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Local & General Info
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Location:
From Baton Rouge, take I-110 North to Highway 61 (Natchez) exit. Travel north about 23 miles. We will be on the left, just past McDonald's. From Natchez, MS, travel south on US Highway 61 for about 60 miles. We will be two blocks past Louisiana Highway 10 on the right side.
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Area Airports:
Baton Rouge Municipal Airport 24 miles
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Local Attractions:
- Excellent area for bicycling.
- Nearby Catalpa Plantation, pleasant late Victorian home filled with family treasures of five generations
- Nearby Afton Villa Gardens, site of Gothic Mansion that burned in 1963
- Nearby Oakley House at Audubon State Commemorative Area, house where Audubon tutored
- 500 yards from Rosedown, 28 acres of landscaped gardens nestled around antebelum opulence
- 1 mile from The Myrtles, Circa 1796, 200 years of elegance and intrigue. Restored mansion filled with antiques
- 2 miles from Grace Episcopal Church, Established in 1827, this church is surrounded by historic cementary and stately oaks
- 2 miles from Grandmother's Buttons, antique button museum/gift shop
- 5 miles from Crown Vantage, papermill
- 7 miles from Entergy, electric company
- 10 miles from Butter Greenwood, plantation established in 1795 - still in original family. Elaborate Victorian parlor and extensive gardens
- 18 miles from Georgia Pacific, papermill
- 18 miles from Greenwood Plantation, famed Greek revival home built in 1830 destroyed by fire in 1960 and reconstructed in 1984 - North and South was filmed here
- 20 miles from Port Hudson, Civil War battlefield and National cemetary
- 20 miles from Angola State Penitentiary, home of Angola Prison Rodeo, state maximum security prison
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Restaurants and Lounges:
- .3 miles from McDonald's, fast food
- .4 miles from Sonic, fast food
- .5 miles from East Dragon, Chinese
- .5 miles from Steamboat Charlies, American
- .5 miles from Sonny's Pizza, Italian
- .7 miles from Cotton's, American/seafood
- 1 mile from Magnolia Cafe', American/live music on Friday - catering available and tour buses welcome
- 1 mile from Sammy's, American/live music Saturday
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Nearby Cities:
- 10 miles from New Roads
- 10 miles from False River
- 15 miles from Jackson
- 20 miles from Angola
- 24 miles from Baton Rouge
- 25 miles from Baker
- 30 miles from Port Allen
- 45 miles from Gonzales
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Transportation:
- 24 miles from Baton Rouge Municipal Airport
- 30 miles from Baton Rouge Centroplex
- 30 miles from Greyhound bus terminal
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Area Map
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