USCGC WHITE ALDER Memorial
USCGC WHITE ALDER Memorial is a historic site in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the east-southeast, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Retif Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 4.4 miles off.
This buoy commemorates USCGC WHITE ALDER. See article: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2018/11/19/december-7-marks-50th-anniversary-of-white-alder-tragedy/
What to expect
- Operated by
- U.S. Coast Guard
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 5.2 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Retif Park: 0.3 mi
- West End Park: 0.5 mi
- Fleur De Lis Park: 0.6 mi
- Breakwater Park: 0.7 mi
- Lakeshore Playground: 0.7 mi
- Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Spanish Fort: 2.4 mi
- Wedell Monument: 2.8 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Katrina Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Storyland: 2.8 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Historic Oak Grove: 3.0 mi
- The Cannery: 3.5 mi
- Congo Square: 5.3 mi
- Louisiana Fire Museum: 1.8 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 2.8 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 3.0 mi
- New Orleans Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
- Pitot House: 3.4 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 2.5 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 2.9 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 4.0 mi
- José Martí: 4.0 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 5.2 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 9.8 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.6 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 19.4 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 19.9 mi
- Limited Access Area: 21.4 mi
- Fazendeville: 9.6 mi
- Frenier: 19.1 mi
- Ruddock: 22.0 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 3.4 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 14.9 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USCGC WHITE ALDER Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | ESE 122° | 13 m | 2.1 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 | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| 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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Lakefront AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/7763443954
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakeshore · 1 mi
- Metairie · 4 mi
- New Orleans/Gentilly · 4 mi
- New Orleans/Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge · 4 mi
- Jefferson · 5 mi
- New Orleans · 5 mi
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