List of State Parks of Louisiana
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Date SNo Park name Parish Area Remarks founded 676 Bayou Jefferson acres Bayou Segnette State Park features a wave pool with a capacity 1 Segnette 1987 Parish (274 of up to 400 people depending on lifeguard staffing. State Park ha) 1,786 Bogue Chitto State Park, pronounced bo–guh chit–uh, contains Bogue Chitto Washington acres 2 2010 14 miles (23 km) of equestrian trails with the trailhead located State Park Parish (723 near Fricke's Cave. ha) 503 Chemin-A- Morehouse acres The park was designed with children in mind and has two 3 Haut State 1935 Parish (204 playgrounds at the day use area. Park ha) 6,400 Chicot State Evangeline acres Chicot State Park contains the Louisiana State Arboretum, 4 1939 Park Parish (2,590 which has a mature beech–magnolia forest. ha) Cypremort 185 St. Mary Most of the park is situated on a half-mile stretch of a man- 5 Point State acres 1970 Parish made beach. Park (75 ha) Fairview- St. 98 The Otis house, listed on the National Register of Historic 6 Riverside Tammany acres 1962 Places, is located in the park. State Park Parish (40 ha) 2,800 St. Fontainebleau acres The park was once the site of a sugar plantation and brick yard 7 Tammany 1938 State Park (1,133 operated by Bernard de Marigny. Parish ha) 140 Grand Isle Jefferson Grand Isle State Park is the only state-owned and operated 8 acres 1968 State Park Parish beach on the Louisiana gulf coast. (57 ha) 700 Hodges Sabine acres Originally a private area of A. J. Hodges, the park features a 9 Gardens State 1956 Parish (283 225-acre man-made lake that was built in 1954. Park ha) 294 Many of the largest bass caught in Louisiana have been in Jimmie Davis Jackson acres 10 1996 Caney Lake Reservoir which is in the park. As of 2010, the State Park Parish (119 largest bass from Louisiana was caught at Caney Lake. ha) 750 Lake Bistineau State Park is the first state park in Louisiana to Lake Webster acres accommodate African Americans, starting in 1956. The two 11 Bistineau 1938 Parish (304 separated areas are an artifact of the segregated nature of the State Park ha) park at the time. 53 Lake Bruin Tensas Lake Bruin State Park was originally established in 1928 as a 12 acres 1956 State Park Parish fish hatchery. (21 ha) 643 Lake Claiborne State Park is situated on, but does not include, Lake Claiborne acres Lake Clairborne, the park's main attraction. When at full 13 Claiborne 1974 Parish (260 reservoir level, Lake Claiborne has a surface area of 6,400 acres State Park ha) (2,590 ha). 655 Lake Union acres Lake D'Arbonne State Park offers disc golf. The course is 14 D'Arbonne 1967 Parish (265 located near the group camp. State Park ha) 6,000 Lake Fausse The site was once part of the Atchafalaya Basin and the Iberia acres 15 Pointe State 1987 surrounding land was once the home of the Chitimacha Native Parish (2,428 Park Americans. ha) 900 North Toledo Sabine acres The park is situated on Toledo Bend Reservoir, the 5th largest in 16 Bend State 1987 Parish (364 the nation by surface area. Park ha) 1,299 Palmetto Vermillion acres The visitor center complex contains a water playground and a 17 Island State 2010 Parish (526 bathhouse. Park ha) 2,700 Poverty Point Richland acres Due to an active bear population, bear-proof containers are 18 Reservoir 2005 Parish (1,093 provided for waste disposal throughout the park. State Park ha) 358 St. Bernard St. Bernard acres A local family business donated the land for the park to 19 1971 State Park Parish (145 Louisiana in 1971. ha) 1,087 Sam Houston The park is located north of the most productive birding region Calcasieu acres 20 Jones State 1944 of Louisiana. At certain times of year, nearly 200 species of Parish (440 Park birds can be seen within 30 miles (48 km) of the park. ha) 1,000 South Toledo South Toledo Bend State Park is a nesting ground for the bald Vernon acres 21 Bend State 2004 eagle, which feeds from the supply of freshwater fish, including Parish (405 Park largemouth bass, catfish, bream, and white perch. ha) 1,200 Tickfaw State Park contains three distinct ecosystems: a Tickfaw State Livingston acres 22 1999 cypress/tupelo swamp, a bottomland hardwood forest, and a Park Parish (486 mixed pine/hardwood forest. ha) For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Louisiana_state_parks.