Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden is an artwork in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is New Orleans Museum of Art, a museum 0.1 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Orleans Museaum of Art
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spanish Custom House: 0.7 mi
- Wedell Monument: 1.0 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Dreux Monument: 1.1 mi
- Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Walter "Wolfman" Washington Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Delgado Playground: 0.8 mi
- Harris Playground: 0.9 mi
- Easton Park: 1.0 mi
- Charity Hospital Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Storyland: 0.2 mi
- Historic Oak Grove: 0.2 mi
- The Cannery: 0.7 mi
- Congo Square: 2.3 mi
- New Orleans Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 0.2 mi
- Pitot House: 0.5 mi
- Le Musée de f.p.c.: 1.4 mi
- Katrina National Memorial Museum: 1.5 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 0.4 mi
- José Martí: 1.3 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 1.7 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 2.2 mi
- Sidney Bechet: 2.3 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.5 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 15.9 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 17.2 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 21.5 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 23.8 mi
- Fazendeville: 6.9 mi
- Frenier: 21.6 mi
- Ruddock: 24.8 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 24.7 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 3.1 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | N 0° | 13 m | 1.2 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 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Audubon, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/486913725
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge · 1 mi
- New Orleans · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakeshore · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 2 mi
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 3 mi
- New Orleans/Carrollton · 3 mi
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