We stayed at Lake Louisa State Park in Oct. of 2008. It was our first camping trip with our pop up camper. We live 10 minutes from this park and are familiar with it so it was the perfect place to try out our new camper. We stayed at site #30 next to one of the fishing docks with a good view of one of the lakes. This site did offer good sunsets but if you like privacy, you may not like this site since the walkway to the dock was right next it. The campground is nestled between two small pristine lakes, Dixie and Hammond. Both lakes have fishing docks and you can launch a canoe or john boat. No gasoline motors are allowed in these lakes. You can also access Lake Louisa from the park. It is a large lake and is part of a chain of lakes in Clermont. This site offers a swimming beach and picnic areas at this lake. This park also has many hiking and horse trails. We have hiked many of them. Some are in the forest and hammock, some are in the scrub and some are in the open. Our favorite trail runs along Big Creek a creek which runs out of the Green Swamp and into Lake Louisa. We enjoyed fishing, hiking and just relaxing by the campfire. This is a new campground and everything is top notch. There are 3 main loops, very nice bathrooms and washer dryers. There is not much shade however but this will increase as the trees planted by the park begin to grow.
We would recommend this park in the fall and winter months, epically if you like to fish. Some of the biggest speckled perch we have ever caught were out of Lake Dixie off the dock. Alligators can also be seen on these lakes, but don't feed or harrass them. Otters can also be spotted and well as eagles.
The Happy Camper
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