South Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 9, 2016

1. BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center Marker

Inscription. The area around the swamp was settled over 200 years ago. This 101 acre Louisiana swamp and surrounding highland terrace escarpment is preserved for education and recreation.

Erected 2000 by Isaac Monet Chapter National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Environment • Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the The Colonial Dames XVII Century, National Society series list.

Location. 30° 22.182′ N, 91° 6.294′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in South Baton Rouge. It is on North Oak Hills Parkway 0.1 miles west of Bluebonnet Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on right upon entering swamps parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10503 N Oak Hills Pkwy, Baton Rouge LA 70810, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bluebonnet Swamp (within shouting distance of this marker); Upland Hardwoods (within shouting distance of this marker); Swamp Age (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dutch Highlands

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); William Bartram Trail (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bayou Fountain (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named William Bartram Trail (approx. 2.7 miles away); Germain Bergeron House (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

Also see . . . Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center. (Submitted on September 27, 2016.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 9, 2016

2. BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center Marker

Bluebonnet Swamp image. Click for full size.

September 9, 2016

3. Bluebonnet Swamp

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2016. This page has been viewed 668 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 11, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.