NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — School is out, and summer is in full effect. What is there for a family to do to pass the time?

How about staying home?

Louisiana residents are being encouraged to swim, canoe, bike or hike into the summer break this year, at the state park of your choosing. Each park is equipped with the recreational activity you and the family can do to make for a “hot” staycation.

All throughout the state, there are parks catering to the needs of the outdoorsmen, whether it be in the water or on land.

Let the following list be your guide to summer in the great outdoors.

• Bogue Chitto State Park
• Chemin-A-Haut State Park
• Chicot State Park
• Cypremort Point State Park
• Fairview-Riverside State Park
• Fontainebleau State Park
• Grand Isle State Park
• Jimmie Davis State Park
• Lake Bistineau State Park
• Lake Bruin State Park
• Lake Claiborne State Park
• Lake D’Arbonne State Park
• Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
• North Toledo Bend State Park
• Palmetto Island State Park
• Poverty Point Reservoir State Park
• Sam Houston Jones State Park
• South Toledo Bend State Park
• St. Bernard State Park
• Tickfaw State Park

• Bayou Segnette State Park
• Bogue Chitto State Park
• Chemin-A-Haut State Park
• Chicot State Park
• Cypremort Point State Park
• Fairview-Riverside State Park
• Fontainebleau State Park
• Grand Isle State Park
• Jimmie Davis State Park
• Lake Bistineau State Park
• Lake Bruin State Park
• Lake Claiborne State Park
• Lake D’Arbonne State Park
• Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
• North Toledo Bend State Park
• Palmetto Island State Park
• Poverty Point Reservoir State Park
• Sam Houston Jones State Park
• South Toledo Bend State Park
• Tickfaw State Park

• Audubon State Historic Site
• Bogue Chitto State Park
• Centenary State Historic Site
• Chemin-A-Haut State Park
• Chicot State Park
• Fairview-Riverside State Park
• Fontainebleau State Park
• Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic Site
• Grand Isle State Park
• Jimmie Davis State Park
• Lake Bistineau State Park
• Lake Claiborne State Park
• Lake D’Arbonne State Park
• Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
• Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
• Los Adaes State Historic Site
• Louisiana State Arboretum State Preservation Area
• Mansfield State Historic Site
• North Toledo Bend State Park
• Palmetto Island State Park
• Port Hudson State Historic Site
• Poverty Point Reservoir State Park
• Rebel State Historic Site
• Sam Houston Jones State Park
• South Toledo Bend State Park
• Tickfaw State Park

• Audubon State Historic Site
• Centenary State Historic Site
• Fort Jesup State Historic Site
• Fort Pike State Historic Site
• Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site
• Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic Site
• Locust Grove State Historic Site
• Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
• Los Adaes State Historic Site
• Mansfield State Historic Site
• Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site
• Port Hudson State Historic Site
• Poverty Point World Heritage Site
• Rebel State Historic Site
• Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
• Winter Quarters State Historic Site

• Bogue Chitto State Park
• Fontainebleau State Park
• Lake Bistineau State Park
• Lake Claiborne State Park
• Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
• North Toledo Bend State Park
• Palmetto Island State Park
• Poverty Point Reservoir State Park
• Sam Houston Jones State Park
• South Toledo Bend State Park
• St. Bernard State Park
• Tickfaw State Park

• Bayou Segnette State Park
• Bogue Chitto State Park
• Centenary State Historic Site
• Chemin-A-Haut State Park
• Chicot State Park
• Cypremort Point State Park
• Fairview-Riverside State Park
• Fontainebleau State Park
• Grand Isle State Park
• Jimmie Davis State Park
• Lake Bistineau State Park
• Lake Bruin State Park
• Lake Claiborne State Park
• Lake D’Arbonne State Park
• Lake Fausse Pointe State Park
• Louisiana State Arboretum State Preservation Area
• North Toledo Bend State Park
• Palmetto Island State Park
• Poverty Point Reservoir State Park
• Sam Houston Jones State Park
• South Toledo Bend State Park
• Tickfaw State Park

Have a Happy Summer!

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