Fort Proctor
Fort Proctor is a historic site in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Mount Saint Malo stands 1 m to the east, 5.1 miles off. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Proctor is a ruined 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA. It is also known as Fort Beauregard or Beauregard's Castle (after P.G.T. Beauregard, who supervised its construction with the architect J.G. Totten). The fort is on the shore of Lake Borgne just north of the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey. At the time it was built in the 1850s, there was also an adjacent railroad port called "Proctorville".
The fort was intended to be part of the fortifications protecting water routes towards New Orleans. In 1814, the British Army had attacked New Orleans after their navy advanced up Lake Borgne and defeated a small flotilla of gunboats belonging to the New Orleans station (US Navy), in the Battle of Lake Borgne. Due to delays caused by hurricane damage, and then the outbreak of the American Civil War, the fort was never garrisoned. By the end of the Civil War, improvements in artillery had made the design of the fort obsolete. In the 1940s and 1950s, before it was engulfed by Lake Borgne, the ruins of the fort were a popular gathering place for teenagers seeking a spot where they would not be supervised. The construction of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal in the 1960s cut off all land access to the fort site. It can be seen in the distance from Shell Beach, Louisiana. In 1978, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now completely surrounded by water about one foot deep. Before Hurricane Katrina, there remained one small piece of dry land inside of the fort. The fort was unusual in its design for two innovations: the inclusion of comfortable living quarters including bathrooms, and the extensive use of structural iron in its construction.
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Wikidata Q5471876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1856
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 18.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the NASA Scenic Byway to Space
Named places within 25 miles
- Violet Park: 13.3 mi
- Saint Bernard State Park: 13.3 mi
- Saint Bernard State Park: 13.3 mi
- Borgnemouth Park: 14.5 mi
- Biloxi State Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
- Đền Quốc Tổ: 18.4 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 19.3 mi
- Chalmette Monument: 19.6 mi
- Spotts Monument: 19.7 mi
- Jefferson Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Đức Mẹ La Vang: 18.7 mi
- Resurrection Statue: 20.6 mi
- Nord Sculpture: 21.7 mi
- Bywater Art Garden: 22.5 mi
- Ruby Bridges: 22.6 mi
- Music Box Village: 22.0 mi
- The House of The Rising Sun: 23.2 mi
- Mardi Gras World: 23.4 mi
- Creole Queen: 23.7 mi
- Palace Market: 23.7 mi
- Los Isleños Museum Complex: 10.9 mi
- Visitor Center: 19.6 mi
- The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 20.4 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers: 20.9 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 21.7 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 19.4 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 20.4 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 22.5 mi
- Mount Saint Malo: 5.1 mi
- Magnolia Mound: 8.7 mi
- Hell Pass Coast: 22.4 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 22.4 mi
- Fazendeville: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Proctor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Malo | E 82° | 1 m | 5.1 mi |
| Magnolia Mound | E 80° | 1 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:28 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:28 | 17:04 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 54 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Bernard, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/845225604
Day trips start here
- Chalmette · 18 mi
- New Orleans/Eastern New Orleans · 20 mi
- New Orleans/Lower 9th Ward · 21 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 22 mi
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 23 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 23 mi
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