Parish: St. Tammany; population: 245,829
Acreage: 2,896
Established: 1938
Overnight: 12 cabins, lodge, 163 campsites, 2 group camps, meeting room
Features: beach, fishing pier, picnic area/pavilions, water playground, playground, Tammany Trace, nature trails
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: 211,425
FY 2018: 223,935
FY 2017: 218,848
Cabin Occupancy (12 cabins): 54.15% weekday | 89.14% weekend
Campsite Nights Occupied: 22,203
In-state Visitation: 84% Out of State Visitation: 16%
Resort/lodging development
“Pelican Park” property lease
Whole park concession
Lodging expansion
Timeshare
Rock climbing
Zip line
Restaurant on lake
Horse pavilion and trail rides
Wetlands mitigation/ periodic flooding
Coastal code requirements
Archeological presence
National Register of Historic Places
LWCF for non-outdoor recreational uses
LWCF Protected Site
Sugar mill ruins, left over from plantation for which the site is named