Big Foot Horse Trail and Camp In Mississippi

Big Foot Horse Trail and Camp is located in the De Soto National Forest in Mississippi.

This is primitive camping with no water, trash cans or hook-ups and has a 7 day stay limit. There was a clean vault toilet for use in the middle of the camp. Campsites are on a first come, first serve basis and are unnumbered. The place is just a giant open field with pine trees scattered throughout.

There are around 10 picnic tables scattered throughout the area. Some sites have fire rings, some have grills, some have benches and some have lantern hooks. Some have all of these amenities and some have none, lol.

Any size rig will fit here you really just pull up and park where you want. You can get potable water and dump trash at Airey Lake just down the road. The town of Wiggins is around 20 minutes away and has a super Walmart, laundromat, fast food and all the other facilities you may require.

Quiet hours are between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.  Place campfires in rings only and please don’t leave them unattended. All pets must be leashed and please pick up after them.

With our booster we had 4G on both Verizon and AT&T. If you’re running solar there are plenty of spots to park to easily top off your batteries each day.

This is technically a horse camp with multiple horse trails available, but is open to anyone to stay and camp in. I believe there are four loops of trails ranging in length from 5 to 11 miles. We hiked a couple of them while we were there and enjoyed them.

During the week this place was quiet and we were by ourselves most of the time. On the weekend though this place gets packed with horse riders. Dexter barked every time one trotted by the pop up and I saw my first mule. I got to pet quite a few horses the week we were there.

Speaking of horses you have to watch where you step here. There are piles of horse droppings pretty much everywhere. I’ve read during the summer there are a ton of butterflies in the area because of this little horsey byproduct.

Also watch out for falling pine cones. These things are massive and sound like a rock when they hit the ground. If you got bopped on the head I’m pretty sure it would knock you out.

De Soto National Forest also seems to do a lot of controlled burns in the area. You will see it pretty much everywhere you go.

We just loved this place and kinda fell in love with the whole area. It’s why we ended up in 3 campgrounds and stayed in the area for 3 weeks. There are beautiful forests and plenty of hiking trails. I plan on coming back for sure.