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web.archive.org /web /20110111044409 /http: //www.crt.state.la.us /parks /ilakefaus.aspx Lake Fausse Pointe State Park is located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana and St. Martin Parish, Louisiana , USA. It is located about 18 miles (29 km) east of St. Martinville adjacent to the Atchafalaya Basin .
St. Bernard State Park is a state park located in the American state of Louisiana, on a tract of land in St. Bernard Parish, between the towns of Poydras and Caernarvon.. Though located only approximately eighteen miles southeast of New Orleans, attendance had been fledgling at the park for years, ranking among the least visited in the
Sam Houston Jones State Park is a park near the city of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, in southwestern Louisiana (USA), located where the Houston River joins the Calcasieu River and Indian Bayou. It consists of 1,087 acres (440 ha) of woodlands, lakes and rivers. Prominent in the park are many bald cypress trees. Tree-filled lagoons and a ...
During the 1970s, government management of the state parks was restructured. The Office of State Parks was created, and 2 new parks were acquired. From 1995 to 2009, $80 million were invested in creating new facilities, or updating existing facilities. [2] Louisiana state parks are selected on the criteria that they must be natural areas of ...
Lake Claiborne State Park is a recreation site located in Claiborne Parish, northwestern Louisiana, USA. It was opened in 1974 and is 643 acres (2.60 km 2) in size. [2] The park provides access to scenic Lake Claiborne, a 6,400-acre (26 km 2) [2] [4] man-made water body formed by damming Bayou D'Arbonne. Guests may stay at 10 cabins and 89 ...
The park itself was initially a fish hatchery operated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from 1928 until 1956. The fish hatchery had not been used for about 15 years [2] when it was added to the State Parks System as Lake Bruin Wayside Park, the name was later changed to just Lake Bruin State Park. [3] [4]
Lake D'Arbonne State Park is 655 acres (2.65 km 2) in size and lies in a hilly region adjacent to Lake D'Arbonne in Union Parish, Louisiana, USA.It can be reached by taking La. Hwy. 2 west from Farmerville about 5 miles (8.0 km), then left (south) on Evergreen Road, then 0.25 miles (0.40 km) take another left at the park entrance.
Tickfaw State Park, located 7 mi (11 km) west of Springfield, in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States, opened in May 1999 and quickly became one of Louisiana's most popular state parks because of its natural setting, recreation opportunities, and proximity to the state's two cities: New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The park contains a nature ...