The U.S. National Park Service preserves 58 national parks, 390 parks, historic sites, memorials, and recreation areas that attract nearly 300 million visitors every year. Our U.S. national parks are repositories of the nation’s biological diversity and contain some of the last ecosystem remnants that are found nowhere else in the world. Explore US Parks Online

Shenandoah National Park is a beautiful, historic national treasure which includes the 105-mile long Skyline Drive, a National Scenic Byway. The Park covers the crest of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains for over seventy-five miles. The Appalachian Trail roughly parallels the Skyline Drive and 101 miles of this trail run through the Park. (more…)

Louisiana State Parks and Recreation

Louisiana has no national parks, but it does have 19 State Parks, 2 State Forests, 2 State Historic Sites, 22 State Wildlife Management Areas, 3 State Wildlife Refuges, 1 National Forest, 2 National Historic Parks, 2 National Wildlife Areas, 9 National Wildlife Refuges, and 3 Wilderness Areas.

State Parks

State Forests

State Historic Sites

State Wildlife Management Areas

State Wildlife Refuges

National Forest

National Historic Parks

National Wildlife Areas

National Wildlife Refuges

  • Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Breton National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge  
  • D’Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Delta National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Louisiana Wetland Management District  
  • Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Red River National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Sabine National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge  
  • Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge

Louisiana Wilderness Areas

There are three wilderness areas in the state of Louisiana.

  • Breton Wilderness
  • Kisatchie Hills Wilderness
  • Lacassine Wilderness