Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Madisonville Marsh, LA

This freshwater marsh complex, known as “The Ricefields” by locals, is dotted with forested patches of baldcypress-tupelo gum swamp. The narrow “shell” access road takes visitors for 1.4 miles through swamp and wild rice/ cattail/ common reed-dominated marsh and over canals before terminating at Lake Pontchartrain. The entire site is bordered by the Tchefuncte River to the east.