The view from the downtown pad is a courtyard saltwater pool under the I-10 overpass, a short cab ride back from the French Quarter, with the motorhome waiting alongside and the air running. A streetcar line runs a few blocks away, so the rig stays put all week while the family works through the city by rail, on foot, and by taxi. Out on Lake Pontchartrain, a second park keeps rigs beside marina slips along a canal full of masts, a quieter place to come home to after the same nights out.
New Orleans is a week to spend parked, and a 30-foot motorhome makes it a comfortable one: a kitchen for breakfast, beds for everyone, and a bedroom that's cold at midnight. Summer here is hot and sticky enough that the air runs most of the day, so plan on hookups every night of the stay.
Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, and French Quarter Festival fill both in-city parks, and the same weeks pull family-size motorhomes out of the local listings, so the site and the rig are chasing the same dates. Lock the site first, since the park you land in decides whether the driver backs in or pulls through.
Downtown at French Quarter RV Resort, or by the marina on the lake
French Quarter RV Resort, on North Claiborne Avenue just off I-10, suits a late first night off the interstate and makes the base for nights in the Quarter. Its paved sites run at least 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep, with water, sewer, and 20, 30, and 50 amp service, and every site is a back-in. That footprint leaves room around a family-size motorhome, but whoever drives should be ready to reverse into the slot once and leave it there.
New Orleans RV Resort and Marina, the old Pontchartrain Landing on France Road, is the lake-side first night and the slower, gated base of the two, with the city a cab ride away. Its deluxe pull-through sites take rigs up to 80 feet and the back-ins fit 40 to 45 feet, on 30 and 50 amp full-service sites, so nobody has to back anything in after a long drive.
Fontainebleau State Park on the north shore
Across Lake Pontchartrain, Fontainebleau State Park swaps the streetcar for a sandy beach, sailboats out on the water, and the brick ruins of an 1829 sugar mill. The Tammany Trace rail trail runs through the park and a 4.8-mile trail winds across the grounds, so the bikes come off the rack the first morning and mostly stay off. It's where a family goes for a few slow days after the Quarter, and during Jazz Fest it fills with crews who drive back to City Park each day for the festival shuttle.
For a parked week, book the premium sites, which come with sewer, water, and electric at the pad and a share of pull-throughs.
Bayou Segnette State Park and Grand Isle State Park, down on the Gulf, are the other overnights people pair with the city, and the New Orleans campervan page writes them up for a two-person trip in something smaller. Cajun country and the rest of the state's rig trips are on the Louisiana RV page.
