Cliff · Louisiana
Balls Bluff
Balls Bluff is a cliff in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. The nearest named place is Waterloo, a ghost town 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
Coordinates30.70518, -91.32094
- 2.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 2.9 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 8.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Parker Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- City Water Splash Park: 6.3 mi
- Flanacher Road Park: 6.4 mi
- Audubon State Historic Site: 6.6 mi
- West Feliciana Parks and Recreation: 8.0 mi
Museums: 24
- Myrtles Plantation: 7.9 mi
- Zachary Train Depot: 10.5 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 10.7 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 10.7 mi
- Heritage Museum & Cultural Centre: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 18.9 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 19.0 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 23.4 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 23.4 mi
- Monroe Garden: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Port Hudson State Historic Site: 2.7 mi
- Mary Ann Brown Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 18.1 mi
- Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area South Tract: 20.0 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 18.9 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 18.9 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 18.9 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Waterloo: 2.3 mi
- Anchor: 2.5 mi
- Alma: 8.5 mi
- False River: 18.6 mi
- Elliot City: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 6
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 14.3 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
- USS Kidd: 19.6 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 19.8 mi
- Gross Tete Memorial Park: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Painted Bluffs: 3.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 2
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 14.6 mi
- The Crest: 19.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:37 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:32 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
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 | 52 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Roads 5 NE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358365129
Day trips start here
- New Roads · 7 mi
- Port Allen · 19 mi
- Baton Rouge · 20 mi
- River Parishes · 20 mi
- Krotz Springs · 28 mi
- Plaquemine · 29 mi
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