The park is one of the state's newest, as it opened to the public in 2010. Features: Camping sites, six cabins, 0.7-mile nature trail, canoe trail and rentals, boat launch, playground, splash pad ...

I have heard some refer to Palmetto State Park, not entirely inaccurately, as a “starter park.” At 270 acres, it is small, just like the hardy, evergreen dwarf palmetto for which it’s named.

Daybreak at Palmetto Island State Park located near Abbeville in South Louisiana. As the sunlight fills the forest and ponds, nature comes alive.

Palmetto Island State Park is close to 1,300 acres and is the newest state park in Louisiana, opening in the fall of 2010. Over 100,000 people have visited the park just this year, a record number.

What began as a great year for state parks - between Sept. 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015, park visitation was up almost 236,000 and park revenue up 5.4 percent over the same period the previous year ...

In the San Antonio area, Guadalupe River State Park and Palmetto State Park give park visitors a chance to go for a dip and beat the south Texas heat.