Shell Beach
Shell Beach is a beach in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. The nearest named place is Saint Peter, a artwork 8.9 miles away. Wetlands Cultural Trail passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
beach in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA
Wikidata Q49324716, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Wetlands Cultural Trail
- 15.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Larose Regional Park: 9.0 mi
- Rosethorne Playground: 11.9 mi
- Jean Lafitte Bayou Coquille: 12.3 mi
- Jean Lafitte Barataria Preserve Trails: 12.6 mi
- Pointe Aux Chenes State Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Clark Cheniere Historical Marker: 9.9 mi
- Manila Village Historical Marker: 9.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Garden of Honor: 17.7 mi
- John J Audubon Statue: 19.8 mi
- Swamp tour airboat: 9.7 mi
- swampwalk: 12.6 mi
- Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour: 12.9 mi
- airbout tours: 13.6 mi
- Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours: 17.5 mi
- Saint Peter: 8.9 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 9.0 mi
- LaSalle's Landing: 21.5 mi
- Ad Art: 21.9 mi
- Birth of a Muse: 22.2 mi
- Lafitte's Barataria Museum and Wetland Trace: 10.0 mi
- Center For Traditional Louisiana Boat Building & Museum: 16.3 mi
- Bayou Lafourche Folklife and Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Odenheimer Aquarium: 19.8 mi
- Louisiana Toy Train Museum: 21.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:28 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:31 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 70 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marrero 9 SSW, 12 mi away.
Mean tidal range 0.32 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Lafitte, Barataria Waterway, LA, 9 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358372166
Day trips start here
- Greater New Orleans · 7 mi
- Jean Lafitte · 10 mi
- Jefferson Parish · 13 mi
- Avondale · 17 mi
- Luling · 18 mi
- New Orleans/Audubon and University · 21 mi
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