Nature venue
Mississippi River
12 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Walk along the River and check out the steamboats playing the calliope
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river in North America, and has had a major influence on the founding of the United States. The river starts at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and ends in Southern Louisiana at the Gulf of Mexico, making New Orleans a major port city. It is about 2,350 miles long.
There are many bridges that cross the Mississippi, the one in downtown Baton Rouge is the newest and most crowded. You can see it from many restaurants, while taking a walk on the levee, and while driving down I-10/I-110.