Lake D'Arbonne State Park

The only Louisiana state park with tennis courts sits on 655 acres of Lake D'Arbonne's reservoir shore — 15,250 acres of water ringed by mixed pine-hardwood forest in Union Parish. The park lies near Farmerville, and the amenities list reads like someone wanted more than a fishing launch: a swimming pool that runs Memorial Day through Labor Day, a disc golf course near the group camp, cabins, lodges, an event pavilion. To reach it, take LA-2 west from Farmerville about five miles, turn left onto Evergreen Road, then left again a quarter mile later at the park entrance. The reservoir holds bass, crappie, and catfish. There's a boat launch and a fishing pier. One of the hiking trails doubles as what Wikipedia calls one of the most grueling and difficult disc golf courses in the world. Four color-coded trails — orange, green, white, blue — run through the woods where deer sightings occur regularly. You can rent kayaks by the day or hour. Fifty-eight campsites — fifty-one improved, seven deluxe — plus sixteen cabins and two lodges. The park's open daily. Union Parish is hill country, not bayou, and the pines here make northeast Louisiana feel closer to Arkansas than to the Gulf.