Enid Lake · Mississippi
Overview Hickory Ridge Recreation Area is a day use area located on the north side of Enid Dam. Amenities include three comfort stations/shower houses, an amphitheater, beach, a life jacket loaner board station, a basketball court, two group picnic shelters, 38 picnic sites, and two playgrounds. This area is popular among visitors who are interested in swimming, playing basketball and enjoying family picnic.
Sites at Hickory Ridge are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 3 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter, Picnic area |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Enid, MS |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Hickory Ridge around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Wallace Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Persimmon Hill(Enid Lake) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chickasaw Hill | Cancellation alerts available |
| Water Valley Landing | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ford's Well | Cancellation alerts available |
| Long Branch Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Plum Point Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Persimmon Hill Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Riverview | Cancellation alerts available |
| Outlet Channel (Enid Lake) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chickasaw Hill Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ford's Well Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| McCurdy Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wallace Creek Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Water Valley Landing Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Hickory Ridge; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.