Montgomery Bell State Park RV & Campground Guide

At Montgomery Bell State Park, you can catch many fish species, including bluegill, shell cracker, largemouth bass, crappie, creel, and channel catfish. Review posted fishing signs, as you must release all black bass back into the river unharmed, and you cannot catch and keep largemouth bass over 15 inches. There's a limit of 30 for creel and crappie.

Check with staff at the Visitor Center about the website for the current geocaching event. You can follow the geocache and find amazing things while enjoying a fun and carefree adventure.

Montgomery Bell State Park is an extraordinary place for nature watching as many bird species exist. You'll see the tufted titmouse, barrel owl, Carolina chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, Northern parula, yellow-throated vireos, warblers, red-eyed vireos, mallards, bald eagles, and wood ducks. There are many vantage points from the lake and forest where you can see these amazing bird species.

Montgomery Bell State Park hosts regular stargazing events at the ballfield on the campground. However, campers can view stars, constellations, and planets from the ballfield or campground at any time with binoculars or telescopes.

The plants and flowers you'll see at the park include American cancer root, blue phlox, fan clubmoss, rue anemone, Allegheny spurge, twisted trillium, Christmas fern, mayapple, and star chickweed. The wildlife species at Montgomery Bell State Park start with many toads and frogs, including the American toad, Northern cricket frog, Southern leopard frog, and pickerel frogs. You'll also see garter snakes, common watersnakes, and ring-neck snakes. Other wildlife species you'll find are common snapping turtles, pond sliders, red-bellied woodpeckers, wild turkeys, pied-billed grebe, Eastern gray squirrels, white-tailed beavers, white-tailed deer, and raccoons.

There are several trails to choose from at this park. One of the longest trails, the Montgomery Bell Overnight Trail is 10.4 miles long and is the most challenging trail at the park. Another popular trail, the Spillway Trail is just 0.3 miles long and is rated as easy with mild terrain.

You can boat on all three Montgomery Bell State Park lakes. You can use kayaks, canoes, pedal boats, and flat-bottom fishing boats. Outboard motors are not permitted anywhere within the state park. You can launch your boats from the Lake Woodhaven boat ramp.

There's a beach area on Lake Acorn, however, no lifeguard is available, so use caution when swimming.

This state park offers 23 miles of bike trails ideal for mountain biking. You'll find the trails toward the northern end of the park, and the trails are color-coded as red for beginners, white or blue for intermediate, and green or yellow for expert or advanced riders. You cannot ride bikes on the hiking trail and vice versa. In addition, you cannot ride motorized bikes at the park, and the bike trails close at sunset.