Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway
Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in Louisiana. Within Louisiana it covers roughly 190 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
This byway follows Bayou Teche through the heart of Louisiana's Cajun country, linking towns like Breaux Bridge, St. Martinville, and New Iberia along a slow, moss-draped waterway lined with sugarcane. The region is steeped in Acadian history — St. Martinville is tied to the legend of Evangeline — and in food, from crawfish in Breaux Bridge to Tabasco at Avery Island. Live oaks and antebellum homes line much of the route.
- Bayou Teche
- Cajun/Acadian country
- Breaux Bridge crawfish
- Avery Island & Tabasco
- live oaks & sugarcane
Designated for its cultural qualities
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Places to stop along Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway
Breaux Bridge
The self-styled Crawfish Capital of the World, with a historic downtown on the bayou, Cajun dance halls, and a big crawfish festival each May.
WebsiteLongfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
A Creole plantation house and Acadian cabin on the Teche, interpreting the cultures that shaped Cajun Louisiana.
WebsiteEvangeline Oak
A great live oak on the bayou in St. Martinville tied to the legend of Longfellow's Acadian heroine, beside the Acadian Memorial.
Shadows-on-the-Teche
An 1834 brick plantation house in New Iberia under moss-draped oaks, interpreting both its owners and the people enslaved there.
WebsiteConrad Rice Mill
The oldest operating rice mill in the country, built in 1912 and home of the Konriko brand, with daily tours.
WebsiteRip Van Winkle Gardens
Gardens and an 1870 house built by actor Joseph Jefferson on Jefferson Island above Lake Peigneur.
WebsiteAvery Island
A salt-dome island where Tabasco sauce has been made since 1868, with factory tours and the egret rookery of Jungle Gardens.
WebsiteChitimacha Museum
The museum of the Chitimacha Tribe in Charenton, known for its double-woven river cane baskets.
WebsiteFranklin Historic District
A sugar-town main street of oak-shaded antebellum and Victorian homes, with more than 400 listed buildings.
International Petroleum Museum
Morgan City's museum aboard Mr. Charlie, a retired offshore drilling rig you can walk through.
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Where to Stay along Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway
No campgrounds are listed close to Bayou Teche National Scenic Byway yet, but there are rooms near the route.
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What is a National Scenic Byway?
National Scenic Byways are roads recognized at the federal level for at least one outstanding quality — scenic, natural, historic, cultural, archaeological or recreational — that gives travelers a reason to seek them out rather than just pass through.