Franklin Monument
Franklin Monument is a historic site in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafayette Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
park in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49491450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 2.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 26.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lafayette Square: 0.0 mi
- Harmony Circle: 0.4 mi
- British Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Margaret Place Park: 0.5 mi
- Clay Monument: 0.0 mi
- McDonogh Monument: 0.1 mi
- Bienville's Plantation: 0.2 mi
- UpStairs Lounge Arson Memorial Plaque: 0.4 mi
- Louis Armstrong: 0.5 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.4 mi
- Eagle Saloon: 0.4 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.4 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.4 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.5 mi
- The Sazerac House: 0.3 mi
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art: 0.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial Hall;Confederate Memorial Hall Museum: 0.3 mi
- Forbes Theater: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience: 0.4 mi
- Four for Mardi Gras: 0.3 mi
- Churchill: 0.4 mi
- Striding Man: 0.5 mi
- Angela King Gallery: 0.5 mi
- John McDonogh: 0.5 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.7 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 14.7 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.2 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 20.8 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 23.7 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.7 mi
- Frenier: 24.0 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 5.4 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.4 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 340° | 13 m | 4.1 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358384438
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 0 mi
- New Orleans · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central City · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 2 mi
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