Stump beds stand in the shallow coves of Okatibbee Lake, and from a lakeside pad you can follow the beaver flowages as they wind back into the woods. The water stays flat and still until the heat comes up and the swimming beach fills. In December, bald eagles circle over the open water. The motorhome stays on one site all week, plugged in so the air conditioning can carry the humid Mississippi afternoons while everyone drifts between the lake and the picnic table.
The Corps of Engineers runs one full-service campground on the lake, Twiltley Branch, about 8 miles up Highway 19 North from Meridian. Many of its sites have electric hookups, and the gatehouse closes for the night, so a late arrival waits for morning to drive up.
Okatibbee Creek Water Park, run by the Pat Harrison Waterway District off the same highway, puts the swimming beach in the same park as the rig. Its 50-amp sites stay open year-round as of September 2026, which makes it the easy pick for a December eagle week.
Reserve the lake site first and choose the motorhome second. On Twiltley's electric loop the pads run to about 35 feet, so a mid-size motorhome or travel trailer suits the campground, while the longest coaches need a site checked before anything else is booked. If it's just two of you, or the site you want is shorter than the rig you pictured, a smaller vehicle from Mississippi's campervan listings takes the same lake.
When both lake parks are full, Clarkco State Park near Quitman has 43 full-hookup RV campsites with water, electric, and sewer. It's a regular weekend spot for rig owners in this corner of the state. The Mississippi RV page covers the state's other hookup lakes and the coast.
Downtown Meridian, the MAX, and the Jimmie Rodgers Festival
Meridian holds a few good days of its own, and May is when the town is loudest, with the long-running Jimmie Rodgers Festival filling it with live music. The MAX museum covers a hot afternoon indoors, which matters with kids in tow by midsummer.
Bonita Lakes RV Park, off Highway 19 south near the I-20/59 exit, keeps the rig close to all of it. Its pull-through sites on concrete slabs carry 30- to 50-amp service, and the pool earns its keep after a day downtown. It's also where that late arrival spends the first night before heading up to the lake.
Festival visitors and town-week families compete for the same rigs and the same pull-throughs in May. If your dates overlap the festival, book the site and the motorhome together, well ahead of spring.
Dunn's Falls in Enterprise is the afternoon worth the drive, a 65-foot waterfall spilling beside a historic grist mill. It's a day-use park, open Wednesday through Sunday as of September 2026, with primitive camping only, so the rig visits for the afternoon and sleeps back in Meridian.