Parish: St. Tammany; population: 245,829
Acreage: 99
Established: 1963
Overnight: 101 campsites, boat launch/ dock
Features: fishing piers, picnic area/pavilion, playground, riverwalk/swamp boardwalk
Tourism Region (Marketing): Greater New Orleans
Hours of Operation: Office: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sun-Thurs, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. Fri-Sat; Gates: 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Sun-Thurs, 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Fri-Sat
FY 2019: 49,225
FY 2018: 55,820
FY 2017: 60,901
Campsite Nights Occupied: 14,113
In-state Visitation: 79%
Out of State Visitation: 21%
Alligator tags: None
Deer hunting: None
Timber Contacts: None
NRDA projects: None
No Friends’ group nor Community partner
Whole park concession
Lodging expansion
Timeshare
Rock climbing
Restaurant
Concession stand/park store
LWCF for non-outdoor recreational uses
Limited acreage for additional development
Wetland mitigation/periodic flooding
Location of Otis House Museum – on National Register of Historic Places