Straddling Iberia and St. Martin parishes, the park sits on 6,000 acres outside the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee which, when built in the early 1930s, cut off Lake Fausse Pointe’s ...

Like all state parks in Louisiana, Lake Fausse Pointe offers options at a variety of price points. The day-use fee is $3 per person and includes access to all hiking, biking and boating ...

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park suffered extensive damage in the 2016 flood. The park’s 18 cabins and 50 campsites were damaged. Officials had originally hoped to have repairs done in a year but ...

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. The park is pretty quiet during the summer, but the sights and sounds of campers and the smells of cooks will fill the park as the weather turns cooler.

After five previous state park visits, we would finally be hitting the water today, so Lake Fausse Pointe State Park was the right place to be — it has lots of water.

Philpot spends the winter months at Louisiana’s Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. The Indiana native works as the camp host, clearing trails, doing maintenance and helping fellow campers.

Louisiana State Parks has announced the closure of portions of Lake Fausse Pointe State Park due to high water. On Facebook, the Louisiana State Parks pages announced the closure of cabins and day ...

The 6,000-acre state park is tucked away in the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp. ... Heart of Louisiana: Lake Fausse Pointe camping. By Dave McNamara. Published: Dec. 3, 2024 at 10:13 PM CST ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana’s Office of State Parks says the park at Tickfaw and the cabins and campgrounds at Lake Fausse Pointe (FOHS POINT) will be closed for up to a year to repair ...

Billy Furlow has a secret and he feels guilty about it. Back in August 2016, flooding began at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, about 25 miles east of New Iberia. Water rose as high as the “Do Not ...

Whether one hikes, bikes, paddles or sits still, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park is an excellent location to lose yourself in the wonders of a truly amazing place. Know before you go.

A state park in the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp is a popular place for camping, especially for people who want to disconnect from the distractions of modern life.