1Heads up1 fire 16 mi away
Wildfire
Sally Burn fire · 16 mi away · 150 acres · 100% contained · updated Oct 7, 2026
ReservableBookable through November 15; an off-peak season follows November 16 to February 28.
Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book
Right now
Taking bookingsSites offered on 14 of the next 30 nights read 15:58 UTC
A night
$34–$36Across the site types the agency prices
Sites
141138 on recreation.gov
80 ftLongest rig
450 ftElevation
551 ftWater · Bay Springs Lake
6.5 miNW of Belmont, MS
82%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices

In the agency’s own words

The Piney Grove Campground is on Bay Springs Lake, along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in northeastern Mississippi. It's ideal for families and groups of friends looking for lots of water recreation. Keep reading

Recreation

Boat, fish, swim, hike, bike or just sit back and relax on the nine-mile lake. Bay Springs Lake is dotted with recreation areas for a true sampling of the outdoors.

Facilities

Each of the 141 sites come with electric hookups, a lantern post, impact pad, campfire ring and picnic table. The park also has a playground, and two multi-use courts.

Natural Features

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 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. The Tenn-Tom Waterway is the largest earth moving project in the history of the world! The Tenn-Tom Waterway has 180,000 acres of public land waiting for you to explore.

Nearby Attractions

Piney Grove Beach is just a short walk or bike ride from the campground. We also have several other recreational areas around the lake including the very popular, Old Bridge Beach.

What the agency tells you

Rule

You MUST have a reservation to camp. Attendants cannot do transactions at the gatehouse. - Follow our Facebook page for more details https://www.facebook.com/USACEBSSO/?ref=settings

Rule

Check-out time is 3:00 P.M. Check-in time is 4:00 P.M.

Rule

Beginning November 15, 2021 loops 2 and 3 (Sites 55 - 139) will be closed until March 1, 2022. Loop 1 (Sites 3 - 54) will be open all winter.

Everything else this campground posts · 5
Rule

Only 4 vehicles (including camping unit) are allowed per site and must be parked on hard surfaces. Any additional vehicles can be parked in the overflow parking near the gatehouse.

Rule

All vehicles must be street legal and only operated by a licensed driver. Golf carts, atvs, and battery operated scooters are prohibited.

Rule

Bicycles must have lights when operated after dark.

Rule

Remove all trash from your site before you leave and do not burn trash in the fire ring.

Rule

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.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Tents and rigs

Sites
141
Hookups
138 electric, 141 water
Longest rig
80 ft
Paved pads
138 of 141
Accessible sites
2
Pets
Allowed
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Playground
Yes
Stay limit
14 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
Lake, River, Beach, Coast
Swimming
Night sky · 15th darkest of 61 in MS
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

75 of 274 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:58 UTC

recreation.gov lists 138 of the 141 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBookedClosed

Booking windowThrough November 15Bookable now through November 15, 2026, the end of the peak season. The off-peak season that follows runs November 16, 2026 through February 28, 2027; recreation.gov releases it on its own schedule, so check there before counting on those nights.recreation.gov
Max stay14 nightsthe facility record
A night$34–$36plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
A weekend$76–$80DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

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’ll write once, when the season that starts Mon, Nov 16 2026 is open for booking.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A night, per site$34–$36
Standard Electric$34
Standard Electric$36
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 1, 2026 to Nov 15, 2026.
The booking feerecreation.gov
Reservation fee, booked online$8
One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.
Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.
What a stay costs
One nightDerived$42–$44
A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$76–$80

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $34–$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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov
Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10
Cancellation fee$10
Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night
No-show$20 + your first night

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 15:58 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

141 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 138 mapped sites
52 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Least roomLoop PGRO 097 20 ftLoop PGRO 098 20 ftLoop PGRO 085 22 ft

All 141 sites

141 of 141 sites located
RV / electric138Type not stated3
SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 141 of the 141 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.

PGRO001type not stated55 ft50 amp430 ft$28–$30
PGRO002type not stated57 ft50 amp398 ft$28–$30
PGRO003standard electric38 ft50 amp62 ft323 ft$34–$36
PGRO004standard electric34 ft50 amp62 ft383 ft$34–$36
PGRO005standard electric61 ft50 ampyes68 ft386 ft$34–$36
PGRO006standard electric50 ft50 amp42 ft165 ft$34–$36
PGRO007standard electric55 ft50 amp42 ft198 ft$34–$36
PGRO008standard electric50 ft50 amp72 ft163 ft$34–$36
PGRO009standard electric40 ft50 amp34 ft136 ft$34–$36
PGRO010standard electric80 ft50 amp34 ft123 ft$34–$36
PGRO011standard electric48 ft50 amp65 ft163 ft$34–$36
PGRO012standard electric60 ft50 amp61 ft99 ft$34–$36
PGRO013standard electric21 ft50 amp47 ft131 ft$34–$36
PGRO014standard electric50 ft50 amp47 ft176 ft$34–$36
PGRO015standard electric45 ft50 amp73 ft136 ft$34–$36
PGRO016standard electric45 ft50 amp61 ft137 ft$34–$36
PGRO017standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft172 ft$34–$36
PGRO018standard electric55 ft50 amp61 ft220 ft$34–$36
PGRO019standard electric50 ft50 amp50 ft224 ft$34–$36
PGRO020standard electric56 ft50 amp50 ft274 ft$34–$36
PGRO021standard electric60 ft50 amp62 ft311 ft$34–$36
PGRO022standard electric55 ft50 amp62 ft348 ft$34–$36
PGRO023standard electric62 ft50 amp60 ft393 ft$34–$36
PGRO024standard electric55 ft50 amp60 ft334 ft$34–$36
PGRO025standard electric62 ft50 amp59 ft326 ft$34–$36
PGRO026standard electric50 ft50 amp55 ft364 ft$34–$36
PGRO027standard electric50 ft50 amp48 ft348 ft$34–$36
PGRO028standard electric57 ft50 amp52 ft296 ft$34–$36
PGRO029standard electric67 ft50 amp34 ft358 ft$34–$36
PGRO030standard electric55 ft50 amp34 ft357 ft$34–$36
PGRO031standard electric50 ft50 amp51 ft193 ft$34–$36
PGRO032standard electric55 ft50 amp51 ft196 ft$34–$36
PGRO033standard electric34 ft50 amp63 ft228 ft$34–$36
PGRO034standard electric48 ft50 amp63 ft288 ft$34–$36
PGRO035standard electric58 ft50 amp64 ft280 ft$34–$36
PGRO036standard electric50 ft50 amp64 ft255 ft$34–$36
PGRO037standard electric55 ft50 amp65 ft228 ft$34–$36
PGRO038standard electric47 ft50 amp63 ft178 ft$34–$36
PGRO039standard electric40 ft50 amp45 ft149 ft$34–$36
PGRO040standard electric48 ft50 amp45 ft189 ft$34–$36
PGRO041standard electric25 ft50 amp85 ft130 ft$34–$36
PGRO042standard electric27 ft50 amp60 ft81 ft$34–$36
PGRO043standard electric60 ft50 amp30 ft82 ft$34–$36
PGRO044standard electric62 ft50 amp30 ft66 ft$34–$36
PGRO045standard electric60 ft50 amp75 ft113 ft$34–$36
PGRO046standard electric50 ft50 amp62 ft130 ft$34–$36
PGRO047standard electric40 ft50 amp62 ft99 ft$34–$36
PGRO048standard electric54 ft50 amp54 ft140 ft$34–$36
PGRO049standard electric21 ft50 amp36 ft99 ft$34–$36
PGRO050standard electric55 ft50 amp53 ft153 ft$34–$36
PGRO051standard electric50 ft50 amp36 ft109 ft$34–$36
PGRO052standard electric55 ft50 amp43 ft110 ft$34–$36
PGRO053standard electric50 ft50 amp43 ft105 ft$34–$36
PGRO054standard electric24 ft50 amp53 ft141 ft$34–$36
PGRO055standard electric21 ft50 amp52 ft318 ft$34–$36
PGRO056standard electric45 ft50 amp56 ft327 ft$34–$36
PGRO057standard electric57 ft50 amp53 ft347 ft$34–$36
PGRO058standard electric21 ft50 amp53 ft352 ft$34–$36
PGRO059standard electric38 ft50 amp64 ft379 ft$34–$36
PGRO060standard electric28 ft50 amp72 ft355 ft$34–$36
PGRO061standard electric57 ft50 amp61 ft285 ft$34–$36
PGRO062standard electric52 ft50 amp61 ft241 ft$34–$36
PGRO063standard electric40 ft50 amp79 ft244 ft$34–$36
PGRO064standard electric65 ft50 amp113 ft262 ft$34–$36
PGRO065standard electric40 ft50 amp58 ft294 ft$34–$36
PGRO066standard electric34 ft50 amp48 ft278 ft$34–$36
PGRO067standard electric32 ft50 amp48 ft273 ft$34–$36
PGRO068standard electric38 ft50 amp52 ft267 ft$34–$36
PGRO069standard electric38 ft50 amp70 ft282 ft$34–$36
PGRO070standard electric50 ft50 amp57 ft254 ft$34–$36
PGRO071standard electric37 ft50 amp57 ft245 ft$34–$36
PGRO072standard electric44 ft50 amp66 ft210 ft$34–$36
PGRO073standard electric65 ft50 amp52 ft208 ft$34–$36
PGRO074standard electric24 ft50 amp66 ft225 ft$34–$36
PGRO075standard electric33 ft50 amp66 ft219 ft$34–$36
PGRO076standard electric28 ft50 amp37 ft294 ft$34–$36
PGRO077standard electric53 ft50 amp37 ft327 ft$34–$36
PGRO078standard electric48 ft50 amp41 ft292 ft$34–$36
PGRO079standard electric26 ft50 amp67 ft304 ft$34–$36
PGRO080standard electric48 ft50 amp52 ft260 ft$34–$36
PGRO081standard electric33 ft50 amp56 ft273 ft$34–$36
PGRO082standard electric55 ft50 amp48 ft226 ft$34–$36
PGRO083standard electric45 ft50 amp48 ft268 ft$34–$36
PGRO084standard electric63 ft50 amp46 ft337 ft$34–$36
PGRO085standard electric60 ft50 amp22 ft300 ft$34–$36
PGRO086standard electric45 ft50 amp22 ft298 ft$34–$36
PGRO087standard electric70 ft50 amp76 ft241 ft$34–$36
PGRO088standard electric50 ft50 amp30 ft234 ft$34–$36
PGRO089standard electric50 ft50 amp30 ft221 ft$34–$36
PGRO090standard electric38 ft50 amp62 ft170 ft$34–$36
PGRO091standard electric18 ft50 amp39 ft138 ft$34–$36
PGRO092standard electric30 ft50 amp39 ft143 ft$34–$36
PGRO093standard electric28 ft50 amp51 ft146 ft$34–$36
PGRO094standard electric60 ft50 amp29 ft196 ft$34–$36
PGRO095standard electric60 ft50 amp29 ft216 ft$34–$36
PGRO096standard electric42 ft50 amp56 ft141 ft$34–$36
PGRO097standard electric61 ft50 amp20 ft212 ft$34–$36
PGRO098standard electric45 ft50 amp20 ft221 ft$34–$36
PGRO099standard electric60 ft50 amp62 ft160 ft$34–$36
PGRO100standard electric46 ft50 amp62 ft221 ft$34–$36
PGRO101standard electric45 ft50 amp44 ft197 ft$34–$36
PGRO102standard electric55 ft50 amp50 ft247 ft$34–$36
PGRO103standard electric55 ft50 amp44 ft199 ft$34–$36
PGRO104standard electric46 ft50 amp34 ft251 ft$34–$36
PGRO105standard electric46 ft50 amp34 ft231 ft$34–$36
PGRO106standard electric63 ft50 amp90 ft91 ft$34–$36
PGRO107standard electric45 ft50 amp44 ft109 ft$34–$36
PGRO108standard electric46 ft50 amp24 ft100 ft$34–$36
PGRO109standard electric44 ft50 amp24 ft78 ft$34–$36
PGRO110standard electric40 ft50 amp107 ft109 ft$34–$36
PGRO111standard electric43 ft50 amp59 ft211 ft$34–$36
PGRO112standard electric46 ft50 amp59 ft261 ft$34–$36
PGRO113standard electric40 ft50 amp55 ft138 ft$34–$36
PGRO114standard electric48 ft50 amp55 ft183 ft$34–$36
PGRO115standard electric45 ft50 amp73 ft157 ft$34–$36
PGRO116standard electric45 ft50 amp36 ft107 ft$34–$36
PGRO117standard electric46 ft50 amp36 ft94 ft$34–$36
PGRO118standard electric36 ft50 amp66 ft95 ft$34–$36
PGRO119standard electric60 ft50 amp66 ft145 ft$34–$36
PGRO120standard electric42 ft50 amp41 ft131 ft$34–$36
PGRO121standard electric40 ft50 amp41 ft131 ft$34–$36
PGRO122standard electric41 ft50 amp43 ft122 ft$34–$36
PGRO123standard electric50 ft50 amp67 ft149 ft$34–$36
PGRO124standard electric53 ft50 amp74 ft191 ft$34–$36
PGRO125standard electric38 ft50 amp49 ft143 ft$34–$36
PGRO126standard electric55 ft50 amp49 ft190 ft$34–$36
PGRO127standard electric34 ft50 amp52 ft156 ft$34–$36
PGRO128standard electric51 ft50 ampyes52 ft207 ft$34–$36
PGRO129standard electric28 ft50 amp61 ft163 ft$34–$36
PGRO130standard electric51 ft50 amp44 ft260 ft$34–$36
PGRO131standard electric54 ft50 amp42 ft295 ft$34–$36
PGRO132standard electric52 ft50 amp38 ft336 ft$34–$36
PGRO133standard electric52 ft50 amp38 ft370 ft$34–$36
PGRO134standard electric56 ft50 amp42 ft352 ft$34–$36
PGRO135standard electric52 ft50 amp42 ft365 ft$34–$36
PGRO136standard electric43 ft50 amp42 ft344 ft$34–$36
PGRO137standard electric44 ft50 amp49 ft298 ft$34–$36
PGRO138standard electric50 ft50 amp29 ft130 ft$34–$36
PGRO139standard electric33 ft50 amp29 ft111 ft$34–$36
PGRO140type not stated45 ft50 amp229 ft$28–$30
PGRO141standard electric45 ft50 amp147 ft275 ft$34–$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 141 listed

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Coordinate34.56889, -88.32722
The phone662-728-1134
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Getting there

From Hwy 45 near Booneville, MS: take Highway 30 East for 15 miles to Burton, turn right on CR 3501. Follow for 3 miles and turn left on CR 3550 at the sign for Piney Grove Recreation Area. Go straight for 3 miles and you will arrive at Piney Grove Campground.

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight47°Partly Cloudy14% rain
Saturday64°Mostly Sunny
Saturday Night42°Mostly Clear
Sunday70°Sunny

NWS forecast for New Site, MS

Typical weather

Typical October night 49°F, day 74°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 29°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

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.

Measured at: BOONEVILLE, MS (USC00220955), 14 miles away and 40 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Trent Kelly, official portrait

Piney Grove 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 →

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How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from
Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 14 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.
Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.
Nearest place of any size: New Site, MS, 4.4 mi E (a census designated place). Straight line.