Gumbo Festival
Gumbo Festival is an attraction in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pop Stroman Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
Jefferson Parish’s oldest festival.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 6.2 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Wetlands Cultural Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pop Stroman Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Jefferson Park: 1.9 mi
- Honor Square: 2.0 mi
- Bayou Segnette State Park: 2.4 mi
- Westwego Park: 2.4 mi
- John J Audubon Statue: 2.4 mi
- Garden of Honor: 2.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- equality Dignity freedom Civil Rights monument: 5.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 5.1 mi
- New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House: 1.6 mi
- The Fly: 2.3 mi
- Rosenberg House: 3.8 mi
- The Brown Mansion: 3.9 mi
- Ghost Manor: 5.5 mi
- Odenheimer Aquarium: 2.5 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Katrina National Memorial Museum: 5.4 mi
- Louisiana Toy Train Museum: 5.5 mi
- Southern Food & Beverage Museum: 5.6 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 4.6 mi
- José Martí: 5.3 mi
- LaSalle's Landing: 5.4 mi
- Ad Art: 5.8 mi
- Birth of a Muse: 5.8 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 13.5 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 14.5 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 22.0 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 22.2 mi
- Fazendeville: 10.8 mi
- Frenier: 19.6 mi
- Ruddock: 24.4 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 9.2 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 14.8 mi
- Shell Beach: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gumbo Festival. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NE 41° | 13 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:30 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11145876233
Day trips start here
- Jefferson · 2 mi
- Avondale · 3 mi
- New Orleans/Audubon and University · 3 mi
- New Orleans/Carrollton · 3 mi
- New Orleans/Uptown · 4 mi
- Metairie · 5 mi
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