Welcome
Celebrate how first-time campground hosts Kim Koenig and Jason Tannenbaum twice stepped in during a post-hurricane, a staff-short 2025 season at Lake James State Park, contributing 260 volunteer hours each and becoming the park’s top volunteers.
Experience winter magic at Lake James Ice Festival, Jan 10, 2026. World-champion ice carver Aaron Costic, local food trucks, craft beer. Support park trails!
A former Navy submariner, David Fleming volunteered 450 hours at understaffed Lake James State Park in 2024, helping manage both heavy visitation and hurricane recovery.
Tickets to the 2025 Ice Festival at Lake James State Park are now available for purchase.
Red-headed woodpeckers, it would seem, have established a home at Lake James State Park since controlled burns began several years ago.
A swim guide maintained by the Lake James Environmental Association and Catawba Riverkeeper will assess the water quality of popular swimming sites around Lake James all summer long.
With trillions of cicadas expected to emerge this year, there will be plenty of easy grub for copperheads and other snakes to eat around Lake James State Park.