McCurdy Point
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:23 UTC
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
McCurdy Point Recreation Area is located on the north end of Enid Dam. Amenities include a comfort stations, a group picnic shelter, 3 single cover picnic sites, boat ramp, courtesy boat dock/pier, fish cleaning station and six individual picnic sites. This area is popular among visitors who enjoy boating and fishing. It offers a view of the lake. This ramp is usable for boating enthusiasts year around. Keep reading
Recreation
McCurdy Point offers a comfort stations with flush toilets, 6 individual picnic sites, 3 single cover picnic sites, boat ramp, bank fishing and accessible dock/pier. This area is popular among fishermen and visitors wanting to enjoy a day at the lake fishing, picnicking, and boating.
Facilities
The day uses offers 6 individual picnic sites that includes a grill, a serve table and picnic table. A assessable comfort stations with flush toilets are located in this area. Other amenities includes three single cover picnic site, boat ramp, fish cleaning station, courtesy boat dock/pier and bank fishing. Nearby day use areas offers volleyball court, softball field, soccer field/football field, horseshoe pits, picnic shelters, 1/2 mile fitness trail, fitness exercise area, playgrounds, handicap fishing pier, bank fishing, boat ramps,life jacket loaner boards, beaches, amphitheaters and a view of the lake.
Natural Features
Pavilions, picnic sites, and other amenities are nestled among towering native pine and oak trees. The surrounding woods provide habitat for squirrels, raccoons, chipmunks, deer, butterflies, geese and variety of birds. This day use area is off Interstate I55 and easily assessable to visitors and fishermen. It a perfect location for a day at the lake for picnicking, boating, fishing and spending a day to relax. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (662) 563-4571.
Nearby Attractions
The nearby towns of Water Valley and Batesville, Mississippi offers shopping, hotels, restaurants and emergency care facilities if needed. Memphis, Tennessee, approximately 60 miles, offers tours of Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. His birthplace is located in nearby Tupelo, Mississippi.
What the agency tells you
America Beautiful Senior and Access card are not accepted for picnic shelter and amphitheater reservations. No Pets in buildings. No ATV's allowed. No livestock permitted A large picnic shelter may be reserved for $50.00/day. 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.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 1 of 1 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER on 1 of 1 campsite records
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:23 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 11
What you actually pay
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 · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at McCurdy Point closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 1
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Bear Creek Lake Recreation AreaSt. Francis National Forest · 59 mi
recreation.gov availability, read 15:23 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
1 records · the site map
All 1 records
| McCurdy Point | Picnic Shelter 620 | day use | 267 ft | $50 |
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.
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.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions
Where it is
Hickory Ridge0.2 mi
Outlet Channel (Enid Lake)0.4 mi
Wallace Creek0.4 mi
Riverview0.8 mi
Persimmon Hill(Enid Lake)1.8 mi
Plum Point Campground2.6 miTake exit 233 off of Interstate 55 toward Enid Lake. Go east on County Road 36 for .8 miles. Take a left on to County Road 38 for .4 miles. Take a right onto County Road 189 and you have arrived at the destination.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Pope, MS
Typical weather
Typical October night 49°F, day 76°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 30°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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 Augusts are colder than the August 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
McCurdy Point 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 →