Destinations · Louisiana
LA · 29.9725, -92.1292
Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway, Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway and Promised Land Scenic Byway are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Abbeville, Louisiana.
Understand
The area around Abbeville near the Vermillion River, once known as La Chapelle, started seeing Acadian settlers as early as 1766. Then Père Antoine Désiré Mégret purchased a lot in 1843 and named it Abbeville, which ironically means 'priest town' but also is the name of the town he originated from in France, so the etymology is a little uncertain. At any rate, he designed the town in the manner of a sleepy French village, and that is more or less its character today, with a central square, Magdalen Square, bearing his likeness in the form of a statue, and Gothic style churches, etc.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Abbeville. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 19 mi out
State scenic byway · starts in town
State scenic byway · 10 mi out
State scenic byway · 15 mi out
State scenic byway · 15 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 43 mi
3 h 20 loop · 4 stops · back by 7:20 PM. Incorporates The Real French Destination Scenic Byway.
Touches The Real French Destination Scenic Byway, Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway, Promised Land Scenic Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 194 mi
7 h 52 loop · 6 stops · back by 11:52 PM. Incorporates Bayou Teche Scenic Byway.
Touches Bayou Teche Scenic Byway, Promised Land Scenic Byway, The Real French Destination Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Abbeville: 4 h, 43 miles, 4 stops; and 8 h, 194 miles, 6 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, McGee's Louisiana Swamp Tours and Adventures, Mcgees swamp tour, 82nd Airborne Division Memorial, Rural African American Museum and Acadian Village. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.