Creole Nature Trail All-American Road
Known as Louisiana's Outback, the Creole Nature Trail meanders through marshes, prairies, and along the Gulf of Mexico. As you loop through Calcasieu and Cameron parishes in Southwest Louisiana, view alligators and birds up close and in the wild, along with colorful wildflowers and rare cheniers shaped by salty winds.
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Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Located overlooking beautiful Lake Charles, visitor information center is open seven days a week (except holidays). Here you can get a complimentary cup of coffee, view the lakefro...
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Brimstone Museum Complex
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Located in the Southern Pacific Railway Depot, built in1915, the Brimstone Museum features a history of the sulfur industry, the Frasch Mining process and the role the industry pla...
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Intracoastal Park
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Known by locals as the place to crab and fish, Intracoastal Park offers sportsmen and families a great destination. The park features a number of amenities including an open-air pa...
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Hackberry
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
The community of Hackberry is essentially an island only twenty-three feet above sea level. Hackberry is home to some of the first oil wells drilled in Louisiana, but today it is m...
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Brown's Grocery
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
This wonderful store and deli is a must stop location when traveling the Creole Nature Trail. Offering a huge variety of foods, the store also sells fishing and hunting licenses, i...
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Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is the oldest and largest of three national wildlife refuges along the Creole Nature Trail. Established in 1937, this refuge of almost 125,000 acres...
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Hog Island Gully Recreation Area
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
It is the refuge’s ability to control the movement of water that is the most important key to effective marsh management in coastal areas. At Hog Island Gully, you will see various...
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Blue Goose Trail
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Blue Goose Trail on Sabine National Wildlife Refuge offers an accessible observation tower and the chance to take an easy short walk along a tree-lined trail to the shore of Lake C...
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Wetland Walkway
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
An incredible 3-mile handicap accessible boardwalk directly into the heart of the saltwater marsh, Sabine National Wildlife Refuges Wetland Walkway is an excellent way to experienc...
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Holly Beach
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Prior to Hurricane Rita in 2005, Holly Beach was a resort area known as the “Cajun Riviera.” Cabins, trailers and beach homes formerly crowded together along the wide sandy beach....
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Peveto Woods Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Peveto Woods Bird & Butterfly Sanctuary is a critical amenity for our winged neo-tropical visitors. The first rest stop available on their journey from Central and South America, t...
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Sabine Pass Lighthouse
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
The Sabine Pass Lighthouse, one of only three built in the United States of similar design, went into operation in 1857. It remained lit for 95 years with the exception of a brief ...
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Calcasieu Ship Channel/Cameron Ferry
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Crossing the Calcasieu Ship Channel via the Cameron Ferry, you will see commercial and recreational watercrafts (often hugely disproportionate in size!) moving side by side. This c...
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Cameron Courthouse
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Built in 1937 as a Depression Era Works Progress Administration project, the Cameron Parish Courthouse was definitely built to last. This sturdy building survived Hurricanes Audrey...
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Cameron Jetties Fishing Pier & RV Park
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
From the Jetty Fishing Pier, you can watch the hustle and bustle of boats coming and going along the Calcasieu Ship Channel which is protected by the three quarter mile long jetty ...
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Rutherford Beach
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Rutherford Beach is a pristine beach with very few homes or developments. Visit this beach for surf fishing, shelling, strolling along the sand, or just sitting on the sand absorbi...
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Airboat Rides & Alligators
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Locals Ben and Michelle Welch (and their daughter, aka “gator girl”, Shelby) will take you directly into the heart of the wetlands via airboat. The only craft designed to easily gl...
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Grand Chenier
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Have you ever heard of a Chenier? The word means oak place. The oaks here were propagated by the Native Americans for their acorns as a food source and by early government official...
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Price Lake Nature Drive
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Five-mile nature drive, located just west of Rockefeller Refuge headquarters. This drive offers an excellent opportunity to experience this remarkable disappearing coastal wetland ...
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Rockefeller Refuge
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge is managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The Rockefeller Foundation donated the land to the state back in 1919. But the most d...
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Rollover
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Actually a water-color structure for Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Rollover is a favorite location for recreational crabbing and fishing. When the crabs are “running”, this is a gre...
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Conway Lebleu Memorial Bridge
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Crossing the Intracoastal Waterway, the Conway Lebleu Memorial Bridge offers an incredible multi-modal view. From the top of the bridge, you can see watercraft (recreational as wel...
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Pintail Wildlife Drive & Boardwalk
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
As you drive along Pintail Wildlife Drive you may see marsh birds, mammals and alligators. But it is during winter that you will witness a truly wild waterfowl spectacle. Four mil...
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Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
The main visitor center for the Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex, comprised of Cameron Prairie, Sabine, Lacassine and Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuges, Came...
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Calcasieu Lake (Big Lake)
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Lake Calcasieu is known locally as Big Lake. The marina at Hebert’s Landing is the primary access point along the east shore for fishing and hunting on the lake. Here you will find...
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Lacassine Wildlife Drive/Lacassine Pool
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge is home to great bass fishing in an impoundment known as “The Pool.” “Florida bass” weighing in excess of 10 pounds are caught here regularly. Th...
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Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Near the headquarters of Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge there is a wildlife viewing tower, hiking trail, and bank fishing opportunities. While traveling between refuge headquar...
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Lake Charles
Last Modified: Apr 25, 2013
Spend time in Lake Charles to experience its famous Cajun culture as expressed in its food, music and architecture. Lake Charles is the Festival Capital of Louisiana. With over 75 ...