Fontainebleau State Park

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Fountainebleau State Park
A live oak tree covered with Spanish moss at the park.
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	30°20′43″N 90°01′22″W / 30.34523°N 90.02269°W / 30.34523; -90.02269Coordinates: 30°20′43″N 90°01′22″W / 30.34523°N 90.02269°W / 30.34523; -90.02269^[1]
Area	2,800 acres (11 km²; 4.4 sq mi)^[1]
Established	1942 (1942)^[2]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
Official website

Fontainebleau State Park is located in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, on the outskirts of the town of Mandeville, LA. It is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The park is 2,800 acres (1,100 ha) in size and was once the site of a sugar plantation and a brick yard operated by Bernard de Marigny.^[3] The park has a strong history of hosting Boy and Girl Scout activities^[3] The park has a multitude of habitats for birds.

History

The visitor center highlights the history of the land which was once owned by the wealthy Bernard De Marigny. Marigny operated a sugar mill that was built in 1829. The wealthy Marigny named his large holding Fontainebleau after the beautiful forest near Paris France. Fontainebleau is surrounded on three sides by water, Lake Pontchartrain, Bayou Cane and Bayou Castine. The park was originally named Tchefuncte State Park and Conservation Reservation, after the Tchefuncte River.^[3]

Overnight features

Twelve cabins, six are handicapped accessible including two that are ADA Compliant.
163 RV and tenting campsites, many with water and electric and available RV dump stations.
Comfort Stations with showers.
Playground
Three group camps and a lodge.

Day use facilities

A 4.8-mile (7.7 km) hiking trail.
A 1.2-mile (1.9 km) nature trail. The nature trail includes a boardwalk into the marsh.
Picnic area and playground.
Pavilion.
Beach, fishing pond and fishing pier.
Visitors' Center with museum displays, interpretive programs and gift shop.

The Tammany Trace crosses Fontainebleau State Park. This is a rail-trail conversion of the old IC corridor, and is a 31 miles (50 km) paved trail for hiking, inline skating and bicycling with a parallel equestrian trail.

References

Pamphlets issued by the Louisiana State Parks
Trail maps handed out by the park staff

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fontainebleau State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Louisiana Department Of Culture Recreation And Tourism. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
↑ Nixon Adams. "Northshore Conifer - It Is What It Was". Northshore Conifer. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2009 Wall Calendar - 75 Years of Celebrating Louisiana's Treasures and Making Memories. Louisiana State Parks. 2009.

External links

Fontainebleau State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks

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Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz

National Monuments	Poverty Point

National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks

National Forests	Kisatchie

National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Shell Keys Sabine Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw

State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Marksville Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters

State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum

State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek

State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands

Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carre Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Red River Russell Sage Sabine Island Sabine Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne Sicily Island Hills Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (web)

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