La/Ms. State Parks - Questions for the OB

percy quinn

There are plenty out there but here is another vote for Natchez State Park. NSP is a gem that is usually not crowded at all.

Chicot State Park is a great park for fishing, hiking, etc. They have cabins, rv sites, tent site, pier fishing, & boat rentals. The park is beautiful & the lake is great also. (there are two types of cabins here, the nice ones that sleep a bunch of people & are new & directly on the lake. Then there are some older cabins which still are on the lake but on the more wooded end. These are not as "fancy" but still have all the amenities & some great views & interaction with wildlife)Another upside to Chicot Park, it is located in Ville Platte, you can make a smoked meat/boudin run while there.

Another place that is nice, small & a little out of the way, is Hodges Gardens. The state took the park over a few years back & has done some great things there. The cabins are nice & there are some rv & tent spots too. The lake there is really nice & has a lot of fish. YOu can't bring your own fishing rig but there are piers & you can also rent boats there.

I like Lake Fausse Point SP. They have plenty of stuff for a man and his son to do. Rent a canoe (I think it's $5-6/day) and pull it up to your campsite. The cabins there are really nice, but you can tent camp too. They have some primitive sites you have to take a canoe to that would be pretty nice too. Right now would be perfect, before the mosquitoes get stupid thick.