At the Crossroads, visitors can enjoy recreation areas beyond compare, opportunities for water sports, fishing, hunting, camping spots, fine restaurants, hotels, motels, and multiple other attractions. This diversity makes the Crossroads the perfect place to visit. So join us here in the center of Louisiana on the banks of the beautiful Red River and experience the best of everything. Over 20,000 acres of lakes, bayous and rivers provide abundant fish and game. We have three state wildlife management areas and two national wildlife refuges.
Some historic properties are available for specially arranged group tours.
Land-based casino gambling is offered as well. Wild game is abundant in Three Rivers and Red River State Wildlife Management Areas, and Bayou Cocodrie National Refuge. Vidalia, moved a mile west of the river in 1937, plans a unique riverfront development. Tacony Plantation, rich in African-American history, celebrates the Jim Bowie Festival each September. Forty miles south of Vidalia, tour the Old River Control Structure and Hydroelectric Plant, where man attempts to control the mighty Mississippi.