An adventure in nature and education.
The Setting
Tickfaw State Park (Springfield) hosts four ecosystems, easily traveled on over a mile of boardwalks through the park, where visitors can experience the sights and sounds of a cypress/tupelo swamp, a bottomland hardwood forest, a mixed pine/hardwood forest and the Tickfaw River.
Overnight accommodations range from tent campsites, where guests can get close to nature, to a group camp with a fully-equipped kitchen and dorm wings. Day use visitors can reserve a covered picnic shelter to enjoy a traditional crawfish boil or an old-fashioned family picnic. A canoe launch at the north end of the park and a canoe landing with parking in the heart of the park afford convenient access to the Tickfaw River.
Snowy egrets and great blue herons can be seen gathering food amid a mix of palmetto, wax myrtle and native azalea, while sightings of a variety of wildlife make the park a wonderful place to teach your family about nature. Join in a nature presentation, go night hiking or listen to the swamp wildlife from the porch of a vacation cabin. The adventurous can explore the park’s backwater swamps and dark-watered sloughs the form the wetland network created by the Tickfaw River.
The Facility
Amenities at Tickfaw State Park:
- Campsites with 30/50 amp hooks and water service
- Picnic tables and fire rings
- Dump station nearby
- Comfort station with laundry facilities nearby
- Boat launch on-site
- Picnic area on-site
Fees at Louisiana State Parks
Entrance fee:
$1/person at recreational sites; $2/person at historic sites
Camping fees:
Premium Campsites (i.e. pull-through or prime location sites) $18/night
Improved Campsites (water and electrical hookup) $16/night
Unimproved/Primitive/Tent Campsites (without hookups) $12/night
Boat rentals: $15/day; life jackets and paddles are included
Address
27225 Patterson Road,
Springfield, LA 70462-8906
225-294-5020 or 888-981-2020 toll free
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