Louisiana trails · Yellow Bayou Trail
Yellow Bayou Trail
A 3.4-mile out-and-back in Louisiana, with 2 ft of climbing. Reaches Yellow Bayou. Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 3.4 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Yellow Bayou (lake)
Getting there
Yellow Bayou Trail access. 29.77545, -91.40658 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:17 a.m., the sun rises at 6:42 a.m. and sets at 7:29 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:53 p.m. (CDT) — 12 h 47 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.8-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 32 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:13 a.m. — 10 h 16 min before sunset.