Ghost town · Louisiana
Alma
Alma is a ghost town in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. The nearest named place is Anchor, a ghost town 6.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
ghost town in Louisiana, USA
How to reach it
Coordinates30.59640, -91.38940
- 2.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 2.1 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 16.2 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- City Water Splash Park: 7.2 mi
- Winterville Park: 8.0 mi
- False River Park: 8.0 mi
- False River Park: 8.1 mi
- Winterville Park: 8.5 mi
Museums: 27
- Martin L. Harvey Hall: 12.5 mi
- Heritage Museum & Cultural Centre: 13.2 mi
- Zachary Train Depot: 14.3 mi
- Myrtles Plantation: 14.3 mi
- West Baton Rouge Parish Museum: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 15.5 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 15.5 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 20.5 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 20.5 mi
- Monroe Garden: 20.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Port Hudson State Historic Site: 9.2 mi
- Sherburne WMA Complex--South Farm: 15.1 mi
- Atchafalaya National Wildlife Reserve: 16.6 mi
- Mary Ann Brown Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Anchor: 6.4 mi
- Waterloo: 7.1 mi
- False River: 12.2 mi
- Elliot City: 16.6 mi
- Sherburne: 20.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 15.5 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 15.5 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 15.5 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 6
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 12.7 mi
- Gross Tete Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- USS Kidd: 15.8 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Painted Bluffs: 7.6 mi
- Balls Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 12.8 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 3
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 12.5 mi
- The Crest: 15.8 mi
- 2000: 23.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:37 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:33 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- New Roads · 8 mi
- Port Allen · 15 mi
- Baton Rouge · 17 mi
- River Parishes · 17 mi
- Atchafalaya Basin · 22 mi
- Krotz Springs · 22 mi
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