Dreux Monument
Dreux Monument is a historic site in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is José Martí, a artwork 0.3 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
park in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49484244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 2.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Easton Park: 0.4 mi
- Comiskey Park: 0.4 mi
- Bolivar Place: 0.5 mi
- Walter "Wolfman" Washington Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Charity Hospital Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Louis Armstrong's Birthplace: 0.7 mi
- Spanish Custom House: 0.8 mi
- Gayarre Place: 1.2 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Wedell Monument: 1.3 mi
- The Cannery: 0.5 mi
- Historic Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
- Storyland: 1.2 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Basin Street Station: 1.6 mi
- Katrina National Memorial Museum: 0.4 mi
- Pitot House: 0.8 mi
- Le Musée de f.p.c.: 1.1 mi
- New Orleans Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 1.3 mi
- José Martí: 0.3 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 0.9 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 1.4 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 1.6 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 16.1 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.5 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 22.5 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 22.7 mi
- Fazendeville: 6.4 mi
- Frenier: 22.1 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 4.1 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 17.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dreux Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | N 360° | 13 m | 2.3 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 | 16:30 | 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 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Audubon, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358384429
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 1 mi
- New Orleans · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Carrollton · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Central City · 2 mi
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