Current Parks
| Park name | Parish | Area | Date founded |
Remarks | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Segnette State Park | Jefferson Parish | 7002676000000000000676 acres (274 ha) | 01987-01-011987 | Bayou Segnette State Park features a wave pool with a capacity of up to 400 people depending on lifeguard staffing. | |
| Bogue Chitto State Park | Washington Parish | 70031786000000000001,786 acres (723 ha) | 02010-01-012010 | Bogue Chitto State Park, pronounced bo–guh chit–uh, contains 14 miles (23 km) of equestrian trails with the trailhead located near Fricke's Cave. | |
| Chemin-A-Haut State Park | Morehouse Parish | 7002503000000000000503 acres (204 ha) | 01935-01-011935 | The park was designed with children in mind and has two playgrounds at the day use area. | |
| Chicot State Park | Evangeline Parish | 70036400000000000006,400 acres (2,590 ha) | 01939-01-011939 | Chicot State Park contains the Louisiana State Arboretum, which has a mature beech–magnolia forest. | |
| Cypremort Point State Park | Saint Mary Parish !St. Mary Parish | 7002185000000000000185 acres (75 ha) | 01970-01-011970 | Most of the park is situated on a half-mile stretch of a man-made beach. | |
| Fairview-Riverside State Park | Saint Tammany Parish !St. Tammany Parish | 700198000000000000098 acres (40 ha) | 01962-01-011962 | The Otis house, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the park. | |
| Fontainebleau State Park | Saint Tammany Parish !St. Tammany Parish | 70032800000000000002,800 acres (1,133 ha) | 01938-01-011938 | The park was once the site of a sugar plantation and brick yard operated by Bernard de Marigny. | |
| Grand Isle State Park | Jefferson Parish | 7002140000000000000140 acres (57 ha) | 01968-01-011968 | Grand Isle State Park is the only state-owned and operated beach on the Louisiana gulf coast. | |
| Hodges Gardens State Park | Sabine Parish | 7002700000000000000700 acres (283 ha) | 01956-01-011956 | Originally a private area of A. J. Hodges, the park features a 225-acre man-made lake that was built in 1954. | |
| Jimmie Davis State Park | Jackson Parish | 7002294000000000000294 acres (119 ha) | 01996-01-011996 | Many of the largest bass caught in Louisiana have been in Caney Lake Reservoir which is in the park. As of 2010, the largest bass from Louisiana was caught at Caney Lake. | |
| Lake Bistineau State Park | Webster Parish | 7002750000000000000750 acres (304 ha) | 01938-01-011938 | Lake Bistineau State Park is the first state park in Louisiana to accommodate African Americans, starting in 1956. The two separated areas are an artifact of the segregated nature of the park at the time. | |
| Lake Bruin State Park | Tensas Parish | 700153000000000000053 acres (21 ha) | 01956-01-011956 | Lake Bruin State Park was originally established in 1928 as a fish hatchery. | |
| Lake Claiborne State Park | Claiborne Parish | 7002643000000000000643 acres (260 ha) | 01974-01-011974 | Lake Claiborne State Park is situated on, but does not include, Lake Clairborne, the park's main attraction. When at full reservoir level, Lake Claiborne has a surface area of 6,400 acres (2,590 ha). | |
| Lake D'Arbonne State Park | Union Parish | 7002655000000000000655 acres (265 ha) | 01967-01-011967 | Lake D'Arbonne State Park offers disc golf. The course is located near the group camp. | |
| Lake Fausse Pointe State Park | Iberia Parish | 70036000000000000006,000 acres (2,428 ha) | 01987-01-011987 | The site was once part of the Atchafalaya Basin and the surrounding land was once the home of the Chitimacha Native Americans. | |
| North Toledo Bend State Park | Sabine Parish | 7002900000000000000900 acres (364 ha) | 01987-01-011987 | The park is situated on Toledo Bend Reservoir, the 5th largest in the nation by surface area. | |
| Palmetto Island State Park | Vermillion Parish | 70031299000000000001,299 acres (526 ha) | 02010-01-012010 | The visitor center complex contains a water playground and a bathhouse. | |
| Poverty Point Reservoir State Park | Richland Parish | 70032700000000000002,700 acres (1,093 ha) | 02005-01-012005 | Due to an active bear population, bear-proof containers are provided for waste disposal throughout the park. | |
| Saint Bernard State Park !St. Bernard State Park | Saint Bernard Parish !St. Bernard Parish | 7002358000000000000358 acres (145 ha) | 01971-01-011971 | A local family business donated the land for the park to Louisiana in 1971. | |
| Sam Houston Jones State Park | Calcasieu Parish | 70031087000000000001,087 acres (440 ha) | 01944-01-011944 | The park is located north of the most productive birding region of Louisiana. At certain times of year, nearly 200 species of birds can be seen within 30 miles (48 km) of the park. | |
| South Toledo Bend State Park | Vernon Parish | 70031000000000000001,000 acres (405 ha) | 02004-01-012004 | South Toledo Bend State Park is a nesting ground for the bald eagle, which feeds from the supply of freshwater fish, including largemouth bass, catfish, bream, and white perch. | |
| Tickfaw State Park | Livingston Parish | 70031200000000000001,200 acres (486 ha) | 01999-01-011999 | Tickfaw State Park contains three distinct ecosystems: a cypress/tupelo swamp, a bottomland hardwood forest, and a mixed pine/hardwood forest. |
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