East Loop

East Loop: 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 trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit East Loop

Season: October to February.

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 East Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.42697, -91.02615. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near East Loop

• Independence Park Botanic Gardens · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~10 km · Must-see
• LSU Rural Life Museum · museum · Wilkinson · ~11 km · Must-see
• Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~13 km · Must-see
• Spanish Lake · lake · Wilkinson · ~19 km · Must-see
• Mike the Tiger Habitat · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~19 km · Must-see
• Saint James Episcopal Church · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~19 km · Must-see
• St. Joseph Cathedral · church · Wilkinson · ~20 km · Must-see
• Saint Joseph Cathedral · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~20 km · Must-see
• USS Kidd · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~20 km · Must-see
• Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum · park · Wilkinson · ~21 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Zoo · park · Wilkinson · ~25 km · Must-see
• National Hansen's Disease Museum · museum · Iberville Parish · ~34 km · Must-see
• Landry Tomb · fort · Ascension Parish · ~46 km · Must-see
• Tickfaw State Park · sanctuary · Livingston Parish · ~46 km · Must-see
• Bayou Corne Sinkhole · lake · Assumption Parish · ~60 km · Must-see
• Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Saint John the Baptist Parish · ~61 km · Must-see
• Audubon State Historic Site · park · West Feliciana Parish · ~62 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of East Loop

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