Visit
Notice: Many GPS and online mapping programs (including Apple Maps) send drivers on the levee. It is not necessary to take the levee road to get to Lakeport, or when starting from Lake Chicot State Park. Highway 142 is the best road (it’s paved) to access Lakeport. See correct directions from Google maps below.
Avoid these flawed directions to Lakeport:
Tours
Guided tours begin on the hour at the visitor’s center
Monday to Friday from 9 am – 3 pm. The last guided tour begins at 3 pm. Guided tours last an hour to an hour and a half.
Self-Guided tours begin at the visitor’s center
Monday to Friday from 9 am – 3:30 pm.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays
Memorial Day (Closed)
Independence Day (Closed)
Labor Day (Closed)
Thanksgiving (Closed)
Christmas (Closed)
Admission
General – $15 per person
Senior Citizen/Military/K-12 Students/Groups (8 or more) – $12 per person
Self-Guided – $10 per person
K-12 School Groups – $5 per student (one free chaperone for every 8 students)
Museum Member – Free
Children 5 & Under – Free
How to get here
Lakeport Plantation is located in Chicot County, Arkansas, a few hours from Memphis, Little Rock, Jackson or New Orleans. It serves as the southern anchor for the Arkansas portion of the Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway that spans 10 states on both sides of the Mississippi River. Lakeport is convenient to the new Hwy 82 Bridge. The bridge spans the Mississippi River to connect Lake Village, Arkansas to Greenville, Mississippi and is just 2 miles from Lakeport.
Notice: Many GPS and online mapping programs (including Apple Maps) send drivers on the levee road, especially when traveling east from Greenville, MS or from Lake Chicot State Park. It is not necessary to take the levee road to get to Lakeport. From U.S. Hwy 82, take Arkansas Highway 142 for 2 miles and then take the gravel entrance Lakeport. See directions from Google maps below.
Traveling from Lake Village, AR
| 1 | Head west on Main Street toward S. Duval Street |
| 2 | Turn left onto Commerce Street |
| 3 | Turn right onto US-278/US-65/US-82 |
| 4 | Turn right onto State Hwy 142 |
| 5 | Turn left |
Total: 12.5 mi – about 19 mins
Traveling from Lake Chicot State Park, AR
(Note: These directions from the Lake Chicot State Park to Lakeport intentionally route you through Lake Village, instead of the unpaved Levee Road. The route provided here is recommended but is NOT THE DEFAULT FOR MANNY MAPPING PROGRAMS.
| 1 | Head northeast on State Hwy 257 toward AR-144 E |
| 2 | Turn left onto AR-144 W |
| 3 | Continue onto AR-159 S/S Lakeshore Dr |
| 4 | Turn left onto US-278 E/US-65 S/US-82 E |
| 5 | Turn right onto State Hwy 142 |
| 5 | Turn left |
Total: 19.6 mi – about 28 mins
Traveling from Greenville, MS
| 1 | Head west on US-278 W/US-82 W toward Martin Luther King Jr Blvd |
| 2 | Turn left onto State Hwy 142 (signs for Arkansas 142/Lakeport) |
Total: 14.4 mi – about 21 mins
Traveling from Jonesboro, AR
| 1 | Get on US 49 N/US-63 S from S Church St, S Main St and Harrisburg Rd |
| 2 | Continue on US-63 S. Take US-61 S to State Hwy 142 in Carlton |
| 3 | Merge onto US 49 N/US-63 S |
| 4 | Take exit 1A for Interstate 55 S toward Memphis |
| 5 | Merge onto I-55 S. Entering Tennessee |
| 6 | Take the exit to stay on I-55 S toward Jackson Miss |
| 7 | Take exit 7 to merge onto US-61 S/S 3rd St toward Vicksburg. Continue to follow US-61 S. Entering Mississippi |
| 8 | Merge onto US-278 W/US-82 W via the ramp to Greenville. Entering Arkansas |
| 9 | Turn left onto State Hwy 142 (signs for Arkansas 142/Lakeport). Destination will be on the left. |
Total: 232 mi – about 3h 56 mins
Traveling from Little Rock, AR
| 1 | Get on I-630 E from Woodlane St |
| 2 | Follow I-530 S and US-65 S to State Hwy 142 in Carlton |
| 3 | Merge onto I-630 E |
| 4 | Take exit 139A-139B for I-30 W/I-30 E toward Texarkana/N Little Rock |
| 5 | Take exit 139B to merge onto I-30 W toward Texarkana |
| 6 | Continue onto US-167 S/US-65 S |
| 7 | Continue onto I-530 S |
| 8 | Continue onto US-425 S/US-65 S |
| 9 | Continue onto I-530 S. Continue onto US-278 E/US-82 E |
| 10 | Turn right onto State Hwy 142. Destination will be on the left |
Total: 140 mi – about 2h 20 mins
Traveling from Memphis, TN
| 1 | Beginning at the Memphis International Airport |
| 2 | Head west on Winchester Rd |
| 3 | Continue onto E Mitchell Rd |
| 4 | Turn left onto US-61 S/S 3rd St |
| 5 | Continue to follow US-61 S. Entering Mississippi |
| 6 | Merge onto US-278 W/US-82 W via the ramp to Greenville. Entering Arkansas |
| 7 | Turn left onto State Hwy 142 (signs for Arkansas 142/Lakeport). Destination will be on the left. |
Total: 161 mi – about 2h 51 mins
Traveling from New Orleans, LA
| 1 | Get on I-10 W from Poydras St |
| 2 | Head north on Carondelet St toward Union St |
| 3 | Take the 1st left onto Union St |
| 4 | Turn left onto Baronne St |
| 5 | Take the 2nd right onto Poydras St |
| 6 | Slight left to merge onto I-10 W toward Baton Rouge |
| 7 | Take I-55 N to MS-27 N in Copiah County. Take exit 72 from I-55 N |
| 8 | Merge onto I-10 W |
| 9 | Take exit 210 for Interstate 55 N toward Hammond |
| 10 | Merge onto I-55 N. Entering Mississippi |
| 11 | Take exit 72 for MS-27 N toward Utica |
| 12 | Get on I-20 W in Vicksburg from MS-27 N |
| 13 | Turn left onto MS-27 N |
| 14 | Turn right onto MS-18 E |
| 15 | Turn left onto MS-27 N |
| 16 | Turn left onto US-80/Clay St/Old U.S. 80 |
| 17 | Slight right to merge onto I-20 W |
| 18 | Follow I-20 W to Broadway St in Delhi. Take exit 153 from I-20 W |
| 19 | Merge onto I-20 W. Take exit 153 toward Delhi |
| 20 | Take LA-17 N and US-65 N to State Hwy 142 in Planters |
| 21 | Turn right onto Broadway St. Continue onto LA-17N/Main St. |
| 22 | Continue onto AR-159 N/S Archer St. Turn right onto W. Lee St. |
| 23 | Take the 1st left onto S Main St. Turn right onto E Armstrong St |
| 24 | Turn left onto US-65 N. Turn right onto US-278 E/US-82E |
| 25 | Turn right onto State Hwy 142. Destination will be on the left. |
Total: 292 mi – about 4h 41 mins
Cotton was first grown at Lakeport by Joel Johnson in 1831–nearly three decades before the 1859 Lakeport house was constructed.
Just 2 miles from Lakeport, the new Hwy 82 Bridge spans the Mississippi River connecting Lake Village, Arkansas to Greenville, Mississippi.
Notice: Many GPS and online mapping programs (including Apple Maps) send drivers on the levee. It is not necessary to take the levee road to get to Lakeport after turning onto Arkansas Highway 142 or when starting from Lake Chicot State Park. Highway 142 is the best road (it’s paved) to access Lakeport. See directions from Google maps above.
Basically, if your GPS tells you to take the Levee Rd, don’t do it.
