Destinations · Louisiana
LA · 30.4500, -91.1500
Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway, Great River Road and River Road Scenic Byway are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Understand
The name of Baton Rouge was given on 17 March 1699, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville, led an expedition along the Mississippi River. The early French explorers found a pole stained with blood of fish and animals that served as the dividing line between the Bayougoula and Houmas Indians. It is from this "red stick" that Iberville called the city le Baton Rouge, French for "red stick". The city was founded in 1721.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Baton Rouge. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 3 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 5 mi out
State scenic byway · 2 mi out
State scenic byway · 30 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 · 17 mi
2 h 59 loop · 3 stops · back by 1:59 PM. Incorporates Great River Road.
Touches Great River Road, River Road Scenic Byway, Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 171 mi
7 h 59 loop · 7 stops · back by 6:58 PM. Incorporates Bayou Teche Scenic Byway.
Touches Bayou Teche Scenic Byway, River Road Scenic Byway, Great River Road
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Baton Rouge: 4 h, 17 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 171 miles, 7 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Mississippi River Bridge, McGee's Louisiana Swamp Tours and Adventures, Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, Mcgees swamp tour, 82nd Airborne Division Memorial and Expressway Park. 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.