We have put together a 110+ Day Trips & Ideas Guide for you to entertain your Mackid all summer long! We encourage you to get out and explore our beautiful state of Louisiana. From lakes, museums, and state parks, this list will keep you busy all summer long! Please note - due to COVID 19, some parks or venues may not be open. Please call ahead and stay safe!
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HOW TO USE THE 101 + List
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Beaches, Lakes and Rivers
1. Grand Isle State Park
2. Beach Front Lake Pontchartrain
3. White Sand Lake
4. Bogue Chitto River
5. Lake End, Park, Morgan City
6. Silver Creek, Mount Hermon
7. Gulf Port, Ms. Beaches
Explore
8. Garden District
3. White Sand Lake
4. Bogue Chitto River
5. Lake End, Park, Morgan City
6. Silver Creek, Mount Hermon
7. Gulf Port, Ms. Beaches
Explore
8. Garden District
9. French Quarter
10. Longue Vue House and Garden
11. Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
12. Botanic Garden
13. Baton Rouge
14. Covington
15. Hammond
16. Slidell
17. Houma
18. Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum
19. Louisiana Children's Museum
20. Bayou Country Children's Museum
21. Knock Knock Children's Museum
22. Mardi Gras World
23. Louisiana Children's Discovery Center
24. Ogden Museum
25. Louisiana Marine Fisheries Museum
26. New Orleans Museum of Art
27. National World War II Museum
28. USS Kidd and Veterans Memorial
29. LSU Museum of Art
30. Barataria Museum
31. Bounce De Lis
32. Fulton Alley
33. Bookoo Bounce
34. Area 51
35. Skate Country
36. Palm Tree Playground
37. Monkey Room
38. Westside Lanes
37. Monkey Room
38. Westside Lanes
41. St. Charles Library Planetarium
42. Gretna Observatory
43. Kenner Planetarium
44. Lafreniere Park Splash Pad
45. Audubon Cool Zoo
46. Spash Fountain
47. Aquatic Fountain
48. Wave Pool at Bayou Segnette
49. Blue Bayou Water Park
50. Tiki Tubing
51. Jambalaya Park
52. Liberty Lagoon
53. North Park AquaPards
54. Heritage Park Splash Pad
55. Tickfaw State Park Splash Pad
56. Pearl river Splash Pad
57. Coquille Parks and Recreation Splash Pad
58. Bogue Chitto Splash Pad
59. Abita Spring Splash Pad
60. Splash Pad Lake Front Mandeville
56. Pearl river Splash Pad
57. Coquille Parks and Recreation Splash Pad
58. Bogue Chitto Splash Pad
59. Abita Spring Splash Pad
60. Splash Pad Lake Front Mandeville
61. Steamboat Natchez Cruise
62. Bonnabel Boat Launch Park
63. Swamp Tours
64. Kayaking in the Bayou
65. Kayaking at City Park
66. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas and Imax
67. Audubon Insectarium and Butterfly Garden
68. Audubon Zoo
69. Global Wildlife
70. Baton Rouge Zoo
71. Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour
72. Kliebert's Turtle and Alligator Farm
73. Yogi Bear Jellystone Park
74. Story Land and Carousel Gardens
75. Celebration Station Baton Rouge
77. Louisiana State Arboretum
78. Lafreniere Park
79. Lasalle Park
80. City Park
81. Audubon Park
82. Brechtel Park
83. Tammany Trace
84. Hilltop Arboretum
85. Bayou Segnette
86. Bayou Sauvage
87. North Lake Nature Center
88. Jean Lafitte Park
89. Fountainbleau State Park
90. Bogue Chitto
91. Mandeville Trailhead
92. Camp Salmen Nature Park
93. Bogue Falaya Park
94. Mandalay National Refuge
95. Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
96. Woldenberg Park
97. Louis Armstrong Park
98. Jackson Square
99. Washington Square Park
100. Houma House and Plantation Garden
101. Southdown Museum
102. Destrehan Plantation
103. Oak Alley Plantation
104. San Francisco Plantation
105. Laura Plantation
106. Confederate Memorial Hall
107. Old Governor's Mansion
108. The Cabildo
109. The Old U.S.Mint
110. Rivertown Kenner
111. The Presbytere
112. Louisiana Museum of Natural History
113. Gretna Historical Society Museum
114. Hermann Grima House
115. Military History and Weapons Museum
