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Fontainbleau State Park

Mandeville, LA

Fontainbleau State Park is a 4.8 mile loop trail with a 1.25 mile nature trail option located near Mandeville, Louisiana. The trail is primarily used for hiking and mountain biking.

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Bogue Chitto State Park Gorge Run Trail
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4 Completed 6 Reviews

Gorgeous hike. Trees everywhere and plenty of hills. The gorge was beautiful and the scenery at the bottom was fantastic with streams and a small swamp. Saw four armadillos and one rabbit and a lot of squirrels. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a moderate hike in Louisiana. It's the only trail I've found that has plenty of hills. If you go fast enough you can definitely work up a sweat.

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Bogue Chitto State Park Gorge Run Trail
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4 Completed 6 Reviews

Gorgeous hike. Trees everywhere and plenty of hills. The gorge was beautiful and the scenery at the bottom was fantastic with streams and a small swamp. Saw four armadillos and one rabbit and a lot of squirrels. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for a moderate hike in Louisiana. It's the only trail I've found that has plenty of hills. If you go fast enough you can definitely work up a sweat.

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Hooper Road Park
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6 Completed 1 Reviews

Great trail for Baton Rouge area.

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Sugarcane Trail
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4 Completed 4 Reviews

Great 7.6 mile loop. Only people we saw while hiking were people fishing on the lake. Mid 70s and mostly sunny, couldn't ask for better. When the trail splits after the second road crossing its an easier hike if you go left. Just follow the red diamonds and enjoy!

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Fontainbleau State Park
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4 Completed 6 Reviews

Gorgeous hike. The state park is beautiful with plenty of wildlife and landmarks to see. I went down the Bayou Cane trail which got really close to the lake. Was a little disappointed to find one of the platforms going out on the lake was busted, but it was still very senic. There are plenty of old trees with Spanish Moss hanging from the limbs making this a very picturesque trail. Will definitely going back to Fontainbleau to go down the other trails.

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Northlake Nature Center South Loop
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4 Completed 6 Reviews

I was expecting a little more out of this trail than what I got. Granted, I did get to see some Armadillos up close so that evened it out. I guess it was too close to civilization for my liking. I went down the South, and north trails which were through the woods and near the lake and creeks. But the whole time I was on the North trail I could hear a baseball game going on at a nearby park. And when I stepped out onto the main trail I was practically on the baseball field. But it was still enjoyable never-the-less. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an easy hike.

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Lake D'Arbonne State Park Trail
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4 Completed 4 Reviews

There are several trails to chose from depending upon how far you'd like to hike. We took the white trail which starts at the Visitor Center and loops around the lake. Beautiful views of the lake especially off of the docks. Trails are very well marked. There's also a disc golf course set up along part of the trail, very cool (don't forget your frisbee!).

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Fontainbleau State Park
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1 Completed 1 Reviews

The good news is the $1 entry fee is well worth the price. The trail is really in disrepair and if anyone knows of a community group working to improve it please reply. I might not think it is much but that is wear and tear not disrespect for the area. Would like to help improve it. Beautiful landscape, wide trails, and lots of distance to cover. Just would like to see some more mile markers and some of the elevated areas repaired (the boardwalk and small bridges). It is in a bayou area so when it is wet it is really wet.

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Port Hudson State Historic Site's Trail
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12 Completed 5 Reviews

This trail is beautiful and very well kept with great boardwalks but there were so many banana spiders everywhere! Don't go when they're making webs!

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Jean Lafitte National Park Barataria
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4 Completed 6 Reviews

Beautiful hike. Very scenic trail and a very easy hike when the trail's not wet. You do see a lot of animals: everything from Deer to snakes. Just watch out for the dreaded Water Moccasin. They like to camp out on or near the small wood elevations on the path and sun themselves. Overall I would recommend it to any nature enthusiast.

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