Spotts Monument
Spotts Monument is a historic site in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Visitor Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 0.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 0.5 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 4.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chalmette Monument: 0.1 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 0.4 mi
- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park: 4.0 mi
- New Orleans Aids Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Joan of Arc: 4.1 mi
- Chalmette Battlefield: 0.2 mi
- Cut-Off Playground: 1.4 mi
- Sydney D Torres Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Norman Playground: 1.4 mi
- Pakenham Oaks: 1.6 mi
- Music Box Village: 2.5 mi
- The House of The Rising Sun: 3.5 mi
- Mardi Gras World: 4.0 mi
- Creole Queen: 4.0 mi
- Palace Market: 4.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
- The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 0.9 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers: 1.7 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 2.4 mi
- New Orleans Mint: 4.0 mi
- Nord Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Bywater Art Garden: 3.0 mi
- Ruby Bridges: 3.4 mi
- Second Line Sashay: 4.0 mi
- The Art Garden & Floating Gallery: 4.1 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 13.5 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 15.7 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 19.4 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 23.7 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Mount Saint Malo: 24.4 mi
- Fazendeville: 0.2 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 7.3 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 22.3 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spotts Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NW 307° | 13 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Saint Malo | E 100° | 1 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:26 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:29 | 17:05 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chalmette, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358395630
Day trips start here
- Chalmette · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Lower 9th Ward · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 3 mi
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 4 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 4 mi
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