Fairfield Lake State Park

This is a beautiful park! I saw deer, river otters, armadillos, possums and racoons, ducks too! It's spacious, clean and best of all, no road noise from nearby highways! Super staff. Major downer-swim area is getting taken over with some sort of lake weed. Sort of looks like seaweed. It's choking out the space and looks very nasty. The grassy bank area has lots of picnic tables and looked pretty nice but the water? Yucky. My camping spot in the Springfield loop was very nice and butted up against the lake but again, it's so overgrown with lake grass and the weedy stuff, you can't access it or really even see it, which is unfortunate. It would be perfect to have some lake access for kayaks and paddleboards right from the camping loops. The boat ramps seems pretty busy with big boat traffic. A lake side trail would be awesome too! I'd definitely come back though.

We had had plans of camping at this state park this summer. Unfortunately, with the news of a developer trying to take over, we were afraid that we would never get the opportunity to see this beautiful place. We decided to make the trek down this morning and it was absolutely beautiful. The campsite sites are gated off since there is no overnight camping but everything else is open. We did the bird loop trail and the scenic trail by the Eastern boat ramp. We also had a picnic at the day use area where the beach and everything was beautiful. I'm praying that this park remains for local residents and for all of those who enjoy the state parks beauty. It would be a darn shame to see this part go away and I've already reached out to our local representatives to try to fight for this park. Spoke with some of the employees that aren't even sure if they're going to have a job if this goes through. Praying that this park can stick around and we can get a true overnight camp in! I definitely recommend making it out here while it is still open.

This was one of our favorite trips and sits high on the list of favorite campgrounds. It didn't hurt that we nearly had the whole park to ourselves since we camped during the very brief winter storm this year. That aside, the campground was very clean and well maintained. There were plenty of trails some of them very scenic, some of them simply meandering through the woods. The lake was beautiful and quiet and very serene. There were only a few boats this time of year and as mentioned, nearly zero people present. So we had nearly all of the wildlife to ourselves which meant we got to see a lot more wildlife. We did see a couple of bald eagles from a distance, which was a nice treat. The bird watching area was particularly cool and there were literally thousands of ducks in the cove. When they would get startled it sounded like an ocean wave. I can't help but think it would have been a far different experience if the campground was full like we thought it was going to be. But I'm sure it would be pleasurable either way, just in different ways. We will definitely go back.