Louisiana
Looking for the best running in Louisiana? We've got you covered with the top trails, trips, hiking, backpacking, camping and more around Louisiana. The detailed guides, photos, and reviews are all submitted by the Outbound community.
Top Running Spots in and near Louisiana
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Simsboro, Louisiana
Hike Driskill Mountain
2 mi / 170 ft gainThis 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...Read more -
Metairie, Louisiana
Watch the Sunset on the Southern Banks of Lake Pontchartrain
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...Read more -
New Orleans, Louisiana
Run the Street Car Line in Uptown New Orleans
4.04 mi / 0 ft gainThe 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...Read more -
Mandeville, Louisiana
Sunset Stroll on the Mandeville Lakefront
4.53 miAltogether 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...Read more -
New Orleans, Louisiana
Run The Audubon Park Trail in New Orleans
4.02 mi / 0 ft gainAudubon 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,...Read more -
Covington, Louisiana
Ride along the Tammany Trace
4.028 miThe 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...Read more -
Lacombe, Louisiana
Hike the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge Trail
5.01 mi / 0 ft gainThe 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...Read more
