Ghost town · Louisiana
Anchor
Anchor is a ghost town in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. The nearest named place is Waterloo, a ghost town 0.8 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.4 miles off.
human settlement in Louisiana, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates30.68360, -91.35500
- 0.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 6.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 10.3 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- City Water Splash Park: 4.3 mi
- False River Park: 6.2 mi
- False River Park: 6.2 mi
- Parker Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Flanacher Road Park: 7.8 mi
Museums: 24
- Myrtles Plantation: 8.5 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 11.8 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 11.8 mi
- Zachary Train Depot: 12.0 mi
- Heritage Museum & Cultural Centre: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 18.6 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 18.7 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 23.3 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 23.4 mi
- Monroe Garden: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Port Hudson State Historic Site: 4.5 mi
- Mary Ann Brown Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 18.9 mi
- Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area South Tract: 20.2 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 18.6 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 18.6 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 18.6 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Waterloo: 0.8 mi
- Alma: 6.4 mi
- False River: 16.2 mi
- Elliot City: 20.4 mi
- Red Cross: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 6
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 14.4 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- USS Kidd: 19.2 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Gross Tete Memorial Park: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Balls Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 4.0 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 14.9 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 2
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 14.6 mi
- The Crest: 19.2 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 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- New Roads · 5 mi
- Port Allen · 18 mi
- Baton Rouge · 20 mi
- River Parishes · 20 mi
- Krotz Springs · 26 mi
- Atchafalaya Basin · 28 mi
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