Baton Rouge, Louisiana

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Nottoway Plantation House.jpg|thumb|[[Nottoway Plantation]] located near [[White Castle, Louisiana|White Castle]], {{convert|26|mi}} south of Baton Rouge]]
Baton Rouge has an extensive park collection presided over by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC). The largest park is City Park near the Louisiana State University flagship campus. Another notable park is [[Highland Road Community Park]], spanning over {{Convert|144|acre|ha}}. The [[Baton Rouge Zoo]] is also run through BREC and includes over 1,800 species.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.brec.org/ |title = The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge |access-date = April 14, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409170810/http://www.brec.org/ |archive-date = April 9, 2008 |url-status = live }}</ref>

===National protected areas===
The city is home to 7 national protected areas, and at least 15 places on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|National Register of Historic Places]]: [[Atchafalaya National Heritage Area]]; [[Baton Rouge National Cemetery]]; [[Independence Park Botanic Gardens]]; [[Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum]]; [[LSU Hilltop Arboretum]]; [[Magnolia Cemetery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)|Magnolia Cemetery]]; and [[Port Hudson National Cemetery]].

Among its protected areas, the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area extends the length of the [[Atchafalaya Basin]] from the area of [[Ferriday, Louisiana|Ferriday]] in the north to the river's mouth beyond [[Morgan City, Louisiana|Morgan City]]; the designation provides a framework for the promotion and interpretation of the area's cultural and historic character, and the preservation of the natural and built environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=America's French Foreign Country |url=https://www.atchafalaya.org/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Atchafalaya National Heritage Area}}</ref> The Cohn Arboretum previously served as the site for the Cohn family's home; its land was donated in 1965 and the arboretum opened in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum |url=https://www.brec.org/index.cfm/park/CohnArboretum |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Parks & Recreation in East Baton Rouge Parish}}</ref> LSU's arboretum was originally developed in 1929 and donated to the university in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LSU Hilltop Arboretum |url=https://www.lsu.edu/hilltop/about/index.php |website=Louisiana State University}}</ref>