Hodges Gardens State Park

Hodges Gardens State Park
A view of A. J. Hodges Island.
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	1000 Hodges Loop, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	31°22′09″N 93°25′29″W / 31.36921°N 93.4248183°W / 31.36921; -93.4248183[1]
Area	approx. 700 acres (2.8 km2; 1.1 sq mi) [1]
Established	1956 (1956)[1]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ihodges.aspx

Hodges Gardens State Park, previously known as Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area, was located on 4,700 acres (19 km²) between Florien and Hornbeck, near the Toledo Bend Reservoir of the Sabine River in Sabine Parish, in west central Louisiana. The park was located on U.S. Highway 171 some fifteen miles (24 km) south of Many, the seat of Sabine Parish. The facility offered walking trails, formal gardens, arboretum, the Azalea Overlook, waterfalls, and a visitor center. Originally, privately developed during the 1940s and opened to the public in 1956. The park was formally dedicated on May 1, 1959, and transferred to a non-profit foundation in 1960. In April 2007, it became part of the Louisiana public parks system.^[2] It is the largest horticultural park and recreation area in the United States and with the acquisition Hodges Garden became the newest park in Louisiana. As of February 20, 2018, ownership of Hodge's Garden State Park was transferred to the A. J. and Nona Trigg Hodges Foundation and closed. The park remains closed with no plans of reopening.^[3]