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The Barataria Preserve Visitor Center (open daily from 9am until 4:30pm) is also the trailhead for a network of trails that travel through the swamp and to a wildlife overlook area.
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The 1.1 mile Palmetto Trail travels across a boardwalk suitable for strollers and ADA-friendly, passing through a wetlands swamp environment.
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At a fork, a trail signed as the Visitor Center Trail heads to a flat overlook at the border where swamp meets marsh.
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The Visitor Center Trail is a short spur from the Palmetto Trail.
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A frog along the Palmetto Trail.
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The boardwalk Palmetto Trail packs in the most punch in terms of scenery and ambiance of the preserve's swamp trails.
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A snake along the Palmetto Trail.
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The trail passes through many of its namesake Palmettos along its 1.1 mile course.
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A snake swims across one of the marshes.
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Several different trails from the Visitor Center make up the trails leading to the Lower Kenta Canal.
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At a parking area, the Bayou Coquielle Trail heads deeper into the bayou. Visitors can park and start this trail, or shuttle cars here from Visitor Center parking area and the beginning of the Palmetto Trail.
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Bridges and long scenic straight sections of the Bayou Coquille Trail.
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Several viewing platforms are placed as an aside to the primary Bayou Coquille Trail.
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An alligator suns itself along the Marsh Overlook Trail.
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The plank boardwalk that makes up the Marsh Overlook Trail.
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An egret stands in the Lower Kenta Canal along the Marsh Overlook Trail.
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The Marsh Overlook Trail.
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The Marsh Overlook Trail.
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A bridge along the Marsh Overlook Trail.
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The plank walkway of the Marsh Overlook Trail.
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A tall bridge crosses the Lower Kenta Canal at the far end of the Marsh Overlook Trail.
Shaun Hunter
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An alligator in the water of the Lower Kenta Canal.