Blue Springs State Park RV & Campground Guide

There is a small fishing pond at Blue Springs State Park. This pond is an excellent place to introduce children to the activity. Adults and children are likely to hook a fish because the state keeps the pond well stocked with catfish, bass, and bream.

Blue Springs State Park is a certified International Dark Sky Place. The park has a Bortle score of three, meaning it has some of the darkest skies in the world, making it a terrific place to go stargazing. On many clear nights, you can even see the Milky Way with the naked eye. The green spaces in the park offer an unobstructed view of the stars. You can bring a blanket to spread out or sit at a picnic table to enjoy an evening meal while gazing up at the heavens.

Blue Springs State Park is a stop on the Wiregrass Birding Trail. Follow the road to the left beyond the park's visitors center to see many different raptors, including red-tailed, red-shouldered, Cooper's hawks, and broad-winged hawks. Along the park's hiking trail, you may spot Mississippi kites. Closer to the fishing pond, you will likely see eastern kingbirds, orchard orioles, northern parulas, and eastern wood pe-wees. While at the pond, you may spot various species of turtles and frogs, and the park is also home to small mammals like squirrels and chipmunks.

While visiting the park in the spring or summer, you will be enchanted by the wildflowers that grow in the meadows surrounding the pools. Some of these include bluebells, golden rods, and butterflyweed. During a hike, you will be shaded by oak, hickory, and maple trees. If you are interested in water plants, reeds, cattails, and ferns grow around the fishing pond.

Magnolia Trail at Blue Springs State Park is a terrific place for a hike. This 2.1-mile loop trail runs through the part of the park purchased in 2013 to expand Blue Springs State Park beyond its original boundaries, and the path opened to the public in 2018. This forested trail is beautiful in the fall when the leaves turn colors and in the spring when some trees bloom. Two connector trails run across the loop, so hikers can use them to shorten the hiking distance.

Swimming is the primary activity at the park. There is no additional fee for swimming, but no lifeguards are on duty. The bigger pool is up to 25 feet deep in some areas, while the smaller pool is much shallower for people uncomfortable with deeper water. The water in both pools is always crystal clear and fresh because the spring pumps 3,600 gallons of water per minute into them.