Fairview-Riverside State Park

Description:

• Spend the Night.

  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.

  The park also provides a tent camping area with comfort station access. This camping area is a favorite of groups who want to camp together under the stars.

  Fairview-Riverside State Park offers numerous opportunities for family relaxation, nature study, water recreation, or whatever the beautiful setting may inspire.

  Otis House

  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.

  It was Mr. Otis's desire that the name for his home, Fairview-Riverside, be retained as the name of the park. The name is indeed an apt one, for throughout the 99-acre park surrounding the home, outdoors enthusiasts will find bountiful opportunities to appreciate nature along the river's edge.

  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. Call 985-792-4652 for group tour information.

  Camping, canoeing, fishing, picnicking and relaxing are some of the favorite activities at Fairview-Riverside State Park.

  located two miles east of Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish on LA 22. To reserve a campsite or the picnic pavilion, call 1-877-CAMP-N-LA toll free