382 Acres of Marsh on Bayou la Loutre
Three hundred and eighty-two acres of Louisiana marsh on Bayou la Loutre, in St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans. At $509 an acre this is priced as a large-acreage hold rather than a building site, which is what marsh ground of this size usually is.
These are water access only parcels. There is no road to them. Reaching the property means going by boat, and that should shape how you think about the purchase.
The setting is the draw. Thousands of acres of wetland surround these tracts, supporting redfish and speckled trout fishing, duck hunting, crabbing and shrimping, with Lake Borgne and the Gulf within reach and the Biloxi Marsh close by.
Multiple parcels are available here, so a single tract or several combined are both possible. Call and we will work out what fits.
A location study by McKay & Associates, a Louisiana engineering and land surveying firm, places these holdings from the legal descriptions and USGS quadrangle maps. It is expressly not a boundary survey and no field work was done, so treat the boundaries as indicative and commission your own survey if that matters to you.
What stands out
- 382.8 acres in St. Bernard Parish
- $509 per acre
- Frontage on Bayou la Loutre
- MLS 2566395
- Three smaller adjoining tracts available separately
- Water access only, reached by boat
- Near the Biloxi Marsh, Lake Borgne and the Gulf
- Redfish and speckled trout fishing, duck hunting, crabbing, shrimping
The details
| Parish | St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana |
|---|---|
| MLS number | 2566395 |
| Acreage | 382.8 acres |
| Ownership interest | An undivided one-quarter interest in the tract |
| Net acreage | 95.7 acres of equivalent area |
| Price per acre | $509 per acre of the tract; $2,038 per net acre of the interest held |
| Land type | Coastal marsh / swampland |
| Survey | Location study only, McKay & Associates, March 2026; maps the holding at about 458 acres |
| Mineral, gas & water rights | Not established. The recorded deed is made subject to "title to all oil, gas and other minerals, which title has not been examined", so no mineral interest is represented either way. |
Before you buy this parcel
- The recorded deed conveys by quitclaim without warranty and is made subject to exceptions including title to all oil, gas and other minerals (not examined), title to any portion considered federal or state waterbottoms, State ownership of oyster beds, discrepancies in acreage. No title abstract or examination was performed.
- The deed also excepts any legal right of access to and from the land. That is a title exception - Crescent Title did not examine or insure a right of way - and not a finding that the land cannot be reached. These tracts front Bayou la Loutre, a navigable public waterway, with roughly 11,500 feet of bayou frontage across the holding on the 2024 mapping, and access is by boat.
- This listing is an undivided ONE-QUARTER interest in the 382.8-acre tract, not sole ownership of 382.8 acres. The equivalent area is 95.7 acres. The Nature Conservancy confirmed the interests with the St. Bernard Parish assessor before the sale, and paid the 2023 tax bill in the same proportions: a quarter of the bill on the 382.8 acres, half on each of the 40 and the 10, and the whole bill on the three parcels held outright. A buyer holds a quarter share of the whole alongside the other co-owners, cannot take exclusive possession of any particular part, and cannot divide it without their agreement or a partition suit. The 2024 McKay & Associates survey in the gallery measures the tract itself at 358 acres after the recorded carve-outs; it maps boundaries and does not address ownership shares.
- Acreage carries a known uncertainty. Each tract is offered at the acreage in its MLS record, and those four figures total 482.8 acres. The location study by McKay & Associates maps the whole holding at roughly 458 acres, and that is the figure the owner has used in writing with a neighbouring landowner. The study is expressly not a boundary survey, so neither number is guaranteed. If exact area matters to your purpose, commission a survey before you close and price the difference in.
- Water access only. There is no road access to this parcel. Confirm how you intend to reach and use it before you close.
- Elevation, flood zone, permitted use and mineral rights all need checking for your purpose. Acreage and boundaries are taken from the listing and are not guaranteed.
- The parcels are not one contiguous block. They sit in several different township and range areas across the parish, so buying more than one does not give you adjoining ground.
- Mineral, gas and water rights have not been established. In Louisiana a mineral servitude can be held separately from the surface, so check for reservations by prior owners before you assume anything is included.
Other parcels in St. Bernard Parish
50 Acres of Marsh on Bayou la Loutre
Fifty acres of St. Bernard Parish marsh at a flat $500 an acre.
30 Acres of Marsh on Bayou la Loutre
Thirty acres in St. Bernard Parish, the smallest entry above the twenty-acre tract.
20 Acres of Marsh on Bayou la Loutre
The smallest and cheapest of the four, twenty acres at $500 an acre.
Questions about this parcel?
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