Requests, vetoes, hot takes, snack demands — pin it and the whole family sees it. We moved the whole trip to Mississippi in one afternoon — anything is possible.
Beavers Bend was booked and paid — then the forecast turned wet for our week. Two days out, we went looking for drier skies and found them a few hundred miles east in north Mississippi: a lakefront site with full hookups, on the lake that holds the world-record white crappie, half an hour from an SEC game. (A quick stop at Arkabutla Lake was cancelled the same afternoon — the Corps has it ten feet low for dam repairs.)
Enid gave up the 5 lb 3 oz world-record white crappie in 1957 and is still one of the state's best crappie lakes. Catfish off the bank at night, white bass and bream all day — and the spillway below the dam is a local legend. Boys under 16 fish free.
Site 16 at Wallace Creek is right on the water and has 50-amp electric, a water spigot and sewer at the pad. Air mattresses plug into the wall, the sink runs off a hose, and the fire ring faces the lake.
Thirty minutes to Oxford: the Square, Square Books, Faulkner's house, bowling — and Ole Miss hosts Missouri on Saturday. The Grove is the most famous tailgate in college football, ticket or not.
About 524 miles door-to-tent — a real haul, so it's a 6 am start. Roughly 8½ hours of driving, 10 with stops, which lands us right at the 4 pm check-in. Interstate the whole way, and no time-zone change.
~3 hours, 178 miles. First fuel stop and dog walk. Optional photo: the post office that straddles the Texas/Arkansas line.
The halfway point, ~4½ hours in, right on I-30. Then past Little Rock on the I-440 bypass.
~2 hours across the Delta to the Mississippi River bridge. On the way home, Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid (I-40 exit 1) makes a good leg-stretch.
Last real services at Batesville, exit 243: fuel, Walmart or Kroger for ice and groceries, firewood. Then 10 miles to exit 233, east on County Road 36, and follow the signs ~2.5 miles to Wallace Creek. There's no gas at exit 233.
This is the official plan. Anyone can suggest a change under any day — suggestions show up for everyone but nothing changes until Dad approves it. Approved changes appear on the day in green.
Done deal: site 16 at Wallace Creek, a Corps of Engineers campground on Enid Lake. One big lakefront site with a paved 70-foot pad, a fire ring, a grill, a picnic table — and full hookups, which is new for us. Room for up to 12 people and 2 vehicles, so the big brother and his girlfriend fit easily.
Wallace Creek site 16 (loop PWOO) · Tue Oct 13 → Sun Oct 18, 2026 · 5 nights · $150 total. Confirmed on Recreation.gov (confirmation number is in Dad's email — not posted here on purpose). Check-in 4 pm, check-out 2 pm. Booked for 5 people and 1 car — bump it if the crew grows. The old Beavers Bend booking is cancelled.
Lakefront · 50-amp electric + water + sewer at the pad · paved back-in, 70 ft · partial shade · fire pit, grill, table. The campground has flush toilets, showers, a playground and a boat ramp; the Enid Dam spillway is a short drive. Pets welcome on leash (not in buildings); no ATVs.
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Shared — a check here is checked for everyone. Numbers also on the directory.
Site 16 holds 12 people and 2 vehicles — just add a tent and update the head count on Recreation.gov. He'd need his own Mississippi license to fish ($15.42 for a day or $36.42 for 3 days).
Beavers Bend was the plan for three months; these five were the July runners-up. Kept for next year — prices and availability are from July and haven't been rechecked.