Fontainebleau State Park

Mandeville · 62883 Hwy 190 Mandeville LA 70448

Location Details

Visual Character

“A vast North Shore Louisiana park along Lake Pontchartrain with ancient live oak canopies, moss-draped shoreline, ruins of a 19th-century sugar plantation and brickworks, and a broad lakeside beach. The oak canopies create extraordinary natural light filtering.”

About this location

FONTAINEBLEAU STATE PARK ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN'S NORTH SHORE DELIVERS LOUISIANA'S QUINTESSENTIAL MOSS-DRAPED SOUTHERN GOTHIC LANDSCAPE AT SIGNIFICANT SCALE. ANCIENT LIVE OAKS ARCH OVER PARK ROADS AND SHORELINES, CREATING THE KIND OF FILTERED CANOPY LIGHT THAT CINEMATOGRAPHERS PLAN ENTIRE SHOOTS AROUND. THE REMNANT RUINS OF THE 19TH-CENTURY BRINGIER SUGAR PLANTATION — BRICK WALLS HALF-CONSUMED BY SUBTROPICAL VEGETATION — PROVIDE AUTHENTIC PERIOD ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT RESTORATION. A BROAD LAKE PONT