State Term: Louisiana
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The Joy of Celebrating Trails Day 2024
May 14, 2024
Celebrate Trails Day 2024 was celebrated in all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Our partners planned more than 240 celebrations.
![Bronzeville Trail Task Force, Major Taylor Bike Club & The Misfits Cycling Club riding Chicago's Major Taylor Trail | Photo by Douglas Monieson](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bronzeville-Trail-Task-Force-Major-Taylor-Bike-Club-The-Misfits-Cycling-Club-riding-Chicagos-Major-Taylor-Trail-Photo-by-Douglas-Monieson-642x340-c-default.jpg)
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Close Ties: Louisiana Bootlace Trail Network
October 26, 2021
Trail advocates in Louisiana are coming together with a vision to create a 100-miles-plus trail network loop that will lace together a dozen parishes.
![Part of the developing Louisiana Bootlace Trail Network, New Orleans’ Wisner Trail is nestled between two popular recreational amenities - City Park and Bayou St. John. Photo by Jennifer Ruley, courtesy City of New Orleans.](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Part-of-the-Louisiana-Bootlace-Trail-Network-New-Orleans-Wisner-Trail-is-nestled-between-City-Park-and-Bayou-St.-John.-Photo-by-Jennifer-Ruley-courtesy-City-of-New-Orleans-642x340-c-default.jpg)
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Neighborhood Change and Gentrification Near Trails
October 18, 2021
The research looked at changes in gentrification indicators in the communities surrounding the three trails—the Metropolitan Branch Trail in Washington, D.C., the Shelby Farms Greenline in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Top 10 Trails in Louisiana
July 27, 2021
Trails in Louisiana connect many top attractions and allow for picturesque views of everything from greenery to urban streets.
![Louisiana's Lafitte Greenway | Photo by Hunter King, courtesy Friends of the Lafitte Greenway](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Louisianas-Lafitte-Greenway-Photo-by-Hunter-King-courtesy-Friends-of-the-Lafitte-Greenway-642x340-c-default.jpg)
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50 Great Rail-Trails in 50 States
July 18, 2019
Here are snapshots of our favorite rail-trail experiences from all 50 states—demonstrating the beauty and geography our country is known for.
![Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Rail Trail passes through large stands of lodgepole, spruce, fir and aspen; traverses meadows of grass and sagebrush; crosses numerous streams; and skirts dozens of swamps, bogs, ponds and lakes. Photo by Amber Travsky.](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/50-Photo-by-Amber-Travsky-642x340-c-default.jpg)
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Louisiana’s Tammany Trace
August 16, 2017
Spanning 27 miles, the Tammany Trace is a Southern belle nestled in the pristine natural surroundings of New Orleans.
![The trail winds through St. Tammany Parish towns and green spaces | Courtesy LouisianaNorthshore.com](https://www.railstotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-trail-winds-through-St.-Tammany-Parish-towns-and-green-spaces-Courtesy-LouisianaNorthshore.com--642x340-c-default.jpg)
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Assessing the Economic and Livability Value the Tammany Trace Rail Trail
May 01, 2015
This study looks into how a Louisiana town embraced the Tammany Trace Trail as the clear recreational jewel and envy of the region.