Tour of Ponds 2011 - Gateway Ponds

These ponds are good starting points for your tour. You can purchase tickets at these ponds and pick up a Tour Book detailing the rest of the Tour.


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Find your Way

Click above for a larger, interactive map which will give you detailed instructions as to how to get to each Gateway Pond. The pond owners have also provided directions. See below.

NOTE: The interactive map is not accurate for the Simmers in Denham Springs. Use the directions below.

Kim and Paula Biggs (Sat. only)
1843 Ridgeland Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
 
Directions from Bluebonnet:
-Turn on Perkins (going toward Siegen)
-Turn right into Oakridge Sub. on Great Oak Drive (The sub. is the next red light after the light at Perkins Rowe/Fresh Market). The house is the second house on the left off Perkins, but you have to go around the block to get to the front.
-Take the first left (Ridgemond Ave.)
-Turn left on Ridgeland Drive (The house is in the cul de sac, on the left)
 
Amy Keifner (Sat. only)
1263 Lee Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
 
Directions:
From the intersection of Perkins and Lee, go down Lee Drive towards Highland Road. Go past Hyacinth and Whitehaven. The house is on the right, four houses down from Lee High School. (If you pass Lee High School, you have gone too far.)
 
Charles Williams and Pattie Murray (Sun. only)
6718 Bryce Canyon Drive, South
Greenwell Springs, LA 70739
 
Directions:
Greenwell Springs Road to Sullivan; go 100'; turn left on Triple B by Chase Bank. Follow Triple B/Frontier Road one mile; turn left on Lariat; left on Bryce Canyon. The house is at the corner of Bryce Canyon Drive and Bryce Canyon Drive South.
 
Charles and Analynn Holloway (Sat. and Sun.)
7277 Bocage Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
 
Directions:
Off Jefferson Hwy. near Corporate: turn onto McCarroll Drive; turn right onto Bocage Blvd.
 
Charbel and Ruth Harb (Sat. and Sun.)
841 Pastureview
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
 
Directions:
Take Siegen Lane past Perkins south to North Oak Hills Parkway and turn right. Turn left onto Pastureview. Pass the stop sign; house is on the right.
 
Michael and Ann Simmers (Sat. and Sun.)
10087 Lockhart Road
Denham Springs, LA 70726
 
Directions:
From I-12 take Juban Road exit to US 190 (Florida Blvd.); turn right on Florida Blvd. then left on LA1026/1027 (Chevron station at intersection); at 3 way stop sign take left on LA1026 Lockhart Road; first house on right pass the railroad tracks.

All Ponds on the 2011 Tour

This shows 26 of the 30 ponds on the Tour. Details of location and opening times are available to ticket purchasers. There are many new and interesting ponds of the Tour this year