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Louisiana's Best Winter State Parks |
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The
Top Choices Offer Great Opportunities for Fishing, Camping and Canoeing.
For "snowbirds" from all points north,
Louisiana's State Parks offer mild winter climate options and scenic landscapes.
Here's a sample of what you can find in the Bayou State. . . .
Lake Claiborne State Park near Homer
offers piney woods, rolling hills and the cool, clear waters of Lake Claiborne
to inspire the outdoor enthusiast in all who visit. The wooded shoreline
bordering the lake presents such an unspoiled natural setting that visitors are
surprised to learn that the lake itself was created not long ago by damming
Bayou D'Arbonne. For fishermen, the lake was lavishly stocked with largemouth
bass, bluegill sunfish, channel catfish, black crappie, striped bass, chain
pickerel, bream and white perch. The lake itself, at full reservoir level, has a
surface area of 6,400 acres.
The 87 campsites have made the site a favorite
of RV'ers and tent campers for years. Ten new vacation cabins, each offering
accommodations for six to eight visitors, opened in January 2000 and provide
even more overnight opportunities at this site just 30 minutes northwest of
Ruston and I-20.
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Lake Claiborne State Park
courtesy of Louisiana State Parks
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park is located
18 miles east of St. Martinville, at the edge of Louisiana's largest watery
wilderness, the Atchafalaya Basin. The park offers 18 waterfront vacation
cabins, 50 improved campsites, a canoe trail with primitive campsites, hiking,
boat launch, picnic area, a camp store and fishing opportunities.
The 6,000-acre site is situated in an area that was once home to the
Chitimacha Indians. From the middle
1700s, the region was settled by a mixture of French and Acadian farmers. Only
40 minutes from Lafayette, it's a great place to start your tour of Acadiana and
you can combine a visit to St. Martinville, where one of our historic sites –
Longfellow-Evangeline SHS - provides a living
history experience of the Acadian
culture.
Tickfaw State Park opened in May of 1999
and presents nature-based educational
opportunity for all ages. Raised boardwalks take you through an undisturbed
wetland that changes seasonally and with the rise and fall of the Tickfaw River.
The site's nature center is the best place to begin your day tour or
prolonged visit. Canoeing is a popular method of exploring the river and canoes
can be rented on site. Fourteen vacation cabins make it easy to spend a night in the
wilderness or you can reserve any of 50 campsites and see the site from a
different perspective. Only 45
minutes east of Baton Rouge, the park is located at 27225 Patterson Road,
southwest of Springfield in Livingston Parish.
Call 1-877-CAMP-N-LA (877-226-7652) to reserve
your overnight accommodations at any
Louisiana State Park.
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