Chicot Lake Vacation and Resort Properties

Chicot Lake is created by Chicot Lake Dam on the Bayou Chicot in Evangeline County, Louisiana and is used for recreation purposes. Construction of Chicot Lake Dam was completed in 1953. At normal levels it has a surface area of 2.5 square miles. It is property of Office of State Parks.

 

 

Nearby Attractions

Kisatchie National Forest (25 miles)

Located in the piney hills and hardwood bottoms of seven central and northern Louisiana parishes, the Kisatchie National Forest is the only national forest in the Pelican State. Kisatchie National Forest provides opportunity for many kinds of recreation activities including: camping, picnicking, swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, hunting, horseback riding, off-highway vehicle use, nature study, sightseeing, and road & mountain bicycle riding. The forest offers more than 40 developed recreation... More

 
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge (36 miles)

Lake Ophelia NWR (named for the largest water body in the area) was established in 1988 to protect the important Mississippi/Red River floodplain ecosystem. The refuge was once part of a vast bottomland hardwood wilderness. Levees have changed hydrology, but the underlying ridge/Saale topography supports a variety of habitat types. Bottomland hardwood forest, croplands, fallow fields, moist soil units, and cypress-tupelo brakes are intermixed with meandering bayous, pristine lakes, ponds,... More

 
Old River Lock (37 miles)

Louisiana's Old River is a distinctive river with a remarkable history. Fifty miles northwest of Baton Rouge, it connects the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers. It was once a part of the Mississippi and would have long ceased to exist had it not been for man. At one time, the Mississippi attempted to divert most of its flow through Old River and down the Atchafalaya. The Old River Lock was built to make the Red River and the Atchafalaya River accessible to river traffic from the Mississippi... More

 
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (43 miles)

Atchafalaya NWR, about 30 miles west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and one mile east of Krotz Springs, Louisiana lies just east of the Atchafalaya River. The refuge was established in 1986 to provide for 1) conservation and management of all fish and wildlife within the refuge, 2) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United States with respect to fish and wildlife, and 3) to provide opportunities for scientific research, environmental education, and fish and wildlife oriented... More

 

 

 

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Hotels and Lodging for Chicot Lake

Bunkie, LA

Bailey Hotel 

Opelousas, LA

Americas Best Value Inn - Opelousas 

Ville Platte, LA

Best Western Ville Platte