Bayou Segnette State Park

Bayou Segnette State Park
Picnic area at Bayou Segnette State Park.
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	29°54.1801′N 90°9.2672′W / 29.9030017°N 90.1544533°W / 29.9030017; -90.1544533^[1]Coordinates: 29°54.1801′N 90°9.2672′W / 29.9030017°N 90.1544533°W / 29.9030017; -90.1544533^[2]
Area	676 acres (2.74 km²; 1.056 sq mi)^[3]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/istb.aspx

Bayou Segnette State Park is located in Westwego, Jefferson Parish, southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

Bayou Segnette is not far from the urban center of New Orleans, yet it features access to two types of wetlands, swamp and marsh. Saltwater intrusion coming into the canals from the Gulf of Mexico created the marsh. This is a remarkable habitat for plant and wildlife. This habitat is home to American alligators, coypu, nine-banded armadillos, Virginia opossum, raccoons, American mink, red-tailed hawks, kites, red-winged blackbirds, bald eagles, and northern cardinals.

Features

The entrance sign to Bayou Segnette State Park.

Boat launch with access to the marshlands and waterways of Bayou Segnette.
Twenty waterfront vacation cabins with air conditioning, heating and piers.
Camping for RV's and tents. There are 98 sites with water and electricity.
Comfort stations with showers and laundry.
RV dump station.
Group Camp with kitchen and dormitories for up to 120 people.
Meeting room that will accommodate 60 to 100 people.
Wave Pool in the day use area and a swimming pool in the campground area.
There is a 1 mile (1.6 km) nature trail.

References

Pamphlets distributed by the Louisiana State Parks.

↑ "Bayou Segnette State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
↑ "Bayou Segnette State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
↑ Gorman, Carolyn Portier; Schultz, Deborah. Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program - Tour Guide (pdf). p. 20. Retrieved 2011-03-18.

External links

Bayou Segnette State Park – official state web page

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 Carré 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

City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism (web)
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (web)
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (web)

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