The park has come a long way since Katrina. The staff is friendly . They sprayed for mosquitoes every night. It will be good when they get the fishing pier built back. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

This was our first visit at the Grand Isle State Park. The sites were level, paved and spacious. The two times I visited the restroom, it was dirty. There was sand all over the floor and in the showers. The showers only have cold water. I tried all four of them, and no hot water. The mosquitoes are terrible in the afternoon, at night and early morning. The sand dunes are really pretty with lots of plants and flowers. The sand on the beach however is filthy. We had to keep shoes on the whole time - on the beach and in the water - so we wouldn't get cut on glass, etc. I saw the grounds keeper go around large debris on the beach - what looked like a motor, and something really big and plastic. They were too heavy for him to lift of course, but he could have hooked a chain to the junk and hauled it away with the tractor. There are several nice covered picnic tables on the beach side of the dunes. The kids enjoyed finding LOTS of hermit crabs, and playing in the water where there are almost NO waves. My husband and I did a little surf fishing but didn't get anything we could keep. There were many other visitors who put out crab traps and caught some each day. We were really disappointed that the piers have still not been repaired since Katrina (almost 2 years ago). The pilings are still up. I believe the plans are to construct a concrete pier. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

The campground is nicely situated with dunes between it and the ocean that reduce the wind considerably, though not entirely. There are several breaks in the dunes, so the beach is still readily accessible. It's not a manicured swimming beach. There is very little human litter but you'll find driftwood, seaweed and the usual things you'd expect on a natural beach. Its been several years and a couple hurricanes since I was here last and efforts against beach erosion have been very effective. It was rather cold most of this visit but during the few warmer evenings, bugs were a problem. They sprayed the surrounding area and that helped somewhat. Sites are all paved, level pull throughs. Each has some grass and a few have trees but there is still a slight parking lot feel. They've done an excellent job coming back from the hurricanes. The fishing pier, one of two bath houses and one of two dump stations were still out of service. They started work on the second bath house while I was there. The town of Grand Isle is tiny at its peak and this is the off season. There is a grocery/hardware/general store that has most anything you may need. The Sand Dollar Marina has a laundromat that was brand new, open 24 hours and rarely used this time of year. Anything else is quite some distance away. I had a sudden need for a veterinarian. There was one about 30 miles away that refused to even talk to me. The next nearest was over 50 miles. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.