MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Louisiana United States Highway #165 "Arkansas/Louisiana State Line to Community of Iowa (Junction of US 90)" Miles ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Arkansas/Louisiana State US Highway 165 crosses over the Arkansas/Louisiana state line and Line heads south into Louisiana. Altitude: 108 feet 2.7 Junction of Louisiana State East to State Route 585, MS. Altitude: 108 feet Highway 835 3.0 Junction of Louisiana State West to Horshoe Lake, LA. Fishing, water activities. Altitude: 105 feet Highway 833 6.2 Bridge Crossing Bayou Bonne Idee, LA. Home to alligators, nutria, bass, crappie, and tiger beetles. Altitude: 89 feet 7.0 Junction of Louisiana State The village of Bonita, LA. It is part of the Bastrop Micropolitan Highway 140 Statistical Area. US post office. West to Louisiana state highway 833. Altitude: 105 feet 13.1 Junction of Louisiana State West to Louisiana state highway 140. Chemin-A-Haut State Park, LA. Highway 599 The park's name means 'High Road' in French. The park is one of the earliest additions to the Louisiana State Park system. Visitors to Chemin-A-Haut State Park may enjoy Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Picnicking and Wildlife Observation. There is a 8-mile (13 km) Equestrian Trail for Horseback riders. During the hot Summer months, guests may cool off in an on-site swimming pool. Phone: 318-283-0812 or 888-677-2436. South to Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge, LA. An observation platform overlooks a permanent wetland, which is excellent habitat for wintering waterfowl, wading birds and many other wetland dependent species. Handy Brake is managed as a waterfowl sanctuary and access is restricted to the area immediately adjacent to the observation tower. Phone: 318-726-4400. Webiste: http://www.fws.gov/handybrake/ E-mail: [email protected]. North to Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge, LA. is managed as a waterfowl sanctuary and access is restricted to the area immediately adjacent to the observation tower. The tower overlooks a permanent wetland, which is excellent habitat for wintering waterfowl, wading birds and many other wetland dependent species. Phone: 318-726-4400; Email: [email protected]; Website: http://www.fws.gov/handybrake/ Altitude: 98 feet 14.5 Bridge Crossing Bayou Galion, LA. Altitude: 89 feet 17.9 Lloyd Barham Road West access to Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge, LA. Altitude: 85 feet 19.6 Junction of Louisiana State The community of Mer Rouge, LA. The name Mer Rouge is French for Highway 2 'Red Sea.' According to John D. Winters, two squadrons of the Illionois calvary attacked Mer Roughe and seized some horses and burned bushels of corn some cotton. East to the town of Oak Grove, LA. Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area, LA. Fishing, primitive camping, and hunting. Phone: 318-343-4044; Email: [email protected]. West to Louisiana state highway 3051. Note: US highway 165 joins Louisiana state highway 2 and US highway 425 and heads west. Altitude: 95 feet 24.8 Junction of Louisiana State South to Louisiana state highway 138. Altitude: 154 feet Highway 3051 Page 1/18 PDF Document Generated on 2018-Apr-07 Copyright 2018, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 25.7 AP Carter Park, Louisiana A baseball park in the city of Bastrop, LA. Altitude: 144 feet 27.0 Junction of US Highway South to Louisiana state highway 139. North to Gladney Park. Bussy 425 and Louisiana State Brake. Fishing. Georgia Pacific Wildlife Management Area. Camping Highway 593 and boating. Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge. Refuge supports concentrations of ducks, geese, wading birds, raptors and a small wintering population of bald eagles. The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and the threatened Louisiana black bear are found on Upper Ouachita NWR. Other wildlife species that call the refuge home include alligators, deer, turkey, squirrels, bald eagles and beaver. Upper Ouachita NWR is one of the four four refuges managed in the North Louisiana Refuge Complex. Chemin-A-Haut State Park. Chemin-A-Haut means "High Road" in French. It is one of the arlies additions to the Louisiana State Park system. Visitors to Chemin-A-Haut State Park may enjoy Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Picnicking and Wildlife Observation. There is a 8-mile Equestrian Trail for Horseback riders. During the hot Summer months, guests may cool off in an on-site swimming pool. Altitude: 138 feet 27.2 Junction of Louisiana State The city of Bastrop, LA. The city was founded by a Dutch embezzler Highway 593 and 139 who falsely claimed to be a nobleman. He had fled to the then Spanish colony of Louisiana to escape prosecution, and became involved in various land deals. During the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, Bastrop was the site of a relief camp for refugees. During World War II, it was the site of German POW camp. North to US highway 425. South to Morehouse Memorial Airport. Louisiana state highway 554. Louisiana state highway 134. Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Black Bayou Lake is studded with cypress and tupelo trees, and surrounded by swamps that graduate into bottomland hardwoods and then into upland mixed pine/hardwoods. Common wildlife seen include alligators, wood ducks, bird-voiced treefrogs, broad-banded water snakes, red-eared sliders, green herons, coyotes, skunks, and white-tailed deer. Facilities also include interactive visitor center exhibits, a mile long raised asphalt/boardwalk nature trail with 400-foot wildlife pier, boat launch, amphitheater and pavilion, a raised observation deck with spotting scope and several informational kiosks. Altitude: 141 feet 28.0 Junction of Dotson St, LA Bastrop Dotson Gym. Phone: (318) 283-3328. Dotson Park. Pool, picnic tables. Altitude: 135 feet 35.4 Junction of Louisiana State East to Louisiana state highway 139. The villate of Collinston, LA. Highway 554 Limited services. Louisiana state highway 138. Altitude: 85 feet 38.0 Junction of Louisiana State South to Louisiana state highway 134. Black Bayou Lake National Highway 136 Wildlife Refuge. It is studded with cypress and tupelo trees, and surrounded by swamps that graduate into bottomland hardwoods and then into upland mixed pine/hardwoods. Common wildlife seen include alligators, wood ducks, bird-voiced treefrogs, broad-banded water snakes, red-eared sliders, green herons, coyotes, skunks, and white-tailed deer. Facilities also include interactive visitor center exhibits, a mile long raised asphalt/boardwalk nature trail with 400-foot wildlife pier, boat launch, amphitheater and pavilion, a raised observation deck with spotting scope and several informational kiosks. Altitude: 89 feet Page 2/18 PDF Document Generated on 2018-Apr-07 Copyright 2018, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 38.5 Junction of Louisiana State West to the town of Sterlington, LA. Actor Ed Nelson, a co-star of Highway 2 ABC's Peyton Place during the 1960s, retired to Sterlington from his native New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana state highway 143. Hatley Lake. Fishing. Note: Louisiana state highway 2 leaves US highway 165 at this point. Altitude: 82 feet 41.1 Junction of Louisiana State East to Fairbanks, LA. Louisiana state highway 139. Coulee State Highway 134 Wildlife Refuge. A Louisiana state park. The village of Oak Ridge, LA. Limited services. Altitude: 85 feet 43.8 Junction of Richland Pl, LA Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge. It is studded with cypress and tupelo trees, and surrounded by swamps that graduate into bottomland hardwoods and then into upland mixed pine/hardwoods. Common wildlife seen include alligators, wood ducks, bird-voiced treefrogs, broad-banded water snakes, red-eared sliders, green herons, coyotes, skunks, and white-tailed deer. Facilities also include interactive visitor center exhibits, a mile long raised asphalt/boardwalk nature trail with 400-foot wildlife pier, boat launch, amphitheater and pavilion, a raised observation deck with spotting scope and several informational kiosks. Black Bayou Lake. Altitude: 82 feet 45.7 Junction of Louisiana State The community of Lamkin, LA. St Francis North Hospital. West to Highway 553 Moon Lake. Fishing. Horseshoe Lake. Pace Lake. Fishing. Hamilton Lake and Devils Hole. Louisiana state highway 2. Altitude: 82 feet 47.3 Bridge Crossing Chauvin Bayou, LA. Altitude: 75 feet 47.8 Junction of Forsythe West to Forsythe Park. Volleyball courts, recreation area. Ouachita Bypass, LA River. Biedenharn Museum and Gardens. A botanical garden and museum located next to Ouachita River. Open Mondays tru Saturdays and half days on Sunday. The garden's name is short for Emy-Lou’s song, named after Emy-Lou Biedenharn, Joseph's daughter, who had a vocal career in Europe. The Biedenharm Museum was built in 1913 as a private home by Joseph Augustus Biedenharn, who is credited with first bottling the popular soda fountain drink Coca-Cola in the summer of 1894. Altitude: 75 feet 49.9 Junction of US Highway 80 East to the University of Louisiana at Monroe or ULM, a coeducational public university in Monroe, LA. ULM is the only university in Louisiana to offer a master's in gerontology and the only public university offering the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Built in 1971, it is a 7,085-seat multi-purpose arena. It is home to the University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks basketball team. During the 2006-07 season, a student only section was created, called the "Hawk's Nest." Malone Stadium. Primarily used for football and is home field to the ULM Warhawks. Malone Stadium was named for James L. Malone, the winningest coach in school history. Gary Hogan Field. Home to the ULM Warhawks college baseball team. Louisiana state highway 139. Louisiana state highway 594. West to Twin City Shopping Center. Louisiana state highway 15.