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
FY 2017: 218,848
FY 2016: 235,492
Cabin Occupancy (12 cabins):
19.53% weekday
80.45% weekend
Campsite Nights Occupied: 24,032
FY 2017 Revenue |
$1,350,035.07 |
FY 2017 Expenses |
$1,242,869.83 |
FY 2017 Profit |
$ 107,165.20 |
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