Abita River
The Abita River is a 9.3-mile-long river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It is a tributary of the Bogue Falaya, which flows to the Tchefuncte River and then onto Lake Pontchartrain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Watercourse
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Abeter Bayou”, “Abeter Bayuo”, “Bayou Abeter”, and “Bayou Abita”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Covington and Abita Springs.
Covington
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Covington is a city in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana. The seat of St. Tammany Parish, it's about an hour's drive north of New Orleans.
Abita Springs
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Abita Springs is a town in Louisiana, in the Piney Woods of St. Tammany Parish, part of the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore area. It's 10-minutes drive east of Covington, an hour east of Baton Rouge, and an hour north of New Orleans.
Madisonville
Village
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Madisonville is a town in St. Tammany Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 748 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 850 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The ZIP code is 70447. Madisonville is situated 4½ miles southwest of Abita River.
Abita River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: St. Tammany, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Abita River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Abita”
- Cebuano: “Abita River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Abita”
- Slovenian: “Abita River”
- Slovenian: “Abita”
- Slovenian: “reka Abita”
- Venetian: “Abita”
- Welsh: “Afon Abita”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Claiborne Hill and Houltonville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Tammany Parish Hospital and Bogue Falaya Wayside Park.
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