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Louisiana Motorcycle Roads and Trips

Louisiana (LA) boasts having some of the richest & most colorful cultural heritages in the US. Motorcycle riders can find scenic motorcycle roads intertwined with fascinating cultural & historical stops in places such as New Orleans, Cajun country and the plantation areas. Motorcycle rides can include visits to prominent historical sites from the War of 1812 and the Civil War as well as shopping at antique shops and artisan craft shops. Motorcycle roads along southern Louisiana feature coastal runs along some of Louisiana's 397 miles of Gulf Coast territory.

Bayou Browsing for the Monkey (Sep 07)

… this trip offers a beautiful contrast of sceneries - on the one side of the road are farms and fields yet on the other side is the bayou with plenty of cypress trees and live oaks that absolutely look centuries old - neat ride - you'll love it

Scenery:
4 stars		 Road Quality:
5 stars		 Amenities:
2 stars

A circle around Toledo Bend Reservoir (Jul 06)

… trip has beautiful country farm land with a lot of hills and creeks to cross over … good road with a lot of hills and curves and some straight-aways

Scenery:
3 stars		 Road Quality:
4 stars		 Amenities:
3 stars

Fried Livers & Gizzards (May 06)

… ride through country, rolling hills, forest, swamp and wetlands … you will be following the Amite River for a good portion and crossing back and forth over the river and hill/valley's that govern it's course … this route has some of everything - just when you are tried of straight and flat it gets hilly and twisty

Scenery:
4 stars		 Road Quality:
4 stars		 Amenities:
3 stars

Route 22 from Sorrento to Ponchatoula (Apr 05)

… awesome scenery - especially when you run along the Bayou … stop in Ponchatoula and get some fresh strawberries

Scenery:
4 stars		 Road Quality:
4 stars		 Amenities:
3 stars

River Road to Natchez (Aug 02)

… a beautiful trip riding the Mississippi river levee ... nNo amenities whatsoever but no traffic too … beautiful fields, woods, long bridges, views of river lakes and locks

Scenery:
4 stars		 Road Quality:
5 stars		 Amenities:
1 star

Creole Nature Trail (Aug 01)

… see a wide variety of interesting things such as the Intracoastal Waterway … starts out in flat marshlands … you will see shrimp boats trying to catch shrimp heading to the Gulf of Mexico

Scenery:
3 stars 		Road Quality:
2 stars		 Amenities:
3 stars

Key

Read this to understand our rating system.

All our motorcycle roads and trips are rated on three key categories:

  1. Scenery
  2. Road Quality
  3. Roadside Amenities
Read the description below for each of the categories to understand what qualities give a road a strong or weak rating in each of the categories.
Category
A 5 star rating indicates ...
 
A 1 star rating indicates ...

The scenery factor of each route is rated

Far above average scenery for that state. (Ex. mountain views, lakes, rivers, hills, or forests.)   Below average scenery for that state. (Ex. an area that simply is lacking in overall natural beauty.)

The road quality factor of each route is rated

Outstanding driving conditions.  Plenty of twists, turns & hills; well maintained roads with smooth pavement.   Straight roads over flat land or rough road conditions with
some potholes or driving
hazards such as gravel

A rating of what there is to do off the bike

Plenty of things to do when it's time to pull over.  (Ex. museums, restaurants, pull-outs, historical sites, entertainment etc.)    Little to nothing to do when it's time to pull over.  (Ex. lack of museums, restaurants, pull-outs, historical sites, entertainment etc.)