Dewayne Hayes
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- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:02 UTC
- A night
- $32–$36Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 110108 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Dewayne Hayes Campground is located on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, on Columbus Lake in Mississippi. The campground provides convenient access to the waterway. There is ample opportunity for visitors to fish, boat or spend the day sightseeing along the banks of the river. The recreation area was named in 1986 for Pfc. Loyd DeWayne Hayes, a member of the 145th Engineering Battalion of the Alabama National Guard. Keep reading
Recreation
With playgrounds, hiking trails, multi-use courts, picnic areas and educational programs, families have no shortage of activities to choose from at DeWayne Hayes. Anglers can fish from the shore in search of bass, walleye, crappie, catfish and sunfish. Additionally, hunters can seek out a diverse range of high quality habitats for upland game and waterfowl species along the Tenn-Tom lands.
Facilities
Dewayne Hayes Campground features 110 campsites, including 100 standard sites with electric and water hookups and 10 tent-only primitive walk-in sites. The campground is partially shaded, and sites have picnic tables, fire rings with grills, pedestal grills and lantern posts. Visitors have the convenience of hot showers, and anglers can make use of the fish cleaning station.
Natural Features
The Tenn-Tom, as the waterway is known, extends 234 miles from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Tombigbee River in Alabama. The man-made waterway connects the nation's midsection of commercial water transportation with the Gulf of Mexico.
Nearby Attractions
Columbus, Mississippi is right next door and offers antique stores, historic sights and other services and amenities.
What the agency tells you
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Reservations cannot be made at the campground gate house.
Campground gates are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; there is an emergency exit for campers
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Visitor hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sites are avalible for reservation. All reservations must be made by using Recreation.gov.
LOCAL CAMPING POLICIES A limit of 8 people per site. The America The Beautiful Senior and Access cards are accepted at this campground for discount camping. When making a reservation only one card can be used on one reservation. If multiple reservations are made with one card one reservation will receive the discount and the others will have to pay the full price upon check-in. A camping extension is no more than 14 additional camping days beyond a camper’s initial 14 day camping limit. For each camping extension granted, a camping party cannot exceed 14 days per extension and can only pay for 14 days at a time. Peak Season Extension Policy: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Campgrounds. After the initial 14 day stay one extension is allowed on a non-prime site for a total of 28 days during peak season (March 1- Sept. 15). At the end of this 28 day stay the camper and equipment must move to another campground on the project but may return to the campground after 7 days. If camping on a prime site the camper must move to a non-prime site after the initial 14 day stay. Off Season Extension Policy: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Campgrounds. After the initial 14 day stay no more than one extension will be allowed on a non-prime site for a total of 28 days during the off season (Sept. 13 -Feb. 28). At the end of this 28 day stay the camper and equipment must move to another campground on the project but may return to the campground after 7 days. Length of stay on a prime site during the off season remains limited to 14 days. A camper may stay on a prime site 14 days, and move to a non-prime site for 14 days. Extensions beyond the 14 day limit will not be granted during major summer holidays. Please turn in all passes to the park attendant when leaving the campground. Only empty boat trailers are allowed to be parked on grass.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 110 · 10 walk-in
- Hookups
- 98 electric, 100 water, 26 sewer
- Longest rig
- 120 ft
- Paved pads
- 100 of 110
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Visitors have the convenience of hot showers, and anglers can make use of the fish cleaning station.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 49th darkest of 61 in MS
- Bortle 4
132 of 190 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:02 UTC
recreation.gov lists 108 of the 110 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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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $32–$36 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 16:02 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
110 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 108 mapped sitesAll 110 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 108 of the 110 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| BFLA | 045 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 429 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 046 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 511 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 047 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 492 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 048 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 452 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 049 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 434 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 050 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 463 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 051 | standard electric | 38 ft | 50 amp | 103 ft | 367 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 052 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 347 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 053 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 415 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 054 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 475 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 055 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 492 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 056 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 512 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 057 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 566 ft | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 058 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 562 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 059 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 479 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 060 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 382 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 061 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 399 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| BFLA | 062 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | yes | 53 ft | 399 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 |
| BFLA | 063 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 429 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 018 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 289 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 019 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 361 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 020 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 428 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 021 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 428 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 022 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 379 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 023 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 299 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| CCIR | 024 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 245 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 001 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 195 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 002 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 198 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 003 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 97 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 004 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 189 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 005 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 94 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 006 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 85 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 007 | type not stated | 80 ft | 50 amp | 189 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | |||
| DHAY | 008 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 217 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 009 | standard electric | 84 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 230 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 010 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 123 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 011 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 93 ft | 222 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 012 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 121 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 013 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 145 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 014 | standard electric | 93 ft | 50 amp | yes | 101 ft | 240 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 |
| DHAY | 015 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 137 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 016 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 228 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 017 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 133 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 025 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 118 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 026 | standard electric | 74 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 361 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 027 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 90 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 028 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 94 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 029 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 288 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 030 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 260 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 031 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 82 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 032 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 62 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 033 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 94 ft | 63 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 034 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 37 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 035 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 46 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 036 | standard electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 78 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 037 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 315 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 038 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 302 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 039 | standard electric | 92 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 276 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 040 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 264 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 041 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 115 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 042 | standard electric | 81 ft | 50 amp | 85 ft | 309 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 043 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 92 ft | 163 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 044 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 268 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 064 | standard electric | 78 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 288 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 065 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 89 ft | 212 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 066 | standard electric | 108 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 139 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 067 | standard electric | 110 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 206 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 068 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 110 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 069 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 185 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 070 | standard electric | 81 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 78 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 071 | type not stated | 80 ft | 50 amp | 187 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | |||
| DHAY | 072 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 42 ft | 46 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 073 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 70 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 074 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 80 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 075 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 114 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 076 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 159 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| DHAY | 101 | walk to | 42 ft | 27 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 102 | walk to | 47 ft | under 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 103 | walk to | 47 ft | under 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 104 | walk to | 19 ft | under 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 105 | walk to | 66 ft | 73 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 106 | walk to | 42 ft | 28 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 107 | walk to | 47 ft | under 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 108 | walk to | 42 ft | 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 109 | walk to | 19 ft | under 10 ftStinson Creek Cutoff | $26 | |||
| DHAY | 110 | walk to | 103 ft | 10 ftTombigbee River | $26 | |||
| ORIR | 084 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 136 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 085 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 83 ft | 104 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 086 | standard electric | 100 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 76 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 087 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 105 ft | 161 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 088 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 52 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 089 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 113 ft | 11 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 090 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 140 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 091 | standard electric | 84 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 43 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 092 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 73 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 093 | standard electric | 102 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 108 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 094 | standard electric | 120 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 172 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 095 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 217 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 096 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 242 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 097 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 167 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 098 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 88 ft | 228 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 099 | standard electric | 90 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 197 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| ORIR | 100 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 117 ft | 131 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 077 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 141 ft | 290 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 078 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 400 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 079 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 464 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 080 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 503 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 081 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 480 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 082 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 427 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 | |
| PPAT | 083 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | yes | 100 ft | 345 ftTombigbee River | $32–$36 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 110 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Town Creek Campground - West Point - Ms2.0 mi
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Cochrane Campground38 mi
Davis Lake CampgroundTombigbee National Forest · 41 mi
Choctaw LakeTombigbee National Forest · 45 miFrom Columbus, Mississippi, take U.S. Highway 45 north to the junction with U.S. Highway 373/50 west. Turn left and continue for 1.5 miles to the junction with Stinson Creek Road. Travel 2 miles to Barton's Ferry Road and turn left. Proceed a half mile to the park entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Columbus AFB, MS
Typical weather
Typical October night 54°F, day 78°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
Dewayne Hayes is in Mississippi’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Trent Kelly (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: D-. See every public-lands vote →