Parks in Louisiana
Explore 43 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.
Atchafalaya Basin
Louisiana
The project encompasses 595,000 acres of the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwoods in the United St…
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Louisiana
Our country’s landscape is rich and mysterious. It is filled with twisting bayous, rivers and America’s large…
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1972 to provide habitat for one of the la…
Bayou Bodcau Reservoir
Louisiana
Bayou Bodcau in LA and AR is a flood-control project with no permanent pool. A major waterfowl management and …
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Located in the heart of the “Cajun Coast,” Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge, established in 2001, sits alo…
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Established in 1983, Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge is primarily salt marsh habitat located along the Gulf…
Bonnet Carre Spillway
Louisiana
Over the years, the Bonnet Carre Spillway has developed into an extensively used outdoor recreation area with …
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Established in 1966 to provide wintering habitat for migratory waterfowl and other migratory bird species, the…
Buffalo Bayou
Louisiana
These normally dry reservoirs are on the west side of Houston on both sides of I-10 at TX6. They contain the …
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Created in 1988, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge was the 447th refuge established. Consisting of fres…
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Louisiana
The Cane River region is home to a unique culture; the Creoles. Generations of the same families of owners and…
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Louisiana
The Cane River region is home to a unique culture; the Creoles. Generations of the same families of workers, e…
Cane River National Heritage Area
Louisiana
More than 300-years of history are etched into the rural landscape of colonial forts, plantations, churches, c…
D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
D'Arbonne NWR, located north of West Monroe, Louisiana, lies on the western edge of the Mississippi Alluvial V…
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Established in 1975, Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in southeast Arkansas, approximately…
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Louisiana
Situated 80 to 125 miles off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana, the beauty and biological diversity of the Fl…
Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge is located just north of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, north central Louis…
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Louisiana
In Jean Lafitte's day, silver and gold filled a pirate's treasure chest, but today's treasures are people, pla…
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Louisiana
In Jean Lafitte's day, silver and gold filled a pirate's treasure chest, but today's treasures are people, pla…
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge
Louisiana
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (originally named Anahuac) was established in 1963 to provide winter…
Kisatchie National Forest
Louisiana
Louisiana's only national forest, Kisatchie spans 604,000 acres across seven parishes in central and northern …
Kisatchie National Forest
Louisiana
Lake O' The Pines
Louisiana
Lake O' the Pines includes about 18,700 acres of water and 9,000 acres of land located in the piney woods of N…
Louisiana Wetland Management District
Louisiana
The Louisiana Wetland Management District (WMD) was established in September 1990 in response to growing U.S. …