Historic Live Oak Grove- City Park

The Park is home to one of the oldest grove of registered live oaks in the world, including the magnificent Anseman Oak and McDonogh Oak, which are estimated to be over 500 years old. The majority of City Park’s oldest and largest live oaks are located along the lagoon which was created from Bayou Metairie, the remnant of an ancient tributary of the Mississippi River. One can find the Old Grove between Bayou Metairie and City Park Avenue. Under these young trees the Native Americans who traveled Bayou Metairie camped. The McDonogh Oak, Anseman Oak, and Suicide Oak are among the remnants of this ancient forest which started long before Iberville and Bienville first scouted the area for a site to build the city and port that later became New Orleans.