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Palmetto Trail Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge

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Trail stats

Distance
1.09 mi
Elevation gain
95 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
95 ft
Max elevation
19 ft
TrailRank 
26
Min elevation
-34 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
32 minutes
Time
54 minutes
Coordinates
315
Uploaded
February 10, 2024
Recorded
February 2024
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near Garden City, Louisiana (United States)

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Itinerary description

A quaint out and back trail down a borrow levee to the intersection of two canals.

The former trail was underwater and officially closed at the time of record.

Was pleasantly surprised by the sighting of an adult fresh water otter that crossed our levee trail from one small body of water to the next.

2 of 4 today

Waypoints

PictographPhoto Altitude -80 ft
Photo ofBeginning of small borrow canal Photo ofBeginning of small borrow canal Photo ofBeginning of small borrow canal

Beginning of small borrow canal

dug to create a levee road for oilfield drilling activities during the latter part of the last century.

PictographBridge Altitude -91 ft
Photo ofFormer walk bridge from the former trail

Former walk bridge from the former trail

PictographTree Altitude -97 ft
Photo ofGreat Bald Cypress

Great Bald Cypress

PictographPhoto Altitude -101 ft
Photo ofFormer oil drilling well slurry pit

Former oil drilling well slurry pit

PictographPhoto Altitude -92 ft
Photo ofEnd of trail and adjacent to Garden City canal.

End of trail and adjacent to Garden City canal.

PictographWaypoint Altitude -93 ft
Photo ofLouisiana Hiking Club members

Louisiana Hiking Club members

PictographPhoto Altitude -93 ft
Photo ofExiting the trail

Exiting the trail

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