Clear Springs Recreation Area (MS)
1Heads up1 fire 17 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:29 UTC
- A night
- $7–$40Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 2724 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. Only pay for a site that you have verified as vacant. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service. This campground has 22 campsites and is generally open all year long. This location may be inaccessible at any time during the year due to weather and road conditions. Keep reading
Recreation
Visitors will be able to bike, hike, canoe, fish, and view wildlife.
Facilities
Facilities include camping, with 22 units with hookups for water and electricity. A group camp site(reservation required) 8 picnic tables within the day use area; A pavilion for 25-30 people(reservation required). Flush toilets and hot showers; A one mile hiking trail around the lake; An amphitheater. 10 miles hiking/mountain biking trail.
Natural Features
Clear Springs Recreation Areas is nestled in a secluded area of roling hills. The area, surrounded by tall stands of pine and mixed hardwood treees, provide visitors with a shady forest atmostpehere. A 10 acre lake connects both camping areas. Contact Info This location is unstaffed. To speak with our main office for general information, please call: (601) 384-5876.
Nearby Attractions
Okhissa lake is a 1,075 acre lake approximately 15 minutes away from the campground. It has a swim area, day use area, one boat launch. Fish that can be caught include catfish, largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and other small panfish.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 27 · 1 group, 1 cabin
- Hookups
- 23 electric, 22 water
- Longest rig
- 99 ft
- Paved pads
- 23 of 27
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 20 of 22 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 26 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 26 campsite records
- Showers
- Accessible Showers
- ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 1 of 26 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 1 of 26 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
- Amphitheater
- Biking
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Mountain biking
- Picnicking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 3rd darkest of 61 in MS
- Bortle 4
3 of 24 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:29 UTC
recreation.gov lists 24 of the 27 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 18
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $7–$40 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:29 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
28 records
All 28 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 27 of the 28 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Lower | 01 | rv electric | 45 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 02 | rv electric | 33 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 03 | rv electric | 36 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 04 | rv electric | 32 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 05 | rv electric | 51 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 06 | rv electric | 48 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 07 | rv electric | 42 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 08 | rv electric | 35 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 09 | rv electric | 35 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 10 | rv electric | 44 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 11 | rv electric | 40 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | 12 | rv electric | 43 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Lower | Group Pavilion | day use | yes | $40 | ||
| Lower Loop | Sites 1-12 | type not stated | 30 amp | $7–$40 | ||
| Scan and Pay | ScanPay 4 | type not stated | $7–$40 | |||
| Scan and Pay | Standard | type not stated | $7–$40 | |||
| Upper | 13 | rv electric | 23 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 14 | rv electric | 59 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 15 | rv electric | 61 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 16 | rv electric | 30 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 17 | rv electric | 44 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 18 | rv electric | 39 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 19 | rv electric | 47 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 20 | rv electric | 33 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 21 | rv electric | 57 ft | 30/50 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | 22 | rv electric | 99 ft | 30 amp | $20 | |
| Upper | Group Campsite | group shelter electric | 99 ft | 50 amp | $40 | |
| Upper Loop | Sites 13-22 | type not stated | $7–$40 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 28 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Rocky Springs Campground, Milepost 54.8Natchez Trace Parkway · 47 miStuart LakeKisatchie National Forest · 87 mi
Delta National Forest - CampingDelta National Forest · 93 miStuart Lake Recreation Complex, Camping/Day Use94 miLoran CampKisatchie National Forest · 96 miBlue Lake Recreation AreaDelta National Forest · 97 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Meadville, MS
Typical weather
Typical October night 54°F, day 80°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 36°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Clear Springs Recreation Area (MS) is in Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Bennie Thompson (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A. See every public-lands vote →