Overall, this particular park is a winner. If you are in the Slidell, Louisiana area,you owe it to…read moreyourself to check this park out. I grabbed a po' boy at a restaurant called Pearl's and came here to enjoy my lunch. I enjoyed chilling and enjoying my lunch. I would definitely recommend Heritage Park.

Not much to add that hasn't already been said by others. This is a great little park to just hang…read moreout or walk or let the kids play. Decent shade. Plenty of parking. The large open green space in the middle is nicely kept. The sidewalks are wide enough to accommodate all the people walking their laps. The bathrooms are decent as public bathrooms go. The city has poured a lot of money into the park over the last few years and it shows. Lots of picnic tables and pavilions. The public boat ramp and the docks have been greatly improved.

Awesome place for indoor open play pickleball on weekdays from 8:30 am- 2 pm. There are two sides…read moreto the gym and they can roll out up to 8 nets. The open play system is there is a table and you just put your paddles there to queue. Very friendly and welcoming people here at the beginner to intermediate level. Many of them are intermediate so this is a good place to test your skills!

Nothing quite says summer to me like hearing a baseball bat cracking against a baseball, the smell…read moreof popcorn and hot dogs and hearing the crowd roar. Many of my summers were spent at Fritchie Park listening to just that. I was there for my daughter's soccer games, but the baseball teams had the larger lit up fields at the park, as well as an announcer that you could hear around the entire park. Ahhh, memories. Fritchie Park also has a small enclosed playground that is so shady if you need to entertain your younger kids. It's got all the equipment they'll want and some nice benches for you to chill out on. So, what do you say? How's about taking me out to the ball game? :)

Huge beautiful park! A real treasure find for this Alaskan!…read more Took the Sugar Mill trail which is a nice, wide gravel trail. Very easy to traverse for just about anyone. Some walked while some biked. Sugar Mill is a looping trail about a mile long. The alligator boardwalk trail was closed, likely due to damage from Ida and hasn't been repaired yet. There was another trail, but we did not take it. The massive cypress are just awesome! The Spanish moss slowly wavering in the air as you walk underneath these giants is just captivating to me! We did not encounter any creatures except squirrels and a male Orchard Orbweaver and his impressive web. Sooo much space and things to do here we didn't even do all of it. There's big open fields for playing, a playground, tons of parking available. I did see the pier and water of Lake Pontchartrain in the distance, but we were too hungry to keep exploring lol $3 per person to enter the park - 100% worth it

What is not to love about dining a historic park that offers 2,800 acres and beautiful views of…read moreLake Pontchartrain. This place did not disappoint and what a lovely day to explore. Established in 1942, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, the most-visited park in Louisiana has nature trails, a sandy beach, a new, all-inclusive playground, a splash pad, and the ruins of an 1829 sugar mill situated among towering oaks. Love there is An all-terrain track wheelchair is available for use by visitors with limited mobility. Win win for everyone.

Nice little park with a walking trail. We are visiting the area and wanted a place to get out and…read morewalk the dog. This fit the bill. The trail was busy but we enjoyed a couple mile stroll with the adult kids and the pooch.

This is my favorite of the city parks in Slidell. It has a nice walking path around the ball fields…read moreand the perimeter of the park. There are trails and paths into the neighborhoods around the park if you want to walk farther and explore. The park is popular - there are always people and families around - and it feels safe and friendly, even at night. Sometimes cars drive through the park a little fast, but most are careful and drive slowly. The ball fields have been undergoing some extensive renovations in 2023 and the whole park is being improved overall. There are bathrooms available. They aren't great but are definitely better than nothing.

The Pearl River Wildlife Management Area is great for many reasons…read more 1. It is free to enter if you have a Louisiana hunting or fishing license. If not, don't enter as the game wardens can issue you a citation. You also need to stop at the entrance and fill out a check in/check out form whenever you enter or leave the WMA. 2. There are woods everywhere. If you don't like the woods, there is probably something wrong with you. Spend any amount of time in the woods, and you will be a better human being. 3. There is a shooting range. I reviewed it separately, but I will mention that the road leading to the range is po-boy road. What an awesome name for a road. 4. There are many dirt roads here. If you have a fancy car, or even a trashy car, don't come here. If you are a real American and drive a truck or SUV, you will love driving down these dirt roads. The four reasons I listed are just a few of the reasons why this is a great place to visit. If you're reading this review, I highly recommend you pay a visit to this WMA.

Interesting place, lots of birdlife and swap areas to see…read more Bring your camera, and a fishing pole.

Such an amazing park. Well, if I'm being honest, I wouldn't even classify this as a park. It's…read moretruly a complex with EVERYTHING you could ask for related to outdoor activities. Some of the activities available include: Beach Volleyball courts Batting cages (softball and baseball) Soccer fields (17+) Disc golf course Skate park Dog park Baseball/softball fields (16, plus a stadium) Football fields (Plus stadium) Convention center (with indoor basketball/volleyball courts) Gym Parking Parking Parking Parking Parking Parking Essentially, if you enjoy being outside, you'll find a suitable activity here! And best of all, this place is immaculately maintained and the activities are spread throughout the expansive property, which means little traffic and little congestion as thousands of people enjoy themselves. Quite seriously, this park is a model for how a park should be designed, maintained, and operated. What a magnificent place!!

Great facility for practically any outdoor activity; running, soccer, baseball, softball, tee ball,…read moreracket sports, basketball, volleyball, etc.; indoor venues also ideal for expositions and other group activities.

Also known as "Chevron Boardwalk"…read more This area is little more than a rest area on the old Hwy 90/Hwy190 highway system junction. It used to have a pond along with a well, believe it or not, right near the entrance from Hwy 90. All that was destroyed during Katrina. Back in those days, this entire area was actually quite a popular attraction for Sunday picnics and things of that nature. The pond would often have small gators, turtles and yes, lots of fish and the occasional water snake! Katrina took out a lot of the hardwood trees and the grasses and tallow trees took over. In those swampy areas 16 years ago is where I laid eyes on my first wild Eastern Coral snake! (Louisiana two step) It was very small, though, and I let it alone under the log where I found it. Ahhh, memories. Now, it is significantly less than that, but it does have a sweet boardwalk that ventures out into the marsh with a beautiful view of a small lake. The area also features a small boat launch for smaller craft; the lake isn't very big, but I hear it's good fishing. If you go out there, be prepared to see a few alligators up close and personal near the boat launch and in the waters beyond the boardwalk. Do NOT feed those gators. Also, you will see a population of feral cats and possibly some raccoons. Local farmers often use this rest area to sell veggies and honey or homemade craft items to passersby on the highway because the swamp tours are just down the road. I give this place 4 stars because it is one of my favorite night-time sky viewing areas. There's something lots of people don't even really think about. That boardwalk on a clear night sky will show you stars you've never seen before, and there is NO better place to watch a meteor shower. Also worthy of 4 stars is the small lake where if you have access to a boat, is a really nice place to spend the day in the middle of the marshy water. I would give this place 5 stars if those bald eagles still nested across the lake. That's right. Before Katrina, there was a well established bald eagle nest located just across the lake. You could see it with binoculars and MANY times have I gone out there to see those eagles flying around the lake and even directly above me from the boardwalk. Since Katrina, though, I have not seen any eagles. It is still worth a stop, though. As a rest area, to stretch your legs AND as a small nature reserve where you may see a gator or two, lots of turtles and possibly even a few bullfrogs.

Sadly it doesn't look like it's been kept it with. We saw this nature preserve on the maps and…read morestopped here since we had a plenty of time before I swamp tour. It said a good 20-40 minute walk out. You can tell that the boardwalk is gone by the way it just ends. And there were holes (small ones) throughout the short walk out. Looks like someone puts out cat food for the raccoons ‍‍ not sure. This looks more like a place teenagers/young adults would hang out at night telling ghost stories and drinking.

It's very large park with several areas to sit. Two different areas for big and small dogs for…read moreseparation water bowls to keep doggies hydrated. Also a cleaning area incase they decide to play in mud.

They have wash stations watering stations bowls and pools to fill up for the dogs to play in…read more Agility course and LOTS of room for the dogs to run.. They do have it split between large dogs and small dogs. I noticed that the large dog side had more visitors.

Born on the bayou…read more.. This could a bit biased, I'm from NY and there are no bayous. The wooden plank trail is in very good shape, noticed more trail has yet to be completed. It's a ridge trail boardwalk is about 1/2 a mile long. I wish I was able to explore more of the 25,000 acres as boating, fishing, crabbing/craw-fishing and bird watching opportunities. Plenty of parking and clean restrooms. Unfortunately, did not see any gators. Will be back!

A trip to New Orleans... You must experience the bayou. There are plenty of parking. I highly…read morerecommend going in the morning especially when the weather is warm. Bring bug spray. If you are like me, bugs love me! Came here September 2018. It was warm. It was closer to 11am. We had hats. We also had umbrellas. There is trail. A lovely board walk that is well kept. It is very accessible for all ages and all abilities. Wheelchairs accessible is a plus in my book! Lots of huge dragon flies and big butterflies here. Some bugs we couldnt see but we sure can HEAR THEM!!!! Didn't see a gator. We were looking though! Check this trail out! It's nice!

Great boardwalk trail over the marsh. It's a good way to see wildlife on the northshore on an easy…read morehike.

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of…read morelife, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden I have always felt like Thoreau knew what he was talking about when he wrote that. It's been some time since I've gone to live in the woods, but I do think one can accomplish a lot by taking a walk alone into the wilderness. The boardwalk in this section of the Big Branch Refuge is a great place to take such a walk. Located in between Slidell and Lacombe, this section of the national refuge is somewhat different than the other two areas. This spot in particular is a half mile boardwalk trail that runs from the pine forest to the swamp. The trail lets you see first hand how the forest has subsided over the years and become swamp. The remnants of dead pine trees that could no longer survive the excessive moisture dot the landscape. As the trail continues, you will end a large expanse of swamp and an incredible view. There is also more trails to hike, but on my most recent visit I was running out of daylight. This trail is popular, but I have found that more times than not, you will be the only hiker. On my most recent trip I encountered several groups on my hike back, but only one group was irritating enough that I wanted to push them into the swamp. When people are hiking and enjoying nature, hooping and hollering is not enjoyable to others. My hike though the wilderness was very enjoyable. For the first part of the hike all that could be heard was the wind and the birds. If you need to think, want to take photos, or just enjoy a walk through the woods, check this trail out.