Golf in Natchitoches

Natchitoches Parish is home to the oldest permanent European settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory — Natchitoches (pronounced "Nack-uh-tush") was founded by the French in 1714 on Cane River Lake, a former channel of the Red River. The town's historic brick buildings, antebellum homes, and Christmas festival of lights draw visitors to a place that retains a genuine sense of its layered French, Spanish, Creole, and Cajun heritage. Northwestern Hills Golf Course serves this community in the characteristic red-clay upland terrain of central-north Louisiana, where the landscape tilts gently toward the river valleys. Louisiana State University in Natchitoches — Northwestern State University — gives the town a student presence that broadens the golf demographic beyond retirees and members.