Museum · Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum is a museum in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Great River Road runs past it.
The story
public library in Port Allen, Louisiana, USA
Wikidata Q69767972, matched on coordinates and name (416 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates30.46047, -91.20650
- On the Great River Road, National
- 0.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 0.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Rivault Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Rivoult Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- A. Z. Young Park: 1.1 mi
- Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Repentance Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 30
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 1.1 mi
- USS Kidd: 1.4 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 3.5 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 5.0 mi
Museums: 27
- West Baton Rouge Parish Museum: 0.0 mi
- Pentagon Barracks Museum: 1.1 mi
- Capitol Park Museum: 1.3 mi
- Old Arsenal Powder Magazine: 1.3 mi
- LSU Museum of Art: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 1.3 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 1.3 mi
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 1.3 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 10
- Huey P Long Garden: 1.2 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 1.3 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 6.2 mi
- Monroe Garden: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 8.2 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 8.2 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 9.9 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Morrisonville: 9.6 mi
- Alma: 14.4 mi
- Anchor: 17.8 mi
- Waterloo: 18.5 mi
- Galveztown: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Istrouma Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 4.0 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 15.0 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Balls Bluff: 18.2 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Crest: 1.5 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 4.3 mi
- 2000: 9.7 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 12.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 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–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 53 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brusly 2 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367132774
Day trips start here
- Port Allen · 1 mi
- Baton Rouge · 3 mi
- River Parishes · 3 mi
- Plaquemine · 12 mi
- New Roads · 22 mi
- Florida Parishes · 24 mi
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