St. Joseph, Louisiana
Shilo's Lake Bruin Resort

3619 Hwy. 605
St. Joseph, Louisiana 71366
(318) 766-3334
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Open year-round
No sites on Memorial Day or Fourth of July.
High-Use Seasonal Period: May 1 through August 31

Sites: 37 Full / 50 Partial
Check in: 2 PM to 7 PM Check out: Noon
Maximum Electrical: 30 / 50 amps
Maximum RV Length: 40 ft.

Directions:
From I-20, go south 30 miles on Hwy. 65 to LA 607. Turn left on 607, go about 1/8 mile to LA 607. Turn left on 607, go about 1/8 mile to LA 605. Turn right and go approximately 20 yards to resort entrance. From Natchez, go north on Hwy. 65 to LA 607, turn right. Remaining directions same as above.

Accommodations   Facilities and Amenities

Various types, $49.65 - $125.
Reservation Requirements: Minimum stay: 1 night during week, 2 nights on weekends. Check in: Noon to 6 PM, Check out: Noon. Reservations and deposit required. Reservations accepted no more than 60 days in advance. Call (318) 766-3334 between Noon and 6 PM. Reservations must be cancelled within 24 hours of check in or there is no deposit return.
Notes: Visitor mail is accepted. No pets in rental units.

 

  
Clubhouse, unheated swimming pool, spa, shuffleboard, playground, picnic area, horseshoes, volleyball, badminton, sports field, miniature golf, arcade game room, lake activities (license required), boating, john boat rental, laundry, and camp store. Dump station.

 



 
Resort Profile

Shilo’s Lake Bruin Resort introduces its guests to the bass fisherman’s paradise! Lake Bruin, a 3,000-acre oxbow lake, is the ideal place for fishing, boating, and water skiing.

Be sure to travel just across the state line to Port Gibson, Mississippi to the Ruins of Windsor. Built in 1861, it was the largest antebellum mansion in Mississippi. Even though it survived the Civil War, it was destroyed by fire in 1890. The ghostly remains of the mansion are open to visitors year-round. Just to the south of Newellton is the historic Mississippi River levee town of St. Joseph. Here visitors will see the late Gothic-style Christ Episcopal Church, the impressive English Baroque-domed Tensas Parish Courthouse, the Tensas Parish Museum, Italianate structures, several 19th-century houses, and the commercial corridor with Greek Revival.

History buffs will enjoy a visit to Vicksburg, Mississippi, a 40-mile drive to the north of the resort. The 1,700-acre Vicksburg National Military Park contains more than 1,260 memorials, bronze portraits, markers, monuments, statues, and tablets honoring the soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg campaign during the Civil War. Also seen in the park are artillery positions, forts, and trenches that have been re-created on authentic sites. In town, the Old Court House Museum, built by slaves in 1858, stands where a local planter, Jefferson Davis, launched his political career. Thousands of artifacts and Southern antebellum items are displayed in the museum.

The principal research and testing laboratory of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, is also in Vicksburg. Scale models, some equipped with wave- and tide-making machines, are used for the study of river, harbor and flood control projects.

Nightlife abounds on the riverboat casinos that dock on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.