VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY) – Hiking is one of the many things you can do at Chicot State Park. The land consists of over 6,400 acres. The cool, clear waters of Lake Chicot have yielded record freshwater ...

Chicot State Park near Ville Platte is being prepared to house coronavirus patients who need to be quarantined. "Chicot State Park is being set up as an 'overflow' for patients who need to be ...

Chicot State Park, also known the largest park in Louisiana is home to a new wheelchair for visitors. Chicot is one of seven other parks across the state that have been equipped with an all-terrain ...

The sun glimmers through Spanish moss as light rays decorate cypress trees. A kayak floats along silently below, the paddlers inside studying the Great Blue Heron fishing along the shore. This is ...

EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KLFY)- The state is setting up a quarantine site here at Chico State Park for a possible overflow of coronavirus patients. Evangeline Parish Office of Emergency Prepardness ...

My family and I headed to Ville Platte Sunday for week two of our staycation adventure — see all 21 Louisiana state parks. This week's destination was Chicot State Park. We had it all planned. We ...

Chicot State Park in Evangeline Parish will be utilized as an overflow area for possible COVID-19 patients from certain regions of the state. Liz Hill, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s Louisiana’s largest state park, and it also has one of the state’s longest hiking trails. Chicot State Park near Ville Platte is perfect for the outdoor enthusiast. A ...

Weaving a kayak or canoe around the cypress knees in the calm waters of Chicot State Park’s man-made lake can be solitary or social, depending on where your head’s at. Either way, it’s a pleasant, ...

“Unfortunately, we understand that this is going to impact our visitors with plans to visit Chicot State Park and Lake Bistineau State Park,” said Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, whose office oversees ...

LAKE CHICOT STATE PARK — Ten Arkansas state parks have "lake" in their name. But only one of them is entirely a natural lake rather than a man-made body of water. That's Lake Chicot, in the far ...