Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center is a museum in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bienville Place, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
neighborhood of and historic district in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Wikidata Q602939, matched on coordinates and name (417 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 3.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 25.8 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bienville Place: 0.0 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 0.2 mi
- Musical Legends Park: 0.2 mi
- New Place de France: 0.4 mi
- Latrobe Park: 0.4 mi
- Bienville monument: 0.0 mi
- Monument to the Immigrant: 0.1 mi
- UpStairs Lounge Arson Memorial Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Transatlantic Slave Trade to Louisiana: 0.2 mi
- New Orleans Holocaust Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Steamboat Natchez: 0.1 mi
- Riverboat City of New Orleans: 0.2 mi
- Royal Carriages: 0.2 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.2 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.2 mi
- Edward Douglass White: 0.1 mi
- Old Man River: 0.1 mi
- Ocean Song: 0.2 mi
- Jamie Hayes Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Kako Gallery: 0.2 mi
- The Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center: 0.1 mi
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum: 0.1 mi
- The Cabildo: 0.2 mi
- Louisiana State Museum Library: 0.2 mi
- Hermann-Grima House: 0.2 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 15.2 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 15.7 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 21.2 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 23.2 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.5 mi
- Frenier: 24.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.6 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.6 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 4.9 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve French Quarter Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 333° | 13 m | 3.8 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 | 06:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/479160340
Day trips start here
- New Orleans · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Faubourg Marigny · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Tremé · 1 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 2 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 2 mi
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