Grand Isle Beach
Grand Isle, LA
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island, and a longtime fishing and camping destination for locals who have been coming for generations. The state park here has some of the best public beach access on the Louisiana coast, with a fishing pier that draws as many people as the sand does.
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island and a generations deep local fishing tradition, the state park has some of the best maintained public access on the coast.
How we score beachesThe state park charges a modest entry fee and has some of the only maintained public facilities on the island.
Dogs are allowed on leash on Grand Isle's public beaches, though they are banned from the beach specifically at Grand Isle State Park.
Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island gets hot and humid by June, with water warm enough for swimming straight through September. Hurricane season runs the same months, so locals who fish and camp here all summer keep a close eye on the tropics.
This isn't one entrance, it's a stretch with a few. Here's where locals actually meet up.
Humble Road Crossover
The easternmost public crossover with parking, closer to the bridge off the island than to downtown.
Get directions →Cypress Lane Crossover
A standard marked crossover with parking, part of the run of numbered lanes locals use to spread out along the beach.
Get directions →Oak Lane Crossover
Another of the marked, parking equipped crossovers roughly in the middle of the island's public beach run.
Get directions →Landry Lane Crossover
A central crossover with parking, close to the middle of Grand Isle's public beach frontage.
Get directions →Chighizola Lane Crossover
A marked crossover with parking on the western half of the island's public beach run.
Get directions →Apple Lane Crossover
One of the westward crossovers with parking, further from the bridge and generally quieter than the eastern lanes.
Get directions →Boudreaux Lane Crossover
A crossover with parking near the western end of the developed public beach, closer to the state park than to town center.
Get directions →West End / Burnette Lane Crossover
The westernmost of the island's marked, parking equipped crossovers, the quietest stretch of the run before the road ends.
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