accessible walking trail around the lake is available for a leisurely stroll, as well as a moderate skill level, 3-mile trail, that takes off from the campground. A variety of birds and wildlife may be seen along these paths.
The campground offers nearly two dozen campsites, some of which are accessible. Additional sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each site is equipped with full utility hookups, a picnic table and campfire ring with grill.
Individual and group picnic shelter sites are also available within the day-use area and swimming beach. Accessible flush toilets, showers drinking water are provided. A campground host is on-site.
The campground is situated between smaller Cabin Lake and larger, 100-acre Choctaw Lake. It is near the Natchez Trace Parkway, Noxubee Wildlife Refuge and French Camp, all popular destinations in the area.
This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (662) 285-3264.
The campground is located 5 miles south of the town of Ackerman, 11 miles northwest of Louisville and 20 miles southwest of Starkville.
The Noxubee Hills hiking and biking trailhead is located at the Choctaw Lake Recreation area as well. The 26-mile trail has vault toilets at each end and is rated moderate-to-experienced, for biking and hiking.
The Choctaw Lake recreation area is also within 20 miles of Mississippi State University. Athletic, cultural and scholastic events abound there.
From Jackson, Mississippi, travel Highway 25 north toward Starkville. Turn onto Highway 15 north toward Ackerman, Mississippi, and travel 11 miles to Forest Road 967 to the campground.
Shelter GS1 costs: $40 if less than 50 people. $80 if more than 50 people.
Each vehicle using the rented pavilion is required to pay the day use fee of $5, this includes the renter of the pavilion.
This lake and the entire park area is beautiful. It’s managed well, always maintained and such a hidden treasure! It’s great for hiking, biking, fishing, bird watching, etc. The rolling hills are just gorgeous in the fall.
It's $5 a day per vehicle (not sure of camping fees, we just go for the day to walk). Dogs are allowed on a leash. There's a great trail that goes around the lake, I'm not sure it's exact distance but it takes me about an hour to walk the entire loop. The trails are well kept with gravel, and there's a boardwalk over part of the lake. There are picnic areas with grills, campsites, restrooms, and there's a beach area for swimming. I've seen many people fishing, so I assume the fishing is decent. There's a frisbee golf course throughout the trail. It's a very beautiful area, and it's usually not crowded.It's one of my favorite local places to go walking with my dog
They need to do something about the snake because I saw a HUGE snake skin by the step and scared the hell out of me.... Other than that you'll have fun
