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Welcome to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Louisiana's state capital. We're located at the center of Louisiana's cultural excitement, close to all the sights and fun that make our state unique. Whether you're coming for a family vacation, romantic getaway, group tour or convention, you'll find everything you need in Baton Rouge for an unforgettable time. Airports, restaurants, etc. are located inside the city limits.
Baton Rouge is an exciting blend of all that is Louisiana - from its dynamic and diverse musical heritage, to its Cajun, Creole and Old South cuisine. It is a city of significant landmarks and museums, swamps, plantations and legendary hospitality.
In recent years, a number of new attractions, museums and restaurants have opened much to the delight of visitors from around the world. In the fall of 1999, Louisiana's Old Governor's Mansion joins the Old State Capitol, riverboat casinos, the Mall of Louisiana, Bluebonnet Swamp, Alligator Bayou Swamp Tours, and our numerous plantation homes in providing visitors with a variety of things to see and do in the Baton Rouge area. Additionally, several new bed & breakfast inns and 1200 new hotel rooms make it simple, easy and affordable to stay overnight in Baton Rouge.
Streets and highways are clean, brightly lit and easy to travel. Attractions and historic sites are clearly marked and all have parking facilities. Baton Rouge is home to some of the finest restaurants in the United States featuring fresh seafood, French, Cajun and Creole cuisine and traditional Southern cuisine. More than 52 hotels, motels and bed and breakfast inns provide 8,000 guest rooms.
With mild and short winters, fabulous falls and glorious springs, you can't go wrong in Baton Rouge, whenever you choose to visit. Baton Rouge has a semi-tropical climate. The weather is consistently warm from May to September Winter is usually mild and short-lived (generally only January and February) perfect for outdoor activities. Spring is glorious and a light jacket is all that is needed as you tour the grounds of any plantation. Our blooming season is quite long, lasting more than seven months of the year, but spring is the most dramatic. Fall is mild and only a light sweater is needed in the evenings. Precipitation is reasonably well-distributed and ample throughout the year with an average annual precipitation of 55 inches. Linens, lightweight cottons and lightweight sweaters are the best items to pack when visiting Baton Rouge.
Red Stick, Baton Rouge's name and symbol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo by hanneorla, February 2006
Baton Rouge is a busy deepwater port of entry; an important transportation, distribution, and commercial center for a large oil, natural gas, and farm area; and a major oil-refining hub. The petrochemical and fuel corporation ExxonMobil has large facilities and is one of Baton Rouge's major employers. Manufactures include concrete products, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, chemicals, plastics, and resins.
The city has notable antebellum houses. The old capitol (1882), built in the Gothic style of the original, which was burned in the Civil War, still stands; a new 34-story capitol was completed in 1932. Also of interest are the governor's mansion, the old arsenal museum, the retired destroyer Kidd, and the Huey Long grave and memorial. The city has an arts and science center (with a planetarium), several museums, a zoo, and a symphony orchestra. It is the seat of Louisiana State Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical College and of Southern Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Baton Rouge is served by the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.
Baton Rouge literally means "redstick," but visitors to our city know that Baton Rouge means Old South beauty, Creole culture, Cajun zest, colorful politics and an all-around good time.
Named by French explorer Iberville 300 years ago for the "red stick" along a Mississippi River bluff, Baton Rouge has been shaped by a variety of cultural and environmental influences. Our cuisine is a blend of Creole and Cajun, topped with Italian, German, Spanish, Caribbean and Greek flavorings. Our architecture reflects African American and Caribbean influences, with large balconies and many doors.
Our language also reflects our international heritage. While visiting Baton Rouge, you will hear locals revert to versions of French in everyday conversation. Cher, a term of endearment, is not exclusive to the French or Cajuns in the area. Many of us will have an "envie," a longing for something, usually food. And of course, there are beignets, cafe au lait, and etouffee. Fais do do, literally meaning, "put to sleep," means a party.
Today Baton Rouge's rich cultural tradition can be seen in our unique attractions, heard in our Zydeco, Blues and Cajun music, and tasted in our blend of Creole, African-American, French and Spanish cuisine. Baton Rouge is truly the center of Louisiana's cultural excitement. It is "Authentic Louisiana at Every Turn."
Baton Rouge is a community where life provides pleasure, opportunity and growth to its residents in lifestyle and in business - a community that seeks new opportunities through innovative thinking and new relationships. This is a city where some of the world's most advanced industrial facilities sit side by side with antebellum mansions. Cutting edge technology has chiseled a firm foothold in this thriving industrial and agricultural center that still retains the charm and romance of the Old South.
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Local daily news in Baton Rouge:
Workers safe after fire in Gulf
By Mike Hasten Gannett Capital Bureau mhasten@gannett.com BATON ROUGE -- Quick action Thursday extinguishing a fire on an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico averted what was initially feared to be a possible second environmental disaster in four months.
Senator gives civics lesson
State Senate President Pro Tem Sharon Broome, D-Baton Rouge, asks Jaila Smith for a rebuttal during a mock debate in Patricia Gaoudaua TMs eighth-grade class at Park Forest Middle School.
Gun found at Woodlawn High
School system security found a gun on the grounds of Woodlawn High School this morning during a random search, according to an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's news release.
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Places of interest:
Merrydale, LA (3.6 miles), Port Allen, LA (4.8 miles), Westminster, LA (4.9 miles), Inniswold, LA (6.2 miles), Brownfields, LA (6.5 miles), Monticello, LA (6.7 miles), Oak Hills Place, LA (7.3 miles), Gardere, LA (7.4 miles).
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