Shell Keys

Shell Keys: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Shell Keys

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Shell Keys — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.41689, -91.85540. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shell Keys

• Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Iberia Parish · ~20 km · Must-see
• Trinity Shoal Light · attraction · Vermilion Parish · ~52 km · Must-see
• Freshwater Bayou · lake · Vermilion Parish · ~61 km · Must-see
• Point Au Fer · beach · Terrebonne Parish · ~62 km · Must-see
• Jungle Gardens · sanctuary · Iberia Parish · ~69 km · Must-see
• Palmetto Island State Park · park · Vermilion Parish · ~70 km · Must-see
• Marsh Island · river spot · Iberia Parish · ~20 km
• East Cote Blanche Bay · beach · Iberia Parish · ~33 km
• Hell Hole · beach · Vermilion Parish · ~41 km
• Bayou Sale Bay · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~42 km
• Cypremort Point Beach · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~45 km
• Red Bluff · viewpoint · Saint Mary Parish · ~48 km
• Cote Blanche Island · river spot · Saint Mary Parish · ~50 km
• Jaws Bay · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~55 km
• Little White Lake · beach · Vermilion Parish · ~60 km
• Atchafalaya Bay · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~61 km
• East Bay · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~62 km
• Little Bay · beach · Saint Mary Parish · ~62 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Shell Keys

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Shell Keys

• Marsh Island · river spot · Iberia Parish · ~20 km
• Cote Blanche Island · river spot · Saint Mary Parish · ~50 km
• Avery Island · river spot · Iberia Parish · ~67 km
• Avoca Island · river spot · Saint Mary Parish · ~92 km
• Rabbit Island · river spot · Iberia Parish · ~34 km
• Tojan Island · river spot · Vermilion Parish · ~34 km
• Deadman Island · river spot · Vermilion Parish · ~37 km
• Tucky Hammock · river spot · Saint Mary Parish · ~42 km
• Shark Island · river spot · Iberia Parish · ~48 km
• Sherman Island · river spot · Saint Mary Parish · ~49 km

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