Sciences Botanical Common area
Sciences Botanical Common area is a garden in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Katrina Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 4.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Katrina Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Spanish Fort: 0.9 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Spanish Custom House: 3.4 mi
- Gayarre Place: 3.7 mi
- London Park: 0.3 mi
- Carlson Park: 0.3 mi
- Live Oak Park: 0.4 mi
- Donnelly Playground: 0.5 mi
- Boreas Park: 0.7 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Storyland: 3.2 mi
- Historic Oak Grove: 3.4 mi
- The Cannery: 3.7 mi
- Bourbon Street: 4.3 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 2.9 mi
- New Orleans Museum of Art: 3.1 mi
- Pitot House: 3.3 mi
- Le Musée de f.p.c.: 3.6 mi
- New Orleans African American Museum: 4.1 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 3.0 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 3.1 mi
- Ruby Bridges: 4.0 mi
- The Art Garden & Floating Gallery: 4.3 mi
- José Martí: 4.4 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 6.4 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 13.3 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 18.4 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 20.1 mi
- Limited Access Area: 23.4 mi
- Fazendeville: 7.4 mi
- Frenier: 22.2 mi
- Ruddock: 24.6 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 2.2 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 18.1 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 21.9 mi
- Order of the Arrow Garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sciences Botanical Common area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | SW 226° | 13 m | 2.2 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 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:27 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:29 | 17:05 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Lakefront AP, 3 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron53 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron43 obs
- Brown Anole40 obs
- Gulf Coast Buck Moth35 obs
- White Ibis33 obs
- White beggarticks30 obs
- Great Egret28 obs
- Salt Marsh Moth22 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 node/4634221723
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