Louisiana State Museum Library
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Louisiana State Museum Library is a museum in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cabildo, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
The Louisiana State Museum (LSM), founded in New Orleans in 1906, is a statewide system of National Historic Landmarks and modern structures across Louisiana, housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1906.
Wikidata Q6689293, matched on coordinates and name (28 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 3.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 25.6 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Place de Henriette Delille: 0.1 mi
- Andrew Jackson: 0.1 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 0.1 mi
- Transatlantic Slave Trade to Louisiana: 0.2 mi
- Execution of Jean Baptist Baudrau II: 0.2 mi
- Oscar Dunn Park: 0.1 mi
- New Place de France: 0.2 mi
- Bienville Place: 0.2 mi
- Latrobe Park: 0.3 mi
- Musical Legends Park: 0.3 mi
- Jackson Square: 0.1 mi
- Royal Carriages: 0.1 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.1 mi
- Madame John's Legacy: 0.1 mi
- Bourbon Street: 0.1 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 0.0 mi
- Jamie Hayes Gallery: 0.0 mi
- Kako Gallery: 0.1 mi
- Old Man River: 0.2 mi
- Instrument Men Fountain: 0.2 mi
- The Cabildo: 0.0 mi
- 1850 House: 0.1 mi
- New Orleans Pharmacy Museum: 0.1 mi
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum: 0.1 mi
- The Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center: 0.2 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 8.0 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 15.4 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 15.5 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 21.3 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 23.0 mi
- Fazendeville: 4.5 mi
- Frenier: 24.0 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.8 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.4 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 4.7 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Louisiana State Museum Library. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NNW 331° | 13 m | 3.7 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 node/367133290
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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