CP Campground Review – Farr Park Equestrian Center & RV Campground, Baton Rouge, LA

A no-frills, but relaxing and green City Campground within spitting distance of Baton Rouge.

Horses in the pasture at Farr Park

Link to campground here: Farr Equestrian Center and RV Campground
Link to map location here: Farr Equestrian Center and RV Campground

1. Site Quality = 2.5/5
   The sites here are very basic. The park has 5 long rows of grassy parking areas with slots of 30Amp/water for each RV. There’s no separation, as such, between campsites, but in general (unless there’s an event at LSU or the horse park) the place is pretty empty. It’s open seating and you choose your spot on arrival. Small trees so only very minor spots of shade. Ground has areas of bumps and dips so take your time positioning and levelling.
2.  Facilities = 3/5
   Facilities were generally decent. Large bathrooms with good showers which were being completely repainted while we were there. However the place gets a ding for irregular cleaning and lack of toilet paper(!). Lots of green pasture around with picnic areas and horse-trails. On-site dump, but no laundry.
3. Location = 5/5
   This is a perfect spot to visit Baton Rouge. You’re literally right outside town and within a few miles of LSU. Park is located in green horse country and right next to the Mississippi with opportunity to hike for miles along the levee.
4. Pet Friendliness = 5/5
   Very pet friendly spot. There are acres of green pasture on-site to run with doggie and you can walk pooch on the levee by the river.

Overall Rating = 3.9
BONUS ALERT = View of green pasture and horses from your RV!

Summary: This was the perfect spot to visit Baton Rouge. The park is set only a few miles from LSU, but is in a very nice neighborhood surrounded by green pasture and horses. The campground itself is run by the City and is a no-frills operation. Basically just green slices of somewhat uneven grassy parking with 30Amp/water and you chose your spot on arrival. At full capacity it would be very tight, but most of the time (unless there’s an event going on) the place is fairly empty, and you’ll get plenty of space to yourself. We enjoyed relaxing outside the RV, watching the horses, running in the pastures and walking the levee by the river, and would definitely stay here again if we came back into town.

 Extra Info:  Both Verizon aircard and phone worked fine. Sites are $20/night  for 30Amp/water. On-site dump.

View down back parking slice (row #5)

View of another of the parking "slices" (row #3)

 

View down side of park. Our RV in row #4 to the left.

Typical site view

View from our "balcony" outside the RV of horses and pasture

Walk and play in the pastures next to camp

SP Campground Review – Bayou Segnette State Park, New Orleans, LA

View of walkway across middle of campground loop

A relaxing and green State Park campground that provided a great base to explore New Orleans.

Link to campground here: Bayou Segnette State Park, LA
Link to map location here: Bayou Segnette State Park, LA

1. Site Quality = 4/5
   Very nice sites here. All are level concrete back-ins with plenty of green, grassy space between campers (up to 50 ft separation) with 50Amp/water, grill, fire-pit and picnic table. Each site has a nice “sitting area”, either a concrete pad or wooden patio (or both). Open views with little shade (most trees are small).
2.  Facilities = 4/5
   Good set of facilities here. Bathrooms are slightly older, but large and well-kept. Good water pressure. Surrounding area has hiking, picnic spots, playground and boat/canoe launch. Wave-pool was closed when we were there. Free WiFi which works decently and free laundry (!)
3. Location = 4/5
   This is a good spot to visit New Orleans. It’s got a peaceful, green feel yet is only a short 20-30 min drive from town across the Mississippi. There are RV parks closer to downtown that avoid the bridge, but not with the natural feel and space of this place.
4. Pet Friendliness = 5/5
   Very pet friendly spot. There’s hiking trails to walk pooch, lots of green space to hang around camp and poop bags provided.

Overall Rating = 4.25
BONUS ALERT = Relaxing, green environment just outside New Orleans!

Summary: This was a great spot to visit New Orleans. The campground is only ~20-30 mins out of town (right across the Mississippi from downtown) and yet has a remote and relaxing, green feel to it. Campsites are level concrete pads with water/electric, nice “sitting areas” and lots of separation between campers. The campground also had the bonus of free WiFi and free laundry. Seems a lot of the area was destroyed by the flood so there’s not a lot of shade (trees are small) and there’s still some construction (with noise) going on at the canal, but neither of those things bothered us much while we were there. We felt relaxed and peaceful here and would definitely stay again if we were coming back into town.

 Extra Info:  Both Verizon aircard and phone worked fine. Sites are $18/night  (Oct-Mar) for 50Amp/water. On-site dump and *free* laundry room.

Typical site view. Long, concrete pad with "sitting area". Some sites have wooden "patios". Site #3 shown.

View of out site (#34). Lots of green space/separation.

View along campground loop (site #7-8 on right, front to back)

View down campground loop (Site #2 left)

View behind RV's to show "sitting areas" and green space. Site #37 on left)

View of facilities

Picnic area and playground in nature area of park