Great place to go Hiking!!! Just be prepared with water and a back pack!!!' Food and fun! ! Highly…read morerecommend but just be prepared when you go!!! Hiking shoes water and be ready to go!!! Beautiful place!!! You need to check it out!!!

Tucked away a few hours away from New Orleans was a hidden gem. I so needed the fresh air that this…read morenatural area provided. My biggest question was where has all the water gone ‍ while the trees were beautiful to see along with the colorful birds I saw along the way. The streams and creeks seemed a bit low. If you love hiking the trails are great and well outlined.

Great trails with unique fauna unlike anywhere in the state. You'll need a permit to use the WMA…read more It's $5/day, $20/year for the permit. There is free primitive camping available too. Hunting is also an option.

It's been a while since I've been here, I used to bring my grandkids here to hike the trails and…read moresee the waterfalls but now they come with they're friends because they're all grown now. They have a picnic area with a table as soon as you enter before you get to the trails, we've had many of picnics there. They have a super nice waterfall if you walk back far enough. We cooled off in it and had a blast.

If you love he outdoors, solitude and dirt roads, the Clear Springs Recreation area is the place…read morefor you. Most people who visit this part of the Homochitto National Forest do so for either camping or lakefront activities. The lake here is typical of Mississippi lakes which is to say that it is beautiful, filled with fish and if you really want, you can swim in it. Surrounding the lake there are several picnic tables, shelters and permanently mounted charcoal grills. The lake has an area sectioned off for swimming, but let me warn you, this is no swimming pool. While I haven't personally swam in this lake, I have swam in many like it. Feel a little nibble while you're swimming? That's not your girlfriend, that's a perch. If you think that will freak you out, don't swim here. All of the stuff I just wrote about is great, but it is not why I visited here. My visit was a result of a guy at work telling me all about the dirt roads that run throughout the forest. Since it was a holiday weekend I couldn't get a map to find the roads so I just set out exploring. If dirt roads are what you are interested in, this is the section of the park to find them. Right before you come to the area to pay your fee there will be a gravel road toward your left. Do yourself a favor and follow it. The roads that traverse this park offer an amazing journey. There are actually several different roads, many of which my GPS picked up. The roads were labeled with numbers, but the main one was listed as Wagon Wheel Road on my GPS. Since the roads are gravel even a car can pass easily, but a truck or 4x4 would allow you to do what I did. Along the gravel roads there are many smaller dirt roads. I believe they are all part of the national forest road system, but they are not labeled. They are also more difficult to traverse and some even required high ground clearance and four wheel drive. I spent hours exploring this forest. During that time I never saw any other people. It was very peaceful. So why would anyone want to drive through a great expanse of forest on a dirt road? If you have to ask, this is probably not the place for you. If you enjoy this sort of thing, this is a great place to get away from it all.

A group of us took a trip here this past weekend. It was picturesque. We did hiking, mtn biking and…read moreswam in the lake. I strongly recommend it. We tent camped by the lake, but there are primitive sites way off the beaten track. It is a large forest with 20+ miles of trails. They were well marked along the trail itself but hard to find when you are crossing over the fire roads and connectors. We spent half the day on the trails and would have kept going if we would have brought more supplies. We only found the Richardson Trail worth biking and the pine smell and rolling hills were well worth all the energy we exerted. The Mill Road is a nice hike, just very rooty. Tally's is closed at the camping entrance, but we had to take it to connect to the Richardson for biking- it is also rooty. Highly recommend this spot! Note You can't make camping reservations early and RVs are not allowed.

Absolutely beautiful. Breathtaking views of nature…read more Mostly rivers, and swamps (watch out). Lots of bugs in the morning and the humidity makes it worse. I hope this place is preserved. Don't Litter!!!! no one is there to clean up and it disturbs the fishies.

The Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge is a splendid place to get an up-close view of the…read morewildlife of the Atchafalaya Basin. There are a couple of hiking and ATV trails in the complex, which can make for a good several hours of getting close to nature. Just don't get too close.... this area is filled with alligators, and while humans are not on their usual menu, they will attack if you harass them or get too close. Be on the safe side: stay away from the water's edge. Be prepared to go slow. All the roads in the refuge are gravel and a bit narrow, which is one reason this review only gets 4 stars. Restrooms and basic amenities are few and far between. The nearest places to eat or sleep are Krotz Springs on US 190 or Henderson on I-10. Camping is not allowed anywhere in refuge boundaries. All in all, the refuge makes for a great day trip and is a good way to explore more of Louisiana's natural wonders. To get there, take Exit 127 (Whiskey Bay) from Interstate 10 and head north. Or take Louisiana Highway 975 from US 190 on the eastern side of the Atchafalaya River, just opposite of Krotz Springs

During our cross country road trip in the summer of 2022, we traveled with the truck and trailer…read morefrom Los Angeles to Key West and back. My wife booked a few nights in Tickfaw state park, sight unseen, to be more or less in the vicinity of New Orleans, a plantation tour, and a swamp boat tour that we had booked months in advance. As it turned out, we actually enjoyed this state park stay more than our visit to New Orleans! The state park entrance is actually at the back of a neighborhood of sorts, on a narrow two-lane road that cuts away from the highway at a weird angle. Once inside the park proper, visitors are treated to beautiful swamps, complete with cypress trees, Spanish moss, and all the critters you would expect to find here. The campground we enjoyed had full hook ups, a small wooden deck, and a long back-in pad for our trailer. There was also a resident raccoon who kept us honest about locking things up at night, and securing coolers and food. Tickfaw state park features long boardwalks with railings, that afford visitors beautiful hikes in different parts of the park through different kinds of trees and plants. Unfortunately, many of these were still damaged in the summer of 2022 from the previous year's Hurricane Ida that blew through southern Louisiana and surrounding areas. The only trail that was not affected by this was the one without a boardwalk, so we enjoyed a hike through beautiful pines that went down to the river. Despite most of the trails being closed and damaged, we still enjoyed ourselves here, and had a good time. In the evening, I enjoyed casting topwater lures in on the cypress knees and trees, and caught & released several big bowfin... A fish that is sort of a cross between a catfish a bass, and a pit bull I suppose. I'm not sure when we will be back through this part of the world, but Tickfaw State Park is definitely a place that I would stay again: off the beaten path but close enough to where you want to be, peaceful and quiet, and the kind of southern serene that helps a SoCal guy like me to slow down and enjoy life a little bit.

$3 per person at the gate gets you in. The park has a lot of trails, camp sites, kayaking and…read moreplenty of things to do. The nature center has a lot to read about the area and the things you will see in the area. The guy working was friendly, very informative. Everything seemed well organized.

This is a nice outdoor space. There are walking trails, a "beach" area and a great place to see…read moresome indigenous plants. I've been here before on a guided hike and got learn about the unwanted plants and trees that ended up growing there. I was grateful to see that during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was still open to public. Unfortunately, people did not physically distance like I would have wanted them to, but oh well. If you want to get in touch with nature a bit, come check this place out, especially before it gets too hot outside. When we arrived on Sunday, there were a lot of people, but parking was still plentiful. It's closer to Central and north Baton Rouge area. It's also across the street from the famed church Life Tabernacle Church. I can only see myself going back there during the fall and spring months... summertime there will not be happen.

This was a favorite spot for me and my best friend to hang out at. There are two lakes in the front…read morethat many people fish in. There are walking paths great for jogging and taking a stroll through the woods. My favorite part was the man made beach in the back at the comite river. The water only got as deep as my knee. It was nice to just play around in the water and play on the tire swing someone put up. We also liked to sun bathe on the sand bank. Some people made fires there at night. It was a nice and peaceful way to relax. It's a good spot to bring your dogs as well! Be careful though because we have stumbled upon snakes a few times on the trail path to the beach!

I rode this mtn bike trail for the first time today. It was a really fun trail to ride and had some…read moreportions that were a little bit challenging, (at least for novice riders like myself). The swamps and trees were pretty, and you definitely feel like you are far enough away from civilization. My only critique is that the trail is a little tough to follow at some points where it forks. Some added signage would help. Overall, it's a fun place that I will return to for hiking/biking.

V Very nice hiking…read moretrails - highly recommend. Trails are fairly easy to hike and provide really good terrain for some heart healthy exercise.

Walk through the swamp . Stop inside see all the snakes .. we liked the turtles . Many of all sizes…read moreand they put on a show for us

Definitely kid-friendly, even makes for a cool daytime date! I enjoyed it! 10 out of 10read more

Beautiful and quiet. Very close to Tunica Hills hiking. Quiet place to stay with fishing and hiking…read moreon sight. Definitely will return!