Louisiana: 21 state parks, 16 historic sites and 1 natural area

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Parks & natural areas 22

Bayou Segnette State ParkA swamp-and-marsh wilderness a fifteen-minute drive across the Mississippi from New Orleans, with both salt…
Bogue Chitto State ParkA 2,593-acre spread of cypress-tupelo swamp, hardwood bottoms and rolling upland forest along one of…
Chemin-A-Haut State ParkSet on a high bluff over Bayou Bartholomew, this park takes its name from the French for "high road," an old…
Chicot State ParkOver 6,400 acres of rolling hills wrap around Lake Chicot, whose clear water has given up record catches of…
Cypremort Point State ParkOne of the few spots near the Gulf of Mexico you can reach by car, with a half-mile man-made beach for…
Fairview-Riverside State ParkHuge live oaks shade the picnic grounds and campsites along the Tchefuncte River, where anglers pull bass…
Fontainebleau State ParkThe brick ruins of an 1829 sugar mill sit on the Lake Pontchartrain shore in a 2,800-acre park named for a…
Grand Isle State ParkA barrier-island beach on the Gulf and a launching point for deep-sea saltwater fishing, home each July to…
Jimmie Davis State ParkOn a peninsula reaching into Caney Lake, a park built for anglers, with two boat launches and a fishing pier…
Lake Bistineau State ParkCypress and tupelo stand in the open water off this western-shore park, backed by upland hardwood forest. Two…
Lake Bruin State ParkOnce a 1928 fish hatchery, this compact park opens onto more than 3,000 acres of Lake Bruin water for…
Lake Claiborne State ParkA 6,400-acre freshwater lake stocked with bass, bluegill, catfish and crappie, ringed by pine-shaded…
Lake D'Arbonne State ParkPiney hills and five fishing piers frame this quiet 655-acre park on 15,250-acre Lake D'Arbonne, a haven for…
Lake Fausse Pointe State ParkA 6,000-acre park deep in the Atchafalaya Basin, once home to the Chitimacha people, laced with water for…
Louisiana State Arboretum State Preservation AreaThe first state-supported arboretum in the country, established in 1961 across more than 600 acres of natural…
North Toledo Bend State ParkMore than 900 acres on the vast Toledo Bend Reservoir, built for both water sports and land-based days in the…
Palmetto Island State ParkA genuine south Louisiana outdoors on the Vermilion River, with a boat launch to the river and quiet interior…
Poverty Point Reservoir State ParkA 2,700-acre man-made lake that draws waterfowl along the Mississippi Flyway each spring and fall and holds…
Sam Houston Jones State ParkTree-filled lagoons wind through 1,087 acres of mixed pine and hardwood kept deliberately wild, so wildlife…
South Toledo Bend State ParkSmall bluffs give this park wide waterfront views over Toledo Bend Reservoir, a nationally known…
St. Bernard State ParkA family-minded park with lagoons and campsites just outside New Orleans, close to Chalmette National…
Tickfaw State ParkBoardwalk trails carry you through four ecosystems — cypress-tupelo swamp, bottomland and pine-hardwood…

Historic sites & museums 16

Audubon State Historic SiteThe Oakley Plantation house and its 100-acre forest, where John James Audubon arrived in 1821 and found the…
Centenary State Historic SiteThe surviving West Wing of the College of Louisiana, which opened in Jackson in 1826 as one of the state's…
Fort Jesup State Historic SiteA frontier army post from the era when the Louisiana Purchase left the Texas border undefined, giving rise to…
Fort Pike State Historic SiteOne of the first of the brick-and-masonry Third System coastal forts, begun in 1819 and named for explorer…
Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic SiteA reconstructed French colonial fort at Natchitoches, the first permanent European settlement in the…
Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic SiteEarthen Confederate forts raised on the Red River at Alexandria in 1864 to block a Union advance through…
Locust Grove State Historic SiteA small family plantation cemetery of just 27 plots, where several generations of early settlers are buried…
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic SiteA Bayou Teche site that tells of the Acadians, Creoles, Africans and others whose cultures met here…
Los Adaes State Historic SiteOnce the capital of Spanish Texas and a symbol of New Spain in Louisiana, now one of the state's richest…
Mansfield State Historic SiteThe battlefield where Confederate forces halted the Union's 1864 Red River Campaign toward Shreveport and…
Plaquemine Lock State Historic SiteThe historic lock on Bayou Plaquemine, a navigable route into the Louisiana interior since the early 1700s…
Port Hudson State Historic SiteThe bluffs above the Mississippi where the Confederacy built river batteries to guard its supply line from…
Poverty Point World Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site of monumental earthen mounds and ridges raised by a sophisticated people long…
Rebel State Historic SiteHome to the Louisiana Country Music Museum in the piney hills of the northwest, tracing gospel, string-band…
Rosedown Plantation State Historic SiteA St. Francisville plantation from the cotton-boom era of West Feliciana Parish, along one of south…
Winter Quarters State Historic SiteA rare Civil War survivor on Lake St. Joseph, the only antebellum home of its kind left on the lake, begun as…

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