Paddling near Alexandria, LA

Set in Rapides Parish at the heart of central Louisiana, Alexandria sits where pine hills, prairie, and the Kisatchie National Forest meet a dense web of rivers, bayous, and reservoirs. Paddlers come for the clear water of Kincaid Reservoir just 10 miles west, the cypress coves of the Saline-Larto complex, and the marked canoe trail at Lake Chicot. The Red River runs right through town.