Crowley, LA

united states

Crowley sits along Interstate 10 about 25 miles west of Lafayette in Louisiana's rice country. The city connects easily via I-10, US Highway 90, and State Highway 13 north to Cajun country. Known as the "Rice Capital of America," Crowley sits amid flat prairie lands dotted with rice fields and crawfish ponds. The town hosts the International Rice Festival each October, featuring Louisiana's only state-sanctioned rice cooking contest.