Fontainebleau State Park

Fontainebleau State Park

Project Planning

OVERVIEW:

Parish: St. Tammany; population: 245,829

Acreage: 2,896

Established: 1938

AMENITIES:

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

VISITATION

FY 2017: 218,848

FY 2016: 235,492

Cabin Occupancy (12 cabins):

19.53% weekday

80.45% weekend

Campsite Nights Occupied: 24,032

Revenue/Expenditures:

POTENTIAL PROJECTS:

• 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

POTENTIAL CHALLENGES:

• Wetlands mitigation/ periodic flooding

• Coastal code requirements

• Archeological presence

• National Register of Historic Places

• LWCF for non-outdoor recreational uses

OTHER:

• LWCF Protected Site

• Sugar mill ruins, left over from plantation for which the site is named