Garden · Louisiana
Pea Patch
Pea Patch is a garden in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. The nearest named place is Peggy Polchow Butterfly Graden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Christwood Retirement Community
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates30.43736, -90.13800
- 2.0 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 32.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 29.2 mi off the NASA Scenic Byway to Space
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Peggy Polchow Butterfly Graden: 0.0 mi
- Dog Park: 0.1 mi
- Christwood's Bark Park: 0.1 mi
- Christwood Intergenerational Path: 0.1 mi
- Harvey Trace: 0.2 mi
Museums: 12
- Madisonville Museum: 2.3 mi
- Maritime Museum Louisiana: 2.9 mi
- Tammany Trace - Covington Trailhead: 3.7 mi
- Children's Museum of St. Tammany: 5.7 mi
- Abita Springs Trailhead Museum: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Lake Ramsay Savannah Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Joyce Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 14.0 mi
- Limited Access Area: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Sugar Mill Ruins: 9.1 mi
- Tar Kiln: 11.5 mi
- Camp Salmen Lodge: 21.3 mi
- September 11th Memorial: 23.8 mi
- Griffith Monument: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Talisheek Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Stewarts Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Walkiah Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.0 mi
Attractions: 3
- Insta-Gator Ranch and Hatchery: 9.6 mi
- Hammond Historic District: 19.9 mi
- Mitchell's Swamp Adventures/Mitchell - Kliebert Headquarters: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- White Sands Lake Beach: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- Order of the Arrow Garden: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Ruddock: 23.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:28 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covington 4 NNW, 6 mi away.
- Chamberbitter25 obs
- Spotted spurge20 obs
- Green Anole17 obs
- Brown Anole13 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper12 obs
- baldcypress11 obs
- buttonweed11 obs
- Western Honey Bee10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1430995696
Day trips start here
- Picayune · 28 mi
- New Orleans/Gentilly · 30 mi
- New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakeshore · 30 mi
Private beta · Free to join
Take the scenic way to Pea Patch.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.