We absolutely loved it here!! It is lower area so Hideaway…read moreis a great name. My dog ran free and loved all the trees and leaves. The steaming water lake was beautiful. People can play disk golf. There's a path for strollers and runners

Nice place. Didn't walk the trails but the little we did was really nice. The facilities were well…read moremaintained. They even had a small reptile display and some aquariums.

My gosh this place was something. Came here on a Monday with some business buddies. I arrived at…read more4:13 but the visitors center was locked. I peed in the woods and began my journey through the swamp. Things started out smoothly until the path became flooded and a wild snake attacked my buddy. He threw a stick on it. My feet became moist and I felt squeamish. After several days of walking I finally made it to the lake. I saw one alligator and one woman was attempting to force her child to swallow a worm. I would've eaten that worm if she'd asked me to. A cool man caught a fish right in front of me which almost made me scream. I am glad to be in Louisiana and not Arkansas. Arkansas sucks. Eww gross yuck. Stupid Arkansas. Yah Louisiana. Gators yay. My favorite plant was the cockspur hawthorne

This is a really good park. There is a separate dog park, a great playground. Walking trails, and a…read morefishing pond. They have very nice facilities for gatherings and do a good job with park maintenance. The entry fee is only a dollar per person, and two dollars more to fish in the stocked pond. The park is celebrating its one hundred year anniversary for good reason!

Really nice park. Good for kids. You have to pay though. I wasn't expecting that. It's worth it if…read moreyou're going to stay awhile but we were just stopping through to stretch our legs.

Very nice place to walk. It's close to I-20 so it is noisy. I was surprised at the amount of trash…read morethat has obviously been there for years. Old car parts, clay pipe, old tires, farm implements and other stuff. Not sure why they would leave it like that.

Beautiful park. Shady in most parts and kept up walking paths. Lots of wildlife and plenty of…read morelittle treasures placed throughout the park if you take your time to search them out.

Nice clear playground. Grass is well tended and no trash lying around. Fence around the park makes…read moreit a safe place to take kids!

The park is really nice. The trail is about .33 miles around so 3 trips gives you about a mile. I…read moredo wish they'd add a dog park with some of the empty space. The playground is cute and the water feature looks fun for the kids.

Highly recommend this place! We reserved a cabin here for 4 nights and it was such a great time!…read moreThe cabins are like an Airbnb, they have air conditioning, towel services and running water with a shower! Ours had 2 bunk beds in one room, 1 queen bed in another room and a pull out couch. Very spacious with 3 parking spots right in front! It was so clean and stocked with all the essentials. The staff here are also amazing! We knew we would be driving in after hours and they made sure we could access our cabin and check in the next morning! We even rented 2 kayaks and they made that process was too! We had easy access to the docks and were able to get some fishing done! The kids loved the park and we even hiked on the nearby trails! This place is kept so nice and felt private! We had such a great experience we would do this again and recommend staying here!

I literally feel like I got pranked buying a day pass here. The trails are essentially imaginary…read more They don't appear to do any upkeep on them and despite hiking most the way around the area on the map, the white and green trails were all I spotted. Neither were very inspiring. I definitely spent more time picking up trash than enjoying the park. They have a pool, but it's not in service and the visitor center was also closed. It would have been nice to know these things before paying for a complete waste of time. My favorite part was the spigot in the picture. Instead of using a frost-proof setup, they littered the landscape with fiberglass and duct tape. Unreal...

Beautiful state park! Gorgeous views!!…read more However... that precious woman at the guard shack is not an asset. We came with a group of three families who all arrived separately in three RVs...and three separate versions of the same story: rude, flat, and unaccommodating. We also had a prepaid 2-night reservation made for a friend that we needed to cancel. But despite our multiple efforts to call ahead and cancel (NO ANSWER...three different people, various times a day, multiple attempts), she would only refund one night with no explanation as to why we couldn't get refunded for both nights when it was not our fault for not being able to reach their office before actually arriving. Just sad that a beautiful place like this has such a grumpy gatekeeper. Would be quite a different experience with someone who liked their job and working with people.

Love this park. Great camping, great trails, and great disc golf. The lake is also very nice. Water…read moreis pretty clean. Highly suggest kayaking Herr during the warmer months. It's cheap to rent the kayaks or canoes from the park.

This little oasis sits in old downtown Monroe and sits between the Ouachita Parish Courthouse and…read moreSt Francis Medical Center... If the fountain had been working this review would've been a "5"... Still on a nice day this is a pleasant locale to while away some time sitting on various benches located around the park and you can take your lunch here at one of the 3 picnic tables located in the park... There are somewhere between 3 and 5 statues located in the park commemorating Justice as well as healing provided by the Franciscan missionaries... All in all if you find yourself here hopefully you'll have some time to just enjoy the peacefulness of this park...

The refuge is the perfect spot for a walk, hike, run, or biking adventure! Each of the trails offer…read morea different perspective of the refuge and there's amazing birds and wildlife that you could see along the way! I love taking my puppy here to hike and enjoy the lake and river. It is pet and kid friendly! Please sign in at the visitors center when you first come! Signatures keep the refuge open and able to enjoy :)

The walking trails are very nice and I really liked the sitting areas overlooking the water. Every…read moretime I go the little place to go into with all the habitat information is closed but it looks interesting. Parking is good and the location isn't bad.

Beautiful location for tent camping. It would have been perfect except for some noisy neighbors who…read moreparked their car where I was supposed to pitch my tent. Otherwise I'd give it a 5 star review. You need to walk a bit to set up camp but not too far.

This is coming from someone who has had camping experience for many years all over the country…read more Have also been camping here several years in spite of the following flaws; most importantly is the very dirty condition of the nearly new bathhouse. Floors and showers have not been cleaned in weeks and there is probably half an inch of dead bugs on the outside patio. Your feet crunch all the way in. Plus the outside doors do not lock and the bathroom and shower stall doors can't be locked either. Also, eliminating some of the signs at the entrance would afford a more welcoming atmosphere for campers. It's like a slap in the face when you drive in! Great fishing, lots of room, trails, beach, boat launches but hardly anyone here . This place could be a great campground and a really moneymaker if someone with experience would pay attention to some of these details and make some pretty simple changes.