Congo Square
Congo Square is an attraction in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 3.3 miles off. San Bernardo Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
square in New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Wikidata Q1105886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- On the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 3.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 25.4 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Louis Armstrong Statue: 0.1 mi
- Louis Armstrong Statue: 0.1 mi
- General Francisco Morazan Statue: 0.2 mi
- Benito Juarez Statue: 0.3 mi
- Place de Henriette Delille: 0.3 mi
- Louis Armstrong Park: 0.1 mi
- Musical Legends Park: 0.4 mi
- Cabrini Playground: 0.4 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 0.5 mi
- New Place de France: 0.5 mi
- Louis Armstrong Park Entrance: 0.1 mi
- Basin Street Station: 0.2 mi
- French Quarter: 0.2 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.3 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.3 mi
- Congo Square: 0.0 mi
- Chief Tootie: 0.0 mi
- Brass Band: 0.0 mi
- Charles "Buddy" Bolden: 0.1 mi
- French Opera: 0.1 mi
- Haunted Museum & Voodoo Pharmacy: 0.1 mi
- Marie Laveau's Tomb?: 0.2 mi
- Irish Cultural Museum: 0.3 mi
- Backstreet Cultural Museum: 0.3 mi
- Hermann-Grima House: 0.3 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.1 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 15.6 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 15.6 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 21.6 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 22.8 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.8 mi
- Frenier: 23.7 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.8 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.4 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 4.5 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Congo Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 333° | 13 m | 3.3 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358384399
Day trips start here
- New Orleans · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Central City · 2 mi
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