Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges is an artwork in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the west-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunny Friend Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2014-11-14
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunny Friend Playground: 0.2 mi
- Odile Davis Playground: 0.6 mi
- Edith Sampson Playground: 0.9 mi
- Mickey Markey Playground: 1.1 mi
- Lee Playground: 1.1 mi
- New Orleans Aids Memorial: 1.6 mi
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park: 1.8 mi
- Joan of Arc: 2.0 mi
- Moonwalk: 2.2 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 2.2 mi
- Music Box Village: 1.0 mi
- Palace Market: 1.7 mi
- Bourbon Street: 1.8 mi
- Mystic Tea Leaves: 1.8 mi
- Hex: Old World Witchery: 1.8 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 1.0 mi
- JAMNOLA: 1.6 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers: 1.8 mi
- New Orleans Jazz Museum: 1.8 mi
- New Orleans Mint: 1.8 mi
- Bywater Art Garden: 1.0 mi
- The Art Garden & Floating Gallery: 1.7 mi
- Second Line Sashay: 1.8 mi
- Michelle: 2.0 mi
- Window into the Past, French Market Yesteryear: 2.0 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 5.8 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 13.3 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 17.2 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 21.4 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 22.2 mi
- Fazendeville: 3.5 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 4.0 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 4.1 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 20.8 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ruby Bridges. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | WNW 298° | 13 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:27 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:29 | 17:05 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chalmette, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9253222786
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Lower 9th Ward · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 2 mi
- New Orleans · 3 mi
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