Or use the links below. By using this site, you agree to abide by our user agreement. The first state park devoted to natural resource education, Tickfaw State Park on the Tickfaw River west of Ponchatoula features four short hiking trails that wind through three diverse habitats. Boardwalks pass over wet areas through cypress swamps and bottom land hardwood forests. A gravel trail winds through the park's mixed pine forest.
Interpretive signs describe flora and fauna along each trail.
The first stop for park visitors should be the nature center. Here, interactive learning exhibits, an aquarium and a video preview what hikers might experience. Since it opened last month, the park has been popular, leaving the staff scrambling to meet the demand for guided hikes and canoe trips in the park, curator Claire Coco said. This month, naturalist-led hikes leave the nature center at 10 a.m., Mondays through Fridays. Night programs are offered at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.