Cliff · Louisiana
Painted Bluffs
Painted Bluffs is a cliff in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. The nearest named place is Port Hudson State Historic Site, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
Coordinates30.66546, -91.29039
- 1.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 9.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Flanacher Road Park: 3.8 mi
- Zachary Youth Park: 5.6 mi
- Rita Street Park: 6.5 mi
- Lion Park: 7.2 mi
- 39th Street Park: 7.5 mi
Museums: 25
- Zachary Train Depot: 8.0 mi
- Heritage Museum & Cultural Centre: 8.9 mi
- Myrtles Plantation: 11.2 mi
- Martin L. Harvey Hall: 11.3 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 13.8 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Port Hudson State Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Mary Ann Brown Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 15.0 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 17.4 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 15.7 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 15.8 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 20.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 20.2 mi
- Monroe Garden: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 15.6 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 15.7 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 15.7 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Anchor: 4.0 mi
- Waterloo: 4.5 mi
- Alma: 7.6 mi
- False River: 19.1 mi
- Elliot City: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 6
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 11.0 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
- USS Kidd: 16.4 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 11.3 mi
- The Crest: 16.3 mi
- 2000: 22.3 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Balls Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 16.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 23.0 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 | 19:36 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358392985
Day trips start here
- New Roads · 9 mi
- Port Allen · 15 mi
- Baton Rouge · 17 mi
- River Parishes · 17 mi
- Plaquemine · 27 mi
- Florida Parishes · 29 mi
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