Sprawling across 6,400 acres near Ville Platte, Louisiana’s largest state park somehow remains the state’s best-kept secret, a wilderness sanctuary where time slows and worries evaporate like morning ...

Just a stone’s throw from Ville Platte, tucked away in Louisiana’s verdant countryside, lies Chicot State Park – a 6,400-acre paradise where stressed-out souls trade traffic noise for birdsong and ...