Chemin-A-Haut, Bartholomew
Kayak paddle trail route in Chemin-A-Haut State Park, off of Highway 425 coming north out of Monroe, Louisiana. Within the park is a boat launch for access to Bayou Bartholomew. About two miles up the bayou there is a left hand channel for Chemin-A-Haut Bayou. This channel is well known for its collection of enrmous cypress trees. The most famous of these, Castle Tree, is even marked on google maps, and people photograph themselves inside the cavern created by the trunk. And other cypress along this channel are also huge, nothing can beat Chemin-A-Haut for the sheer size of the trees. The route in the map above is a linear out and back, up to ‘Chem Cutoff Road’. Some of this channel was kind of brushy, but there were large cypress the whole way up.
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Launch Site Google Maps Link
Above: Like this.
Above: The Chemin-A-Haut State Park boat launch.
Above: A kayak can about fit inside.
Above: Channel is brushier further upstream.
