Bienville monument
Bienville monument is a historic site in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bienville Place, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1955
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville ¶ born Montreal, February 23, 1680 ¶ died Paris, March 7, 1767 ¶ Founder of New Orleans 1717 ¶ with homage of Louisiana · Canada · France ¶ Erected 1955 by Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commission
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 3.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 25.8 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bienville Place: 0.0 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 0.2 mi
- Musical Legends Park: 0.2 mi
- New Place de France: 0.4 mi
- Latrobe Park: 0.5 mi
- Monument to the Immigrant: 0.1 mi
- UpStairs Lounge Arson Memorial Plaque: 0.2 mi
- New Orleans Holocaust Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Transatlantic Slave Trade to Louisiana: 0.2 mi
- Execution of Jean Baptist Baudrau II: 0.2 mi
- Steamboat Natchez: 0.1 mi
- Riverboat City of New Orleans: 0.2 mi
- Royal Carriages: 0.2 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.2 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.2 mi
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center: 0.0 mi
- The Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center: 0.1 mi
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum: 0.1 mi
- The Cabildo: 0.2 mi
- Louisiana State Museum Library: 0.2 mi
- Ocean Song: 0.1 mi
- Old Man River: 0.1 mi
- Edward Douglass White: 0.1 mi
- Jamie Hayes Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Angela King Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 15.2 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 15.7 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 21.1 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 23.2 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.5 mi
- Frenier: 24.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.5 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.6 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 5.0 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bienville monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 333° | 13 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:27 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:29 | 17:06 |
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 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terrytown 3S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4716734093
Day trips start here
- New Orleans · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 2 mi
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