# Road trips in Louisiana > 6 road trips and 12 hand-picked places in Louisiana, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/louisiana/ 6 road trips and 12 hand-picked places in Louisiana, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Louisiana - [Cajun Country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/cajun-country/): Zydeco in Breaux Bridge, the history of slavery at Whitney Plantation and Tabasco on Avery Island. - [Louisiana’s Creole Nature Trail](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b9-creole-nature-trail/): A loop from Lake Charles through marsh, wildlife refuges and remote Gulf beaches, with a short ferry ride across the ship channel. - [Louisiana’s River Road: plantations, Baton Rouge and St. Francisville](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-louisiana-river-road/): Creole plantations along the Mississippi, the tallest state capitol in the United States and the gardens and bluffs of St. Francisville. - [Music highway: Nashville to New Orleans](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/music-highway/): Country, soul, blues and jazz, with Memphis in the middle. - [The Mississippi Gulf Coast on US-90](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b9-mississippi-gulf-coast/): From New Orleans to the art towns and long beaches of the Mississippi coast, with a lighthouse, an antebellum beach house and a bayou campground. - [Piney Woods and Caddo Lake: Tyler to Shreveport](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-caddo-piney-woods/): Roses and pine forest around Tyler, riverboat-era Jefferson and the cypress swamp of Caddo Lake on the Texas–Louisiana line. ## Places worth the detour in Louisiana - [Pintail Wildlife Drive](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b9-pintail-drive/): A gravel loop through the ponds and rice fields of Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. Winter brings huge flocks of ducks and geese; alligators sun on the banks. - [Oak Alley Plantation](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-oak-alley/): A 1839 Greek Revival mansion at the end of a double row of 28 live oaks about 300 years old. The site includes a reconstructed slave quarters exhibit; large parking lot for RVs. - [Café du Monde](https://camping-spirit.com/places/cafe-du-monde/): Beignets under a heap of powdered sugar and chicory café au lait. It has been open around the clock in the French Quarter since 1862. - [Avery Island](https://camping-spirit.com/places/avery-island/): A salt dome where Tabasco sauce has been made since 1868, with a garden full of egrets. - [Whitney Plantation](https://camping-spirit.com/places/whitney-plantation/): A museum that tells the story of slavery through the lives of the people enslaved there. - [Sabine NWR Wetland Walkway](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b9-sabine-wetland-walkway/): A boardwalk loop into the marsh on the Creole Nature Trail, with alligators, wading birds and an observation tower. Bring insect repellent. - [Holly Beach](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b9-holly-beach/): A long, low Gulf beach known locally as the Cajun Riviera, rebuilt several times after hurricanes. Services are few, so bring water and shade. - [Rutherford Beach](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b9-rutherford-beach/): A remote Gulf beach at the end of a road through the marsh, where you can often drive onto the hard sand. Check the tide and sand before driving on. - [Laura Plantation](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-laura-plantation/): A brightly painted Creole plantation house on LA-18 with tours based on the memoirs of Laura Locoul and records of the enslaved people who worked the land. Guided tours run through the day; book ahead in peak season. - [Louisiana State Capitol](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-la-capitol/): At 137 m the tallest state capitol in the United States, built in 1932 under Governor Huey Long, who was shot in its halls. The free observation deck on the 27th floor looks over the Mississippi. - [Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-rosedown/): A 1835 plantation house with original furnishings and formal gardens of camellias and azaleas under an oak alley. Spring is the best season for the gardens. - [Audubon State Historic Site (Oakley House)](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b19-audubon-shs/): The plantation house where John James Audubon painted birds in 1821, now a museum with his prints, in a forest with short nature trails. Quiet, cheap and good for birding. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Louisiana?** Popular routes include Cajun Country, Louisiana’s Creole Nature Trail, Louisiana’s River Road: plantations, Baton Rouge and St. Francisville and Music highway: Nashville to New Orleans. CampingSpirit has 6 trip guides that pass through Louisiana, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Louisiana are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Pintail Wildlife Drive and Oak Alley Plantation.