Highland Road Community Park

Bayou Fountain

Description

A very nice, purpose built paddle launch with steps into the water and a ramp for your canoe or kayak.

Upstream on Bayou Fountain (to the right leaving the launch) is only shaded until you reach Siegen/Burbank (about 1/4 mile). The wonderfully shaded and serene section of Bayou Fountain is downstream (to the left), with Rackley Bridge about half a mile downstream. When the water is low, you can stand up, reach up, and barely touch the bridge, but when the water is high, you may have to go around it on the right (south) bank.

There are a total of 13 steps, with the bottom two extra long and sticking out to the left. If the water is below all 13 steps (including the two long ones), you may hit a few extra submerged logs. You certainly wouldn’t want to try to paddle a paddleboard with a skeg sticking down when the water’s that low.

Conveniently, the bottom of Rackley Bridge is the same height as the bottom edge of the corner deck post where it hits the slope of the stair beam, so look at that to know whether you’ll be able to stand, sit, duck, or portage if you’re heading downstream.

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Amenities

  • Launch Point
  • Paid Parking
  • Free Parking
  • Year-Round Bathrooms
  • Seasonal Bathrooms
  • Permit Required
  • Drinking Water
  • Food Available
  • Boat Ramp
  • Campsites
  • Picnic Shelter
  • Picnic Tables
  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Hazard
  • Free Lunch
  • Free Parking
  • Boat Ramp
  • Campsites
  • Picnic Shelter
  • Picnic Tables
  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Hazard
  • Free Lunch
  • Free Parking

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