Cities with RV Parks are shown in blue type.
The other listed cities on I-20, in green type
are included for orientation.

exit #	community	exit #	community
8	Shreveport	112, 115	West Monroe
20, 21	Bossier City	120	Monroe
38, 47	Minden	138	Rayville
69	Arcadia	153	Delhi
77	Simsboro	171	Tallulah
86	Ruston	.	.

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I-20 and LOUISIANA

LOUISIANA — Northern Louisiana gets the rainfall brought in from the Gulf of Mexico — especially during hurricane season. All those lakes you saw in East Texas are now swamps in West Louisiana. But this area was also very rich in underground oil pools. Pumping oil out of this ground is returning, now, that the price of oil has, again, made it profitable.
Following our rule to park on the west side of town if you're westbound and on the east side if you're eastbound (thereby avoiding the heavier flow of rush hour traffic), there are a couple RV parks at exit 8 (sort of next door to the local penal farm :-) but, on the east side, all we have been able to find are a pair on the western outskirts of Minden at exit 38 (near the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant :-). Quite a contrast between the two; the privately owned park is pretty much an open field (like the one at exit 8) but the public park is on Lake Bistineau and is very nice. Neither has Internet service so you can forget about that unless you can use your cell phone.

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   By the way, have you noticed that the hills are getting a little taller and more numerous? As you drive east you'll see more and more of these little mountain ranges until your reach Alabama — which is the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains.
   In Monroe (milepost 116½) you'll cross the Oachita River which used to be great for fishing. Folks used to line the bridges with their picnic baskets and, mostly, home-made fishing poles. This was dip and nab fishing, — no fancy fly fishing. They say the fishing is still good but it is unlawful to fish from a highway bridge. (Just can't leave us alone!)
   And, on the subject of wildlife, around exit 124 you will be cutting through the Russell Sage State Wildlife Management Area. This is a natural wetland just teaming with about every kind of native species (and some not so native). Bird Watchers will love this place — especially in the Spring.
   At about milepost 187½ you'll cross the mighty Mississippi River and enter the State of Mississippi.

contributed by Bob Masters

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American Interstate System Louisiana Directory of RV Parks near I-20 Exits (from West to East)

I-20 and LOUISIANA

American Interstate System
Louisiana Directory
of
RV Parks near I-20 Exits
(from West to East)