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Downtown Carencro, LouisianaPhoto: Falkonry at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Attractions near Carencro

A day out from Carencro: Lake Peigneur, 23 mi away

There is no place to visit inside Carencro; there are 6 within 40 miles. The commonest are 2 gardens, 2 museums and a lake. Beyond the town, Tiger Stadium sits 51 mi away.

Attractions nearby
19
within 60 miles
The big one
23 mi
Lake Peigneur
Big draws
1
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Lake · 23 mi south

Lake Peigneur

Lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

Head to the south for most of the 6 on the list.

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Orange: Carencro. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

Each of the 19 is within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Carencro →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Tiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium: Jcarriere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jungle Gardens: Skb8721, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Afton Villa Gardens: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baton Rouge Zoo: Kkmurray, CC BY 2.5 · Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site: Mike (msm62166), CC BY 2.0 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Highland Road Community Park: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · LSU Hilltop Arboretum: H.dryad, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louisiana State Museum – Baton Rouge: see above, CC BY 3.0

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