Poverty Point State Park Camping and Recreational Opportunities

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The Poverty Point reservoir in Louisiana is the central feature of the Poverty Point state park.  The reservoir is a 2,700-acre man-made lake.

RV camping is available in the park. There are 9 improved campsites with water and electrical hookups, and 45 premium campsites with water, electrical and sewage hookups. The fees per night are very reasonable.  The park also has 8 deluxe cabins which will sleep up to 8 people. One of these cabins is ADA compliant. There are 4 standard lodges with sleeping accommodations for 10 people.  One of these lodges is also ADA compliant. The lodges overlook the south shore of the lake and have two screened porches and an open deck.

Camp sites are far enough apart to allow campers plenty of privacy.  Several of the campsites are ADA compliant.  Campers should be aware of bear danger.  There have been many sightings of the Louisiana black bears near the reservoir.  Bayou Macon, along the eastern edge of the park, is another area where the bears live and have been sighted.  Visitors to the park should keep all day-use areas and outside of cabins thoroughly cleared of food and garbage.  The park provides bear-proof containers throughout the park for tossing trash.

The lake is a paradise for anglers.  It can be fished all year round and is stocked with black crappie, channel catfish, largemouth bass and blue gill.  The north marina complex of the park offers a marina with 48 covered boat slips, a boat launch, fishing pier and a fish cleaning station.  Boats can be rented by the day and canoes can be rented by the hour or the day.

For those visitors who don’t want to fish, there is a ½ mile walking trail that follows and a beach swimming area at the north marina complex.  During the spring and fall migration seasons there are many waterfowl to be seen and frequent visitors to the park include ducks, geese, pelicans and cormorants.

Poverty Point state park is named after an incredible Native American site that is nearby.  The site dates back to somewhere between 1,400 and 700 B.C.  The historical site is believed by archeologists to be a ceremonial center where people gathered at various times during the year.  The site extends for more than 3 miles along the Bayou Macon.  There are circular ridges that measure as much as three-eighths of a mile in diameter.  There are also two pronounced mounds at the western and southern edges of the site, and 3 smaller platform mounds.

Poverty Point state park will provide an excellent vacation for those looking to fish or boat, and with the Poverty Point historical site only 20 minutes away the vacation can be educational as well.

Article by Ryan

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