LAKE VILLAGE -- I wish I had brought a couple of kayaks to Lake Chicot State Park. My adventuring partner and I visited this remarkable spot Sunday as part of our quest to visit all 52 Arkansas state ...

LAKE VILLAGE -- I wish I had brought a couple of kayaks to Lake Chicot State Park. Bryan Hendricks has been the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette outdoors editor since 2005. He covers hunting, fishing, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chicot State Park is Louisiana’s largest state park encompassing a wide variety of habitats within its 6,400 acres in Evangeline Parish where visitors can listen for barred owls in a bottomland ...

Chicot State Park has begun reopening to the public. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of State Parks announced the reopening of Chicot State Park in Ville Platte to the ...