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PARK CONDITIONS FOLLOWING HURRICANE GUSTAV
Updated September 8

All parks north of Alexandria, as well as Sam Houston Jones State Park near Lake Charles and South Toledo Bend State Park near Anacoco, are open and operating as usual. The current status of State Parks impacted by Hurricane Gustav is as follows

Audubon State Historic Site, St. Francisville	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup. No damage to Oakley House reported.
Bayou Segnette State Park, Westwego	Closed due to power outage and high water in low-lying areas of the park.
Centenary State Historic Site, Jackson	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup.
Chicot State Park and Louisiana State Arboretum, Ville Platte	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup. Some roads at Chicot SP are blocked due to downed trees.
Cypremort Point State Park, Cypremort Point	Closed due to power outage; site damage still under assessment.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, Madisonville	Closed due to partial power outage and site cleanup. Otis House received only minimal wind damage.
Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville	Closed due to partial power outage and site cleanup.
Fort Pike State Historic Site, New Orleans	Closed due to power outage and high water in and around the Fort.
Grand Isle State Park, Grand Isle	Closed due to power outage and water damage to entrance station. Levee breaches caused sand to be pushed into the park, blocking roads.
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, St. Martinville	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup.
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, St. Martinville	Open, but visitors are cautioned that site cleanup is still in progress.
Marksville State Historic Site, Marksville	Open, but visitors are cautioned that tree cleanup is still in progress. Phone service has not yet been restored to this site.
Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, Plaquemine	Open, but visitors are cautioned that tree cleanup is still in progress.
Port Hudson State Historic Site, Jackson	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup.
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, St. Francisville	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup. The historic gardens received major damage and the plantation greenhouse was destroyed.
St. Bernard State Park, Braithewaite	Closed due to power outage and site cleanup.
Tickfaw State Park, Springfield	Closed due to power outage and high water from the Tickfaw River.

Due to the size of the individual site and the amount of damage/downed trees, site cleanup times will vary. Updates will be posted, as new information becomes available.

Persons with questions about reservations at the listed sites should call the State Parks Reservation Center at 1-877-226-7652, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

 

Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Mitch Landrieu

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Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Pam Breaux, Secretary

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Office of State Parks
Stuart Johnson, Assistant Secretary
P.O. Box 44426
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-4426
1-888-677-1400 toll free phone
342-8111 in the Baton Rouge area
www.lastateparks.com