Nearby Louisiana State Commemorative Areas

• Fort Jesup State Commemorative Area - originally a fort on the border of the United States (at the time of the Louisiana Purchase) and Spanish Texas.
• Los Adaes State Commemorative Area - the symbol of New Spain in Louisiana, this was once the capital of Texas.
• Mansfield State Commemorative Area - site of a major Confederate victory in the Civil War.
• Rebel State Commemorative Area - site of the grave of the Unknown Confederate Soldier and home of the Louisiana Country Music Museum
• All of these areas regularly schedule demonstrations and functions to entertain and educate.

Area Golfing

• Cypress Bend is a championship 18-hole golf course. Experience playing through an impressive series of inlets and bluffs while overlooking the lake on all 18 holes. Cypress Bend is "just down the road" - about a 10 minute drive.
• Emerald Hills is an 18-hole championship golf course, rated among the South's finest. Well manicured greens and lush fairways provide the golfer an ever challenging and exciting round. Emerald Hills is further away - South of Many, Louisiana.

Hodges Gardens

• World famous Hodges Gardens is a short, pleasant drive South of Many, Louisiana.
• Hodges Gardens is the nation's largest privately owned horticultural parkland and wildlife refuge and is one of Sabine Parish's most celebrated attractions.
• The gardens have a staff of 23 full time and 5 part-time employees. Most of these work in the formal garden, gift shop and greenhouse areas, though there is a small administrative staff. The greenhouse personnel raise many of the Garden's flowers and foliage from either seeds or cuttings. However, some flowers, such as 42,000 tulips from Holland, must be bought from outside growers. The flowers are used to fill the 75 beds located throughout the 60-acre main garden area. The gardeners replace the plants several times each year with the different spring, summer and autumn seasonal plant groups.

Gaming

• A scenic drive North will take you to Shreveport - Bossier City and some exciting riverboat gambling on the historic Red River, fine restaurants, shopping and entertainment.
• Two Indian casinos in Marksville and Coushotta are also only a pleasant drive away from the resort.

Other Attractions

• Lagniappe Trade Days, a huge flea market, is held the weekend before the 4th Monday of every month just down the road from Bridge Bay Resort.
• Sabine Speedway is a quarter mile oval stock-car racing track that has races March through November on Saturday nights - just North of Many, Louisiana.
• Many major fishing tournaments are held on Toledo Bend Reservoir - some weekends will find two tournaments being held at the same time!
• Frequent festivals in the area such as: Zwolle Tamale Fiesta, Fisher Sawmill Days, Battle of Pleasant Hill Festival, Florien Free State Festival, Zwolle Loggers Festival
• Fort Polk - Ft. Polk is the nation's fifth largest military installation and is the cornerstone of this west central part of Louisiana. It began as Camp Polk in the early 1940's, but has evolved into one of the U.S. Army's most modern facilities. It now serves as the home of the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center.
• Fort St. Jean Baptiste - Now in the heart of historic downtown Natchitoches, Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site portrays the history and culture of French Colonial Louisiana. Located on the Cane River, the fort is a replication of the original fort that was built in 1732 to prevent the Spanish of East Texas from advancing into French Louisiana.
• Natchitoches - Natchitoches is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase Territory (1714). Unique architecture, including the largest assortment of Creole architecture in the Mississippi Valley, scenic beauty, the 33-mile-long Cane River Lake meandering through the center of the city, a Historic Landmark District, Landmarks Melrose Plantation and Kate Chopin Home, Magnolia and Beau Fort Plantations. Trolley and boat rides, a National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, National Center for Historic Preservation, museums, art galleries, theaters.