The NEW Fin & Feather Resort

Sabine National Forest
and Hiking Trails

• Wild Azalea Canyons - Famous since the 1800s, this area provides a wonderful spot for year round hiking and in March it blossoms with wild Azaleas - about a 30 minute drive South.
• Canyon Rim Woodlands Trail - Nearby, easy access, well marked trails, and an easy walk in the woods makes this trail a great one to visit. About 20 minutes driving time from the resort.
• Trail Between the Lakes - This 28 mile trail, primarily through Sabine National Forest, has many points where you can enter or leave the trail to make your excursion in the woods as long - or brief - as you like. It begins "just down the road" from Fin & Feather, at the Lakeviw Recreation Site. and passes right by the resort.
• Boles Field Recreation Area - The Boles Field area is a tradition with fox hunters and is home to the National Fox Hound cemetery. Boles Field is about a 45 minute scenic drive away.
• Moore Wildlife Management Area: A few miles up the road, the 27,034 acre Moore Plantation Wildlife Management Area offers hunting and camping. Portable deer stands may be used but may not be left unattended for more than 72 hours.

Birding

• Blessed with many native species and a multitude of migratory species passing through, the area is a favorite among bird watchers. A number of eagles makes their homes on the lake.

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 across the lake, a pleasant drive of about an hour.

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

• Nearby Hemphill, Texas offers some charming craft and gift shops, a historic county jail and museum, and the unforgettable "Cedar Tree Domino Players".
• 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.