Recreation
Work on your golf swing at Black Bear Golf Course featuring Champion’s Bistro
and Louisiana's natural wetlands.
Or enjoy fishing and other water sports the 2,700-acre, man-made lake that is the center piece
for Poverty Point Reservoir.
Poverty Point World Heritage site
National Park Service
Louisiana State Parks
Entertainment and Shopping
For shopping, cheek out Thomson's Drug Store, the oldest continuously operating drugstore in
state or Madhatters.
Don’t miss the Wild Country Safari Park which features over 30 species of animals, including Zebra, Camel, and Bison.
Museums and Education
Tour the Louisiana State Cotton Museum with an impressive array of old
plantation buildings.
Poverty Point at its peak 3,000 years ago was part of an enormous trading network that stretched for hundreds of miles across the continent. Get more information at
National Park Service or Louisiana State Parks
Festivals and Events
In March, Oak Grove holds it's annual Sweet Potato Festival.
Jesse James Festival takes place in West Carroll in September.
