Located on 80 acres at I-10 and Highland Road in Baton Rouge, LA right next to Blue Bayou Water Park, Dixie Landin' is an Amusement Park designed for the entire family!
They called the pole and its location 'le bâton rouge', or the red stick. The city has a humid sub tropical climate with mild winters and hot humid summers.īaton Rouge is French meaning 'red stick' and its history dates back to the late 1600's when the French explorer Sieur d'Iberville leading an exploration party up the Mississippi saw a cypress pole covered with bloody animal skins that marked the boundary between the Houma and Bayou Goula tribal hunting grounds. It is rich in tradition, culture and heritage and is a bustling center of both industrial and economic activity.īaton Rouge's largest industry is petrochemical production and manufacturingĪnd the metropolitan area, known as Greater Baton Rouge, has an estimated population of 230,139 (2011). Baton Rouge is located 80 miles west of New Orleans and is theįarthest inland deep-water port on the Mississippi River. Welcome to Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana.
