updated Wed. September 13, 2023
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The Advocate
January 31, 2018
VINTAGE QUILTS AT OTIS HOUSE: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. Fairview-Riverside State Park, Madisonville. Part of the statewide Stitches in Time program. $4 ages 13-62. All others free. (985) 792-4652 or lastateparks.com. STARRY, STARRY NIGHT: 7 p.m. Friday. Northshore Harbor Center, HarborÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
January 8, 2018
After visiting eight of Louisiana's 21 state parks, I started to worry. Maybe we'd seen it all somewhere between freezing and fishing at Cypremort Point State Park and hiking through the trees of Chicot. What else is there? Then my little family of four went to Fairview-Riverside State Park in Madisonville andÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
November 20, 2017
Here are a few things you probably didn't know about Louisiana's 21 state parks. ▻You can get married at a Louisiana state park. You can book a pavilion or meeting room facility by phone or online through the Reservation System (1-877-226-7652). You also should contact the manager of the site you'veÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
November 6, 2017
We started by taking our girls, ages 3 and 1, to Sam Houston Jones State Park in Moss Bluff (near Lake Charles). Find our takeaways here. Next we will visit the other state parks within an hour or so of Lafayette, our home base. And then we'll branch out even further. That's the plan, anyway. We hope you'llÃâà...
The Daily Advertiser
October 6, 2017
The "Bike MS: Dat's How We Roll" event that takes riders from Hammond to Percy Quinn State Park in Mississippi over the weekend has been canceled. There are no plans to ... Another, Fairview-Riverside State Park, closed Monday due to high winds and heavy rains in the northshore area. It will remainÃâà...
The Advocate
October 6, 2017
October is usually prime season for outdoor fairs and festivals in the metro area, but the threat of Tropical Storm Nate is prompting some groups to cancel or alter their plans. Louisiana State Parks also are closing down in anticipation of heavy rain and winds. Fairview-Riverside State Park will close MondayÃâà...
NOLA.com
September 1, 2017
Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville has reopened to day-use visitors after being shut down by Hurricane Harvey, and Fairview-Riverside State Park near Madisonville is scheduled to reopen Monday (Sept. 4). The cabins and boat launch area at Bayou Segnette State Park in Westwego will remainÃâà...
The Advocate
September 28, 2016
Learn more about elaborate Victorian mourning customs around the home and in art and music on the tour, which is included with Otis House Museum admission of $4. Children younger than 12 get in free. The museum is inside Fairview-Riverside State Park, 1 mile east of Madisonville on La. 22.
