The Best Running in Louisiana

This short, family friendly hike offers a peaceful walk in the North Louisiana woods. Multiple times, I've seen deer and rabbits on the trail. In spring and summer beautiful wildflowers line the trail from start to finish. It offers a great opportunity for anyone of any age to enjoy. The very gen...

Just a fifteen minutes from the hustle and bustle of New Orleans, one can find possibly the best spot in all of the New Orleans Metro Area, "The Levee", as locals call it. At the listed location, there is a shell beach where you can enter on your SUP, Kayak, or Canoe. This location is also a popu...

The historic street car line that runs from uptown New Orleans to Downtown New Orleans is the perfect place to run and experience the city if you are visiting. 22 miles of track allow you to choose from many different sections to run. The best section in my opinion is the section from the interse...

Altogether this is about a 1.5 mile walk from one end to the other, 3 miles there and back. It's often full of interesting people. Typically around sunset in the warmer months, you can find a man somewhere along the Lakefront playing his violin. The music is beautiful. I have no idea who he is bu...

Audubon Park offers an oasis in the middle of the hustle and bustle of New Orleans. The park offers a 1.8 mile paved loop for running, biking, or taking the dog for a walk. The loop surrounds the Audubon golf course in the center of uptown New Orleans. Audubon Park is dotted with beautiful ponds,...

The trail on the boardwalk is about a mile but you also have the option to walk the full hike which is 6.8 miles. It almost completely flat the whole time and its one of my favorite places to go near New Orleans. There's also free guided walks available as well with groups so you can learn more a...

The Trace is an old railroad line turned into a biking, hiking, horse riding, trail. Most of the corridor is 200-feet wide, traversing lush woods that form a canopy overhead. There are 31 bridges in peppered throughout the Trace, and many of them are magnificent timber bridges, once railroad tres...

Bluebonnet Swamp Trail is a loop trail where you may see local wildlife located near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Red River National Wildlife Refuge Yellow Trail is a loop trail that takes you by a lake located near Bossier City, Louisiana.

Lake Chicot Loop Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Ville Platte, Louisiana.

Upland Trail is a loop trail that takes you through a nice forest located near Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

Wild Azalea Trail is a point-to-point trail that takes you by a lake located near Woodworth, Louisiana.

Trail A is a loop trail where you may see local wildlife located near Lettsworth, Louisiana.

South Landing Trail is an out-and-back trail that takes you by a lake located near Ville Platte, Louisiana.

Tickfaw State Park River Loop is a loop trail that takes you by a river located near Springfield, Louisiana.

Blue Swamp Creek Nature Trail is a loop trail where you may see beautiful wildflowers located near Covington, Louisiana.