Museum · Louisiana
Pentagon Barracks Museum
Pentagon Barracks Museum is a museum in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. The nearest named place is A. Z. Young Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
building complex in Baton Rouge, United States of America
Wikidata Q7164969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates30.45552, -91.18934
- 0.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
- 1.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- A. Z. Young Park: 0.1 mi
- Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Seventh Street Park: 0.4 mi
- BREC Convention Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Galvez Plaza: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 30
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 0.1 mi
- USS Kidd: 0.8 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 2.9 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 5.2 mi
Museums: 27
- Capitol Park Museum: 0.2 mi
- Old Arsenal Powder Magazine: 0.3 mi
- LSU Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 0.6 mi
- Old State Capitol: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 0.3 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 0.3 mi
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 0.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 10
- Huey P Long Garden: 0.1 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 0.3 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 5.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 5.1 mi
- Monroe Garden: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Wray Nature Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 8.0 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 8.8 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Istrouma Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 4.3 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 15.7 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Balls Bluff: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Morrisonville: 9.4 mi
- Alma: 15.4 mi
- Anchor: 18.6 mi
- Waterloo: 19.3 mi
- Galveztown: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Crest: 0.6 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 4.6 mi
- 2000: 8.6 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 11.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:36 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:33 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 54 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baton Rouge Metro AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4241352809
Day trips start here
- Port Allen · 1 mi
- Baton Rouge · 2 mi
- River Parishes · 2 mi
- Plaquemine · 12 mi
- New Roads · 22 mi
- Florida Parishes · 23 mi
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