Roosevelt State Park, Mississippi

[Steve and MA]

This post is just an FYI. On the way back home to TX from the rally, we looked for a convenient overnight stop along IH-20 and made an uninformed selection of Roosevelt State Park just east of Jackson MS.  It turned out to be a lucky guess. It's just 5 minutes off the interstate and has some of the best campsite parking pads that we've run across anywhere. The premium sites are better than what most private RV parks have to offer; they're large, level and deep. Only one of the premium sites isn't on the waterfront, #37, which is the only pull-through. We picked it without seeing it or any of the other sites because we didn't want to unhitch for our quick overnight stop.  It turned out that all of the premium sites are deep and level enough that we wouldn't have had to unhitch our trailer.    

Our luck was even better because through the 22nd this month the sites are half price.  The park staff told us that they had been closed for renovations for about a year and recently reopened.  The special pricing is to encourage people to rediscover the park. Regular daily prices are $47 weekdays & $57 weekends for premium, or $37 or $47 respectively for regular sites on weekdays or weekends.  The regular sites are also nice, but they consist of smaller asphalt strips that aren't as large as the premium sites and may require you to unhitch to level the trailer.  The state park prices are less than what many less desirable private RV parks charge and was especially a bargain at $23.50 for our one-night stay.  We plan to go back before or after next year's rally, expecting to pay the regular daily price.  

In the picture you can see the size of the site. We didn't take a picture of a waterfront site because it was raining most of the time we were there, but all the premium sites have similar sized concrete pads, easily big enough for 4 LE2s (though only enough hookups for one).

Steve

[Patriot]

Nice site and great info on a good deals! Care to share what your towing capacity is on your Sprinter?
 

Edited Saturday at 01:01 AM by Patriot

[Steve and MA]

1 hour ago, Patriot said:

Care to share what your towing capacity is on your Sprinter?

It's a 2021 3500xd cargo van with 144" wheelbase rated for 7500 lbs towing, 750 lbs tongue weight. Cargo capacity is 5600 lbs.  The relatively low towing limit (for a one ton truck) is because of its unit body construction.  The dually rear wheels keep the rig quite stable, even in the severe crosswinds we've encountered on IH-10 in New Mexico. 

The 1500 and 2500 Sprinters as well as the extended body 177" wheelbase 3500's have a 5000 lb max tow rating.  

[topgun2]

Nice rig and great campsite!

I failed to see those dualies on the rear at first glance.  Surely you have a bunch of capacity in the rear of that thing.

Can you open the rear doors while hitched?

How crowded was the State Park?  Is there a swimming beach?

Bill

[Steve and MA]

6 hours ago, topgun2 said:

Can you open the rear doors while hitched?

Both doors clear the front basket when the trailer is straight behind, but one door or the other will stop at the basket if not close to straight.  The van probably should be discussed under the Towing an Oliver topic.  I've gotten several questions about it recently due to its appearance at the rally. I'll probably start a Sprinter van as TV thread sometime soon.

6 hours ago, topgun2 said:

How crowded was the State Park?  Is there a swimming beach?

On Tuesday night 5/6 the park was maybe 10-15% occupied. There are about 100 sites, but less than half are premium waterfront with the large concrete parking pads.

I didn't notice a swimming beach area on the lake.  There's a swimming pool though. More info here: Roosevelt State Park