Creole Nature Trail
All-American Road 188 mi in Louisiana.
About the Creole Nature Trail
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.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: All-American Road, National Scenic Byway, Louisiana State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- on the roadJetty RV Park · City, county or regional park
- on the roadIntracoastal Park Campground · City, county or regional park
- 2.2 mi offRutherford Beach Camping Area · City, county or regional park
- 3.6 mi offWhite Oak Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 12 sites
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.