This geocaching adventure challenges you to visit each of Louisiana's State Parks and Historic Sites. Each State Park and Historic Site has a unique special mission with a story to tell, and offers its own very special geocaching adventure for you to experience. Each of these facilities has an official Geo Project cache, containing a special clue for you to find and record. These clues collectively will enable you to determine the coordinates of the mystery location of the Final Cache, which is located somewhere in the state of Louisiana. Use this Official LAOSP Clue Tracking Sheet to record all your clues.
As you travel our fine state, we encourage you to upload photos of your travels on the geocaching.com web pages. However, we ask that you please do not log clues or spoilers to the caches...they would have to be deleted to keep the game fun for everyone! Do tell us all about your travels and what you liked best about our parks and historic sites. As an extra incentive, and for a limited time, you can earn a Louisiana State Park Geocoin for visiting all of our State Parks and Historic Sites, and finding all the official geocaches placed for your pleasure! Prizes are limited to the supply in hand and will not be replenished.
Before you hunt for your first cache, click this link to read the rules for the Geo Project * Louisiana Office of State Parks. You must follow all the rules, to qualify to win one of these great prizes and collectibles.
This cache was place by the geocachers of Louisiana, on behalf of the Louisiana Office of State Parks. It is designed to bring your attention to these beautiful State Parks and Historic Sites. We ask that you join us by visiting them whenever you get a chance. Our State Park system is a great resource, so remember to "cache in and trash out".
Congratulations to arkfiremedic FTF!
Lake D'Arbonne State Park
3628 Evergreen Road, Farmerville, LA 71241
318-368-2086 or 888-677-5200
Email: lakedarbonne@crt.la.gov 
Directions: From Ruston, take La. 33 north to Farmerville, then west on La. 2 to Evergreen Road. Go left one-third of a mile on Evergreen Road to the park. GPS Coordinates: N 32.7486; W 92.2965.
Hours of Operation: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. All park sites close at 10 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and days preceding holidays.
Entrance Fees: $3 per person; Free for Seniors (62 and older) and children age 3 and under
Golden Age & Golden Access Passports (Available through the National Park Service. Click here for more information)
Visitors who hold a Golden Age or Golden Access Passport are entitled to a 50% reduction on camping fees at Louisiana State Parks. (Passport holders are allowed one site per passport).
It is recommended that anyone attempting the State Park Geo Project series should consider getting the Louisiana State Parks' $80 Annual Park Pass, which is valid for day use at all sites for the duration of a calendar year (i.e., January through December), and can be purchased at any state park. All people accompanying a permit holder as occupants of a single, private, non-commercial vehicle, in which the permit holder is a passenger or driver, are included in the Annual Pass admission.
Trails at Lake D'Arbonne State Park:
- Orange Trail -- 1 mile
- Green Trail -- 1/2 mile
- Blue Trail -- 1/2 mile
- White Trail -- 4 miles
Piney forests, rolling hills, five fishing piers, and a beautiful lake draw visitors to this quiet, majestic state park. Designed to keep the focus on nature, park facilities blend with the natural landscape to enhance the outdoor experience of this 655-acre park.
Fishing piers and boat docks attract visitors to Lake D'Arbonne, the marvelous 15,250-acre centerpiece of the park. Recreation on Lake D'Arbonne is tremendously popular among locals and visitors, and record freshwater catches of bass, crappie, catfish and bream make Lake D'Arbonne a fishing haven. Wide open areas of the lake, about seven miles from the park, appeal to water skiers and pleasure boaters. The boat launch at the park opens up all of these opportunities to outdoorsmen.
Tree stands in the lake captivate photographers, as do the towering pines on land and the rich diversity of wildlife and birds that make the park their home. Bring your binoculars and camera to capture the wonders of the natural world from our beautiful nature trails.
Cyclists will enjoy the challenge of the rolling hills of the park as a starting point for biking excursions into the steep inclines and scenic beauty of North Louisiana. Lighted tennis courts add to the activity options available for all visitors. Return for a picnic under the canopy of pine trees and celebrate the magnificence of nature preserved.
Your Clues to this Cache...
Find it / Log it / Get Clue / Post Picture of You and Entrance Sign!
This Cache placed by TWDarbonne & GoldBugGirl
This cache is an ammo can located in beautiful Lake D'Arbonne State Park, off the section of the Blue Trail that runs between the Visitors' Center and the Boat Launch. The 655-acre park offers campsites, cabins, boating, fishing, hiking, biking, swimming, tennis, and more in its rolling, pine-forested hills. The park is open to the public from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, and from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday. Canoes and Jon Boats are available for rental.
The manager is most cooperative in his support and encouragement of geocaching within the park. In fact, this is the twenty-fifth cache to be placed in the park! There are geocaches of many types here--traditional, multi-stage, a night cache, a water-accessed cache--so come to Lake D'Arbonne State Park for a wonderful geocaching adventure!