Louisiana trails · Backbone Trail
Backbone Trail
A 7.3-mile out-and-back in Louisiana, with 219 ft of climbing.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 389 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
TURPENTINE — parking nearby, restroom, water. 31.47778, -93.01944 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:22 a.m., the sun rises at 6:47 a.m. and sets at 7:37 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:01 p.m. (CDT) — 12 h 50 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.7-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 40 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:26 p.m. — 7 h 10 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Caroline Dormon Trail — 0.0 mi
- Caroline Dormon — 4.7 mi
- Sandstone Trail — 7.2 mi
- Valentine — 25.7 mi