Northlake Nature Center is situated in the heart of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, it is also adjacent to Pelican Park Sports Complex and the 31-mile Tammany Trace Rails-to-Trails path. It has 3 main biking and hiking trails. Eagle Trail Loop, South Loop, and North Loop. The Center offers visitors the opportunity to experience three different ecosystems: hardwood forest, pine-hardwood forest and pond-swamp. The ponds in the cypress swamp area are the result of beaver dams and a beaver lodge is visible from one of the centers raised boardwalks.
On Hwy 190 across from Fountainebleau State Park, on Bayou Castine, just a few minutes east of Mandeville.
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