Cane River Creole National Historical Park

A wonderful preserved piece of history. Worth a stop, id plan 2 hours if you want to visit all the buildings and history. There is a small gift shop and can get a passport stamp here

Almost a hidden gem. This is a great park just off the interestate a few miles. It’s a great place to see a plantation of this type. The buildings were restored beautifully. The staff here love their jobs here and it shows. Great explanations about the history of the park and the surrounding area.
NOTE…. It is a plantation. Be prepared to spend some time walking around to look at the various buildings. Also, try to join in in the plantaion house walk through. It’s fascinating.
There are restrooms near the parking lot.

This is a nice place to visit. It has several different buildings. I loved reading the History. Some of it was already known to me since i grew up in Louisiana. The pigeon house was completely new info for me. I'm going back soon to explore the whole area!

It provides a good perspective of what plantation life may have been like. Buildings are only open on the weekends. Not sure if that's due to covid or normal hours.

Lots of history to take in; wear your walking shoes and bring a lunch.

Fantastic park rich in history and beautifully restored. Highly recommend the Oakland Plantation tour given daily at 9am. Beats the heat and helps you learn the rich history here.

Born and raised tenth generation Louisianian and I had never even heard of this place. Completely worth the drive from LFT or BTR. Wonderful history, landscape and stories as well as spectacular vernacular architecture. Thank you.

Very interesting place with lots of history. The rangers were very informative and friendly. Don't miss.

Free and informative
Do check website first in order to enjoy and participate a tour.

Beautiful property and lots of buildings to see. They have documented the history of this plantation very well. We went on a Friday not knowing you couldn’t go inside the main house however the ranger working inside heard us on the porch and opened the door to let us in to tour the house. The main house is open on Saturday to tour but for us we were fortunate to go in and look around. Staff is amazing and facilities are very well kept.

We stopped here on our way back to Texas. They have done a great job preserving old homes and their history. I can't believe it was free! The staff were extremely friendly. I would definitely recommend for families and solo travelers. I learned a lot and it made a lasting impression.

Very interesting to see and experience where history took place.

my family and I enjoyed walking the grounds of my family's history! We took a tour in July 2017, I wanted to see and needed to know but at first my family didn't care but later on they wanted to know and see more!

The food is great and flavorful. Service is on point and make you feel as if you're at home.

This is a great plantation to visit. The property is beautiful. The information and history are very interesting. I have been here a few times. I recommend visiting. The restrooms are clean also. It can get hot here, so plan wisely.

Very interesting, the park ranger was very knowledgeable and helpful.

Very interesting. Tour of the Oakland Plantation house was informative.

It was very cool, but they should put more info there about rules of when you can be there (it says on here until 3:30pm but people were going much later) and when and how to get a tour inside the buildings. I'm still confused on both of these issues, hopefully they make it clearer in the future. But give it a visit regardless, there are HUUUGE live oaks that you can wander among transplanted from the gulf by slaves in the 1800s.

It's a nice area to drive through and stop along the way for pictures or to explore history.

We visited Oakland Plantation (the park is made up of two plantations - Oakland and Magnolia). The plantation home and outbuildings are wonderfully preserved, and the area is beautiful. This site unveils important pieces of American history, with lots of information concerning the lives of enslaved Americans who worked at the plantation, as well as the lives of former enslaved Americans who, after "emancipation," found that they and their children were bound just as tightly as ever to the plantation as indebted sharecroppers.