Wekiva Springs State
Park - Florida
You will not be disappointed. Springs and swimming
area are great. Hiking trails as well as bicycling. Canoe
rentals nearby for a paddle down the Wekiva River. Supermarkets
and restaurants nearby.
Wekiwa Springs State Park is easily
located off Interstate 4 at exit 49. Take State Road 434 West to
Wekiwa Springs Road or State Road 436 to Wekiwa Springs Road
near Apopka
Fairview-Riverside
State Park - Southern Louisiana (Madisonville, LA)
: is a park with a moderate winter climate and
all types of outdoor fun. The cool waters of the Tchefuncte River yield bass,
bluegill, white perch, and bream near the park area, and
channel catfish, speckled trout and redfish where the river
meets the lake. Fishing from the river bank or a boat offers
opportunities for every fisherman. Crabbing in the lake and
the river is also popular.
Just two miles away by road and a few minutes by water is
the Madisonville public boat launch. Many visitors use the
launch for access to the calm waters of the Tchefuncte River
or the exhilarating expanse of Lake Pontchartrain.
For the overnight visitor, Fairview-Riverside offers 81
camping sites, all with electricity and water hook-ups. A
nearby comfort station and dump station are provided.
When you enter the park, you will notice a large home facing
the water. This is Otis House, originally built in the 1880s
as the family home for sawmill owner William Theodore Jay. It
was later purchased and renovated in the 1930s by Frank Otis,
serving as his summer home until his death in 1962. Mr. Otis
left the property to the State of Louisiana to be developed
into a recreational site for visitors. The house was placed on
the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The Otis House Museum is open for tours between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, except Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year's Day. Museum admission is $2 per
adult. Children (12 and under) and seniors (62 and over) are
admitted free.
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