Wedell Monument
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Wedell Monument is a historic site in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurricane Katrina Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49578054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 2.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 6.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Dreux Monument: 1.3 mi
- Spanish Custom House: 1.4 mi
- Louis Armstrong's Birthplace: 1.9 mi
- Charity Hospital Cemetery: 0.2 mi
- Delgado Playground: 0.5 mi
- Mound Park: 0.5 mi
- Little Flower Playground: 0.9 mi
- Conrad Playground: 1.0 mi
- Storyland: 0.8 mi
- Historic Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 0.9 mi
- The Cannery: 1.0 mi
- Basin Street Station: 2.9 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 0.9 mi
- New Orleans Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 1.1 mi
- Pitot House: 1.3 mi
- Katrina National Memorial Museum: 1.6 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 0.9 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 1.2 mi
- José Martí: 1.3 mi
- Mahalia Jackson: 2.8 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 9.6 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 16.8 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.9 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 22.1 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 23.8 mi
- Fazendeville: 7.7 mi
- Frenier: 20.8 mi
- Ruddock: 24.3 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 3.9 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 16.3 mi
- Shell Beach: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wedell Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNE 33° | 13 m | 1.8 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358384568
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Carrollton · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakeshore · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 2 mi
- Jefferson · 3 mi
- New Orleans · 3 mi
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