Parks Guide

Louisiana’s Old River is a distinctive river with a remarkable history. Fifty miles northwest of Baton Rouge, it connects the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers. It was once a part of the Mississippi and would have long ceased to exist had it not been for man. At one time, the Mississippi attempted to divert most of [...]

Wallace Lake, LA, which is operated by the Corps, has facilities at the dam for bank fishing.

Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge is located just north of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, north central Louisiana. The refuge was established in 1988 with the southeast’s first fee title transfer of a Farmer’s Home Administration tract (466 acres) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A free lease of 38 acres from International Paper Company [...]

Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge was established to preserve and protect wintering waterfowl and their habitat. It was the first refuge established under the auspices of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The refuge is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in north central Cameron Parish. It contains 9,621 acres that include [...]

The Delta National Wildlife Refuge is located 10 miles South of Venice, Louisiana along the Mississippi River. The area formed when a breach in the natural levee of the Mississippi River occurred in 1862 approximately 100 miles below New Orleans, Louisiana. The 48,000 acre refuge was purchased in 1935 with the primary purpose to provide [...]

Highlights of this route include four National Wildlife Refuges, salt and freshwater resources, Civil War and archaeological dig sites, and miles of natural beaches, marshlands, and prairie lands, yielding an abundance of wildlife and scenic appeal.

http://www.nps.gov/jela/planyourvisit/directions.htm

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art represents a full range of art recounting the history and changing aesthetics of painting in Louisiana. The museum offers the visitor an experience of the South’s past and present with 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st century works in print, ceramic, photograph and sculpture, in addition to paintings.

The Louisiana State Exhibit Museum was originally constructed, in 1938, as the Louisiana State Exhibit Building, the largest project funded in Northwest Louisiana by the New Deal Program. The building is a unique architectural style of neoclassical and modern design.The museum boasts four frescoes and has been on the National Historic Register since 1991. The [...]

The Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery (NFH) became operational in 1931 under the authority of the White Act as a warm water facility that would produce catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish for local public waters and farm ponds. Since 1931, resource needs in the southeast have changed and the mission of the station has [...]