Destinations · Louisiana
Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans
LA · 29.9703, -90.0128
Great River Road, San Bernardo Scenic Byway and River Road Scenic Byway are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Understand
This neighborhood of predominantly African-American working-class homeowners became tragically famous when it was smashed by floodwaters with the catastrophic failure of the federal levees during Hurricane Katrina.
The same roads run past New Orleans, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Great River Road · 1 mi · national
- San Bernardo Scenic Byway · 1 mi
- River Road Scenic Byway · 5 mi · national
- Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway · 24 mi
Lookouts
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 25 mi
Named places
- Lee Playground · 0 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers · 1 mi
- Bonart Playground · 1 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum · 1 mi
- Holy Cross Historic District · 1 mi
- Music Box Village · 1 mi
- Ruby Bridges · 1 mi
- The Old Arabi Sugar Museum · 1 mi
A day out of Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 3 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 3 mi
- Chalmette · 4 mi
- New Orleans · 4 mi