Rocky Springs Campground, Milepost 54.8
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This is how it should work.
- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- Sites
- 2222 of them walk-up
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Rocky Springs Campground, milepost 54.8, on the southern end of the Parkway, includes a 22-site campground, picnic tables, intermittent restrooms, a section of the Old Trace, self-guiding walking trails through the old town site. Campground sites are on a first come first served basis, no reservations. Pull-through and back-in sites are available. Campgrounds are typically the busiest during the spring and fall, especially during holiday weekends. No potable water is available. Plan to be self-contained.
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- Yes
Around the campground
- Night sky · 8th darkest of 61 in MS
- Bortle 4
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Clear Springs Recreation Area (MS)Homochitto National Forest · 47 mi
Delta National Forest - CampingDelta National Forest · 47 miBlue Lake Recreation AreaDelta National Forest · 51 miShockaloe Trail Bc 1Bienville National Forest · 75 mi
Marathon LakeBienville National Forest · 85 mi
Sterlington Recreation Area86 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Hermanville, MS
Typical weather
Typical October night 53°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 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
Rocky Springs Campground, Milepost 54.8 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 →