River Stones
River Stones is an artwork in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Scrap House Katrina Memorial Sculpture, a artwork 0.1 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992-05-20
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 2.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 26.6 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Margaret Statue: 0.5 mi
- Franklin Monument: 0.5 mi
- Clay Monument: 0.5 mi
- McDonogh Monument: 0.6 mi
- Mississippi River Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- British Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Margaret Place Park: 0.5 mi
- Harmony Circle: 0.5 mi
- Lafayette Square: 0.5 mi
- Creole Queen: 0.5 mi
- Mardi Gras World: 0.5 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.9 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.9 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.9 mi
- Forbes Theater: 0.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial Hall;Confederate Memorial Hall Museum: 0.4 mi
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art: 0.4 mi
- Vue Orleans: 0.5 mi
- Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience: 0.6 mi
- Scrap House Katrina Memorial Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Churchill: 0.4 mi
- Birth of a Muse: 0.7 mi
- Four for Mardi Gras: 0.7 mi
- Ocean Song: 0.8 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.8 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 14.4 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.3 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 20.3 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 24.0 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.4 mi
- Frenier: 24.5 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 5.8 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.9 mi
- Shell Beach: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Stones. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 338° | 13 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:27 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:29 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terrytown 3S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4727795702
Day trips start here
- New Orleans · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central City · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 2 mi
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