Jennings, LA Road Trips

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Trip Routes

4

Longest Drive

181.9 mi

Monroe, LA

Quickest Drive

49m

Lafayette, LA

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Continue From Jennings, LA

Good next legs if this city is only one stop in a longer road trip.

Jennings, LA to Monroe, LA 181.9 mi · 4h Jennings, LA to New Orleans, LA 171.9 mi · 3h 17m Jennings, LA to Baton Rouge, LA 92.6 mi · 1h 46m Jennings, LA to Lafayette, LA 40.9 mi · 49m

Trips from Jennings, LA

Jennings, LA to Monroe, LA

181.9 mi 4h

Jennings, LA to New Orleans, LA

171.9 mi 3h 17m

Jennings, LA to Baton Rouge, LA

92.6 mi 1h 46m

Jennings, LA to Lafayette, LA

40.9 mi 49m

Jennings, LA by the Numbers

Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Population

9,679

Median Income

$45,194

Median Home Value

$140,800

Median Age

38.4

Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.

Traveler Guide to Jennings, LA

Jennings is in Southwest Louisiana.

Jennings was born as a railroad town, then segued into oil and gas exploration and became the site of the first oil well to produce in Louisiana. It's part of the Acadiana prairie region and caters to travelers along I-10.

1 W.H Tupper General Merchandise Museum, 311 N Main Street, ☏ +1 337 821-5532. Tu-W 10AM-2PM, Th-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-3PM. An old-timey mercantile as it was when it closed in 1949 and history museum with old telephone switchboards and penny-farthings, etc. (updated Jan 2021)

1 Gator Chateau, 100 Rue de l'Acadie (in Oil and Gas Park), toll-free: +1 800 264-5521. M-Sa 9AM-5PM. This unique place will allow you the chance to hold a baby gator - how novel is that? A center for alligator education and displaced baby alligator habilitation until they can be released into the wild. Adjacent to the facility is a settler's cabin replica, oil derrick, and pond to represent a snippet of Acadiana. Education Center free but donations accepted. (updated Sep 2021)

1 Greens Cafe, 603 N State St, ☏ +1 337 824-1002. M-F 11AM-7PM, Sa-Su 11AM-2PM. Has some local cuisine such as catfish. (updated Sep 2021)

1 Hampton Inn & Suites Jennings, 310 Fred & Ruth Zigler Memorial Dr, ☏ +1 337 824-2699. It may seem like kind of a desolate place for a Hilton property, but at least you can build up your points. (updated Sep 2021)

Travel tips adapted from Jennings on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.

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Lafayette, LA 40.9 mi · 49m Baton Rouge, LA 92.6 mi · 1h 46m New Orleans, LA 171.9 mi · 3h 17m Monroe, LA 181.9 mi · 4h

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