Kisatchie National Forest, United States National Forest in central Louisiana, United States.

Kisatchie National Forest is a large woodland area in central Louisiana with pine forests, swamps, and cypress groves spread across seven parishes. The landscape offers trails for hiking, riding, and biking along with camping areas managed by five ranger districts throughout the property.

The forest was established in 1930 under President Herbert Hoover as part of a national program to restore forests across America. Its name honors the Kichai Indians, who were part of the Caddo Confederacy and lived in this region.

The name Kisatchie comes from the Kichai, a tribe of the Caddo Confederacy. The forest's five ranger districts are named Calcasieu, Caney, Catahoula, Kisatchie and Winn, and the Evangeline Unit holds the remains of Camp Claiborne, a U.S. Army post of World War II. The Kisatchie Hills Wilderness, 35.12 km2, is a designated reserve within the forest.

Visitors will find trails of different difficulty levels for hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking throughout the forest. Arriving at any of the five ranger district offices provides maps and advice on the best times to visit depending on what you want to do.

The forest holds rare natural prairies and protects endangered animals including the Louisiana pine snake and the red-cockaded woodpecker. These creatures are hard to spot, but their presence shows the forest serves as a refuge for species that have vanished elsewhere.