Mile 122.7 LBD — Twenty-Six Mile Point (and Greenspace)

John Ruskey

26 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

Possible low water picnicking/camping, but better location across river at Dufresne.

The three-mile bend of the river around Good Hope, Hahnville, 26-Six Mile Point, and Dufresne offers a moment of breathing room from the bankside chaos at Norco/Hahnville. The industry falls back, and the lines of big trees return. This Chem Corridor Greenspace is lined by healthy forests, which are in turn protected from bankside incursions by healthy wetlands on both sides of the river, the widest found on West Bank between 124 and 123 RBD. Best stop place for picnicking, and the best camping in this stretch, is below Dufresne 123 RBD. See below for description.

There are a few good landings (and good campsites at low water) before Chemical Corridor closes its grip again around the river within the Luling/Destrehan/St. Rose Industrial Reach. A narrow sandbar good to 10NO is found around 123.7LBD, and then a broader sometimes sandy, sometimes muddy flat emerges below the levee as the river drops below 8NO at 122.7LBD, but sometimes hidden behind barge fleeting from ARTCO Tulane. This flats is the old Ormond Landing, leading to the Ormond Plantation which is located just over the levee from this landing at Twenty-Six Mile Point (see next entry fro description). Other points of interest accessible from Twenty-Six Mile Point: The Fatty Shack restaurant is on River Road north of landing, and just beyond is the “Friendly Quick Stop” convenience store.

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