This park is a secret gem. Campsites, cabins, yurts and an inn are available for overnight stays. Wildlife abounds. Beautiful lake and gorgeous scenery.

The campsite is amazingly well clean and the roads are perfect. However, despite roaming patrols, they don't enforce any rules, well after dark there was a group of Mexicans having a Rowdy party next to us and the kids across the street from us had...More

Camped in Oak Loop. Really nice campground with large, level spaces and full hook-ups. Nice bathhouse. Lake has a large swim area and plenty of places to kayak and launch motor boats. We went on a ranger-led full moon kayak paddle that was awesome. Campsite...More

We rented a pontoon and a pull behind tube with two families for 4 hours. We had 9 total people and had an amazing time. The 5 kids from 11 to 16 had a blast on the water, fishing, swimming, and tubing. The kids are...More

BESP is kinda in the middle of no where, but that makes it charming. There's a large ridge of the BE mountain to the south, and a man-made lake in between by a damn to the east. Usual state park activities abound, fishinn' boatin' hikin',...More

Beautiful state park that is well kept and HUGE! We enjoyed camping, hiking, kayaking and fishing. We stayed at the modern campground. This is an all sport large lake that requires more than the trolling motor we had on our small boat. Sycamore loop allows...More

We stayed at the rustic campground in site R34. It has a short downward walkway into the site. We were able to fit both large-ish tents on the site but again also on a downward slope. The whole area was wooded/shaded which I like but...More