Atchafalaya, Lake Fausse Point SP Louisiana A
Kayak paddle route trail map launching from the Lake Fausse Pointe State Park in southern Louisiana. This is the first of a dozen or so paddle trips in the Atchafalaya Basin area. The state park is located a bit east of Lafayette LA, and about 20 miles south down Levee Road which borders the west side of Bayou Chene (as labeled by Google maps). This was a first time here, two nights at the state park. Food options are limited near the park so (next time) bring something to eat. There is little or no cell phone coverage. The trail route above is a counterclockwise circle that follows a suggested park trail, but which expands to include all the out and back side channels. By satellite map some of these look like they would go quite a ways, but they all dead-end fairly quickly and the phone-pinned turnaround points are shown as yellow dots on the map. Lots of gators here, after all this is the enormous Atchafalaya basin and real Louisiana swamp.
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Launch Site Google Maps Link
Above: Looks like this.
Above: Lake-front cabins for rent at the park.
Above: It doesn’t work. And there was no leftover change in the coin return.
Above: Something is there.
