Catherine S. Comeaux and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks — from Louisiana to Alaska then Nova Scotia and along the Mississippi River in between. This year, she turns her attention to our Louisiana state parks to discover the natural beauty of the South less than a day’s drive from home.

Despite a lifetime of road tripping, nearby north Louisiana has been unexplored territory for me. That detail changed with a visit to Poverty Point Reservoir State Park and the nearby Poverty Point World Heritage Site in Richland Parish, where my family and I encountered bald eagles and hidden volcanoes as we enjoyed the state park and learned about one of the most significant archaeological sites in the world.

The 2,700-acre Poverty Point Reservoir, built in

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