Lake Claiborne State Park

Lake Claiborne State Park
Boardwalk into Lake Claiborne on the park grounds
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	32°43′23″N 92°55′13″W / 32.7231°N 92.9203°W / 32.7231; -92.9203Coordinates: 32°43′23″N 92°55′13″W / 32.7231°N 92.9203°W / 32.7231; -92.9203^[1]
Area	643 acres (2.60 km²; 1.005 sq mi)^[2]
Established	May 12, 1974 (1974-05-12)^[3]
Visitors	55000^[2]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
http://www.crt.state.la.us/Parks/iCLAIBORN.aspx

Lake Claiborne State Park is a popular recreation site located in Claiborne Parish, northwestern Louisiana, USA. It was opened in 1974 and is 643 acres (2.60 km²) in size.^[2] The park provides access to scenic Lake Claiborne, a 6,400-acre (26 km²)^[2]^[4] man-made water body formed by damming Bayou D'Arbonne. Guests may stay at 10 deluxe cabins and 89 campsites (67 improved, 20 premium, 2 unimproved) on the Park grounds. A large scenic meeting room is available for rent. Boats and canoes are available to rent. There is a large swimming beach, boat launch, Nature Center and numerous interpretive programs. Enjoy nature with 6 miles of hiking trails and ride 5 miles of challenging mountain biking trails. The State Park also has 2 world class disc golf courses on the property that host 2 annual events. For more information visit the Lake Claiborne State Park Facebook Page. The entrance to Lake Claiborne State Park is located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Homer on Louisiana Highway 146 and the park address is 225 State Park Road, Homer, LA 71040; 318-927-2976 or 1-888-677-2524.

The park was designed by the late architect Hugh G. Parker, Jr., of Bastrop, Louisiana.^[5]

References

↑ "Lake Claiborne State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Retrieved 17 January 2011.
1 2 3 4 "Claiborne Parish Lakes and Recreation Areas". Retrieved 14 February 2011.
↑ Outdoor Recreation Action. United States. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. 1974. p. 67.
↑ Office of State Parks - Teacher's Guide. Louisiana State Parks. 2002.
↑ Gordon E. Harvey (2007). Historic Ouachita: An Illustrated History. San Antonio, Texas: Historical Publishing Network. p. 94-95. ISBN 978-1893619708. Retrieved April 18, 2015.

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Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz

National Monuments	Poverty Point

National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks

National Forests	Kisatchie

National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Shell Keys Sabine Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw

State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Marksville Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters

State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum

State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek

State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands

Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Red River Russell Sage Sabine Island Sabine Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne Sicily Island Hills Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

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