Our family stopped at Bringhurst Park in Alexandria, LA while on a road trip. It was a great place…read morewith a huge pavilion so that we could have lunch. Next to the pavilion is a spash pad to cool off on those hot summer days in Louisiana. There is a also a fun playground for your kids. Near the park is the Alexandria Zoo, which we didn't get to check out, but it looks small, but nice. Also, there is an old baseball field that is there too. If you want to see a video of our experience at this park you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8H2GlkVhEw

Buhlow Lake is beautiful place to relax enjoy sunrise or a sunset. Nice Picnic tables and areas to…read moreenjoy a quiet meal by yourself or with friends or family. Something about lakes, reservoirs the water has a calming relaxing atmosphere!! Check it out relax

Always a wonderful experience. Perfect for solitude or family outings. Park for children, Fishing…read moreboating hiking. Plenty of open space. Plenty of fishing around back of lake as well. Just an awesome park ... only no overnight camping...

Our favorite local place to camp. Great spots with shade. Love the waterfront spots. Braces are a…read moreplus. If you can't find a spot online, maybe try calling the office. That has worked for us before.

I used to really love coming here to camp. I've been camping here for over 40 years. However, our…read morelast 2 stays but most especially this one is ridiculous. The amount of lack of consideration for fellow campers is horrendous. There is no one on site to call to ask for reinforcements of the rules. It's currently midnight and I hear people singing across the park. Our neighbors have finally gone to bed or moved to another campsite. The speed of golf carts and those of little kids driving them is crazy. This is a great place if you want to party but if you are looking for quiet peaceful decompression DON'T come here. You'll be even more stressed out.

Compton Park is one of the best parks in Alexandria that I've been to so far. The ambience is nice…read moreand the park is clean for the most part.. the people we've run into while walking were very nice and hospitable. Compton Park is a great place to visit for a nice walk..

This park has a small parking lot and is a park that is known for it trails and happens to have a…read moresmall playground. The playground is half decent. It has a ship themed jungle gym that has a couple of slides. It is on a rubbery mat surface that is worn and has seen better days. The park is relatively well maintained, even though there are some areas that can use a little attention. There are 3 different paved trails that can bu used for jogging or walking. One of the trails has an observation deck off of the side of it that is nice, but you can see where they removed some graffiti from the wood. The deck overlooks a marsh area. The park has benches around the playground area and along the trails and has lots of green area to play catch or run around. The lawn is very well maintained and there is decent lighting along the trails. The park is dog friendly, if they are on a leash. I like this park, but it could be a little cleaner and the playground could be a bit bigger. This is a nice park to walk/run around to clear your head and/or take in the day.

City Park is a pleasant enough park in Alexandria, Louisiana. It has a nice gazebo, a children's…read moreplayground and a volleyball court, as well as a host of other things. There are also a lot of sports fields. I would recommend here.

Park has lots of potential but fall short. Natual beauty with rolling hills and trees. Peaceful but…read moreneeds routine maintenance to help make it shine as a tourist spot.

Very beautiful park with plenty of camping spots (they do fill up quick during fair weather) and…read moregreat hikes. For kids, there's the Arboretum and a splash pad near the South campground. We went during Halloween and the trick or treating event was a hit! Definitely will return next year.

This is listed on Google as Natchitoches City Park and Pool. We visited the park. This is a super…read moreclean and newly renovated park that is conveniently located across the street from the Courthouse and Police Department. It also backs up to a very bad part of town which really concerned me. But on a sunny Thursday in August at 1pm it felt safe, was pretty empty and relatively clean (except for some food trash). They have tandem mother/baby swings, a handicap swing, a large play set safe for an able-bodied 3 year old and lots of grass. I would visit again! The pool was surrounded by a chainlink fence and staffed with a lifeguard. Just a few children getting their swimming lessons.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park made for an interesting COVID-19 quarantine virtual…read moretour. Thanks to OnCell for sponsoring it. The virtual tour currently comprises of a simple, obscure link embedded in the word "app" on the webpage titled "Oakland Cell Phone Tour." The National Park Service (NPS) webmaster or whatever they are called these days needs to make this link more relevant and easier to find as they have done for other parks' main pages: https://www.nps.gov/cari/planyourvisit/oakland-cell-phone-tour.htm So it's a very simplistic "virtual tour." In actuality, it's a cell phone tour with a few photos of the buildings and landmarks that narrators describe as you would if you visited Cane River Creole NHP in the flesh with a map to guide you. Guided tours with an NPS staff member are also available when a pandemic hasn't plagued our great country. Their schedule is a bit lengthy to repost, so I suggest you call or visit their website ahead of time. The park encompasses two former plantations, Oakland and Magnolia, that are spread out near the Cane River in Louisiana. What was left behind pales in comparison to what the plantations must have looked like so long. The Creole people were extraordinarily clever at using their natural habitat to survive. Overall, I enjoyed learning about the history of this beautiful, live oak-lined area... especially "bousillage" (a mix of mud, Spanish moss, and/or animal hair used in architecture), the Pigeonniers, the Bottle Gardens, the Punkah fan, and the Overseer's house. TIPS - the Magnolia main house is still owned by the 7th generation of the LeCompte family and is not part of the park, thus, is off-limits to the public + the Oakland main house is guided tours only

Great time with good people! We took a private trip, and it was absolutely fantastic. The owner was…read moreso friendly, and our guide was fabulous! If you are thinking about going, DO IT!

Four of us took a guided tour with Dee and Megan and both young ladies were exceptional. They were…read moreknowledgeable, polite and very patient with all of our questions! We are so fascinated with the history of the plantation and enjoyed every part of the tour!

I stopped by this national park site on a road trip. The entrance was a gravel road that wasn't the…read moremost obvious. The small farm was not a happening place, with not a soul in sight on the day I visited. An enclosure was playing some video content that came on without warning in the way that a horror movie would do trying for a cheap jump scare. There were several buildings, but none were open. There are tours, but they are at very limited times, and just walking the grounds didn't offer much. There is some interesting history to be discovered, but without the tour it isn't anything impressive. This was not a working farm kind of exhibit, with no actual animals and not a ton of meaningful exhibits. It's nice that the site is preserved, and maybe if you visit at the right time there's more to get out of it. However, I do recall when I was last in Shreveport I considered an hour road trip both ways to see this place, and I'm quite glad that I didn't.