The lake includes a boat launch, a fishing pier and a dock with rental boats. For guests who travel the extra mile, the state park has camp sites and cabins for rent . “We enjoy the park.

Lake Chicot State Park rests amid a grove of giant pecan trees. Birds are everywhere, as are massive fox squirrels with the most extraordinary copper colored coats.

Access to Chicot Lake also is available via the East Landing of Chicot State Park. The landing is located off La. Hwy. 106 on Spillway Road.

But there's plenty to do at the extensive park that's not actually on Lake Chicot. You can play in a splash pad (maybe not in November), hike the 20-mile trail that encircles the lake or stay in ...

Access to Chicot Lake also is available via the East Landing of Chicot State Park. The landing is located off La. Hwy. 106 on Spillway Road.

LAKE CHICOT STATE PARK — Ten Arkansas state parks have "lake" in their name. But only one of them is entirely a natural lake rather than a man-made body of water.

Chicot State Park, situated on a lake, encompasses 6,400 acres in South Central Louisiana. It includes cabins, lodges that sleep up to 14 people, a group camp and around 200 campsites with water ...

LAKE VILLAGE -- I wish I had brought a couple of kayaks to Lake Chicot State Park. Bryan Hendricks has been the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette outdoors editor since 2005. He covers hunting, fishing ...

LAKE VILLAGE -- I wish I had brought a couple of kayaks to Lake Chicot State Park. My adventuring partner and I visited this remarkable spot Sunday as part of our quest to visit all 52 Arkansas ...