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Louisiana has nearly two dozen state parks that offer outstanding opportunities for outdoor experiences. Enjoy superb fishing, boating, paddling and water sports. Or get up close with nature on biking and hiking trails, where birdwatching is some of the finest in the country. Numerous waterways – from lakes and bayous to swamps and lagoons – lie amid our verdant hills and rich marshlands. You'll find excellent camping and picnic areas, including well-equipped cabins and RV parks.

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Hodges Garden
State park happenings
Cure spring fever with a trip to a Louisiana state park or historic site! Special events and programs are scheduled throughout the...
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Cabins at Fontainebleau State Park
Louisiana state parks offer cabin getaways
You don’t have to be best friends with Mother Nature to enjoy a little rest and relaxation alongside the picturesque lakes, hardwood...
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Young angler on Louisiana lake
North Louisiana is sportsman's playground, outdoor paradise
The region stretches from the Texas border and Toledo Bend Reservoir in the west to the mighty Mississippi River in the east. In...
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Historic Front Street in Natchitoches
Natchitoches, Louisiana's oldest city
Located in Central Louisiana on Interstate 49, Natchitoches (NACK-a-tish) is the original French Colony in Louisiana. It was...
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Roseate Spoonbill stands out among its friends.
Bird wonderland creates a watcher's paradise
Louisiana’s mild climate and varied terrain make it a paradise for those who enjoy bird watching, and the many loops of America's...
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Kids pick cotton at Frogmore Plantation
Kids love Louisiana – so do their parents
When it comes to vacations, kids like plenty of fun and action – and parents don’t mind if a bit of education gets mixed in. Visits to...
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Sabine Wildlife Refuge on the Creole Nature Trail
Take the scenic route: Louisiana’s byways
Each of Louisiana’s Scenic Byways tells its own unique tale as it weaves through the state. Driving along any of the routes lets you...
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Red Shouldered Hawk
Louisiana's birding trails
Welcome to the America's Wetland Birding Trail along the Louisiana Great Gulf Coast. Traveling along the Creole Nature Trail All-...
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Sunset on Caddo
Shreveport-Bossier City outdoor activities
Take a day to hike the trails at Caddo Lake, and while you’re there, learn more about the beautiful array of natural features and...
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Bass Tournament - Sabine Parish
Fishing paradise: Toledo Bend State Park
The 70-mile-long Toledo Bend Reservoir covers 185,000 acres and has 1,200 miles of shoreline. It is the largest man-made body of water...
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Jellystone Park
Camping – right in our backyard
Year-round mild weather allows us to enjoy the sportsman’s paradise that is our Louisiana, and the multitude of waterways in and...
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Creole Nature Trail
Creole Nature Trail
Along this distinctive natural corridor through Louisiana's Outback, one of America's "Last Great Wildernesses," you have the...
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Hunting Fishing Lake Charles
Fishing, birding in southwest Louisiana
These legendary wetlands are a watery paradise that beckons fishermen looking for land "the big one." Bass, crappie, and panfish are...
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Chauvin Sculpture Garden
Sculpture garden a folk-art gem in Chauvin
The lighthouse, made of 7,000 bricks and decorated with sculptures, is just the beginning of a journey through the world of Kenny Hill...
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Restored area of Cajun Prairie
South Louisiana outdoor attractions include lush gardens
Natural beauty abounds across Louisiana, and some of the most beautiful scenes are those formed by trees, plants and grasses that have...
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Audubon Zoo kids ride
Kids love New Orleans
The best way to keep time on your side—and your children by your side
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Kisatchie National Forest
Camping with kids in Kisatchie National Forest
After asking my husband if we could all escape to Paragon Casino Resort for a little luxury and entertainment, he suggested the...
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Swallow Tailed Kite
Birding Atchafalaya Basin
Each spring, hundreds of millions of northbound vireos, flycatchers, warblers, tanagers, grosbeaks, orioles and other neotropical...
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Mountain Bike Trail
Biking challenge in Lincoln Parish Park
Professional biking legend Ned Overand has called the adrenaline-pumping, 10-mile loop at 260-acre Lincoln Parish Park "one...
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Dr. Wagner's Honey Island Swamp Tour
See Louisiana alligators on swamp tours
For many of us, spotting an alligator in the wild might signal that it’s time to start running. But fear not, despite that sinister...
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Great Blue Heron
Outdoors in Louisiana
My earliest memories include soaking crickets and earthworms around moss-draped cypress trees, snatching chunky Lake Verret bream into...
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State park happenings
Cure spring fever with a trip to a Louisiana state park or historic site! Special events and programs are scheduled throughout the...
Read More
Louisiana state parks offer cabin getaways
You don’t have to be best friends with Mother Nature to enjoy a little rest and relaxation alongside the picturesque lakes, hardwood forests and cypress-filled bayous of Louisiana's...
Read More
North Louisiana is sportsman's playground, outdoor paradise
The region stretches from the Texas border and Toledo Bend Reservoir in the west to the mighty Mississippi River...
Read More
Natchitoches, Louisiana's oldest city
Located in Central Louisiana on Interstate 49, Natchitoches (NACK-a-tish) is the original French Colony in Louisiana. It was established in 1714 and is located on the historic El...
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Bird wonderland creates a watcher's paradise
Louisiana’s mild climate and varied terrain make it a paradise for those who enjoy bird watching, and the many loops of America's...
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