U.S. Forest Service · Kisatchie National Forest · Louisiana

Valentine Lake Recreation Area

First-come, first-served19 sites

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

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Site mix

Standard, no hookups16
Host/management3
No reservations, so arrive before checkout on a weekday, usually 11 a.m. to noon, and take what is open. In season, weekends fill by Thursday. The first-come playbook

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Valentine Lake Recreation Area40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 5.47 inches of precipitationFebruary: 4.22 inches of precipitationMarch: 4.92 inches of precipitationApril: 4.94 inches of precipitationMay: 3.94 inches of precipitationJune: 5.14 inches of precipitationJuly: 4.60 inches of precipitationAugust: 3.32 inches of precipitationSeptember: 3.39 inches of precipitationOctober: 4.73 inches of precipitationNovember: 4.60 inches of precipitationDecember: 5.28 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 49.3°F averageFebruary: 52.9°F averageMarch: 59.9°F averageApril: 66.6°F averageMay: 74.6°F averageJune: 80.5°F averageJuly: 82.8°F averageAugust: 82.7°F averageSeptember: 77.8°F averageOctober: 67.8°F averageNovember: 57.3°F averageDecember: 50.9°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Alexandria Intl AP, 10 miles from the campground at 84 feet, station USW00093915 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 55 inches a year.

Getting there

Coordinates31.2428° N, 92.6802° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearAll Seasons Sales & Service ↗19.9 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No amenities, no fee schedule, no directions or photos in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • under 0.1 mi
    Valentine
    3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.8 mi
    Wild Azalea Spur
    0.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3 mi
    Kincaid ↗
    9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.1 mi
    Indian Ridge Trail
    0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.3 mi
    Lamotte Creek
    2.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 3.5 mi
    Lakeshore ↗
    5.3 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Kisatchie National Forest begins about 5 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Valentine Lake Recreation Area?

No. Valentine Lake Recreation Area is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: How first-come camping works

How many sites does Valentine Lake Recreation Area have?

19 sites, including 16 standard sites without power.

Source: Site mix

What if Valentine Lake Recreation Area is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Kincaid Lake Campground (3.2 mi), Loran Camp (12.1 mi, first-come), and Stuart Lake Recreation Complex, Camping/Day Use (19.3 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby