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Audubon Louisiana Nature Center

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Audubon Louisiana Nature Center is a nature reserve in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of -3 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the west-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe W. Brown Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 5.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
-3 m

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Nature Institute

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.03169, -89.96124

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Attractions: 49
  • Music Box Village: 6.2 mi
  • Palace Market: 7.4 mi
  • Bourbon Street: 7.6 mi
  • Mystic Tea Leaves: 7.6 mi
  • Hex: Old World Witchery: 7.6 mi
Museums: 44
  • House of Dance & Feathers: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 5.9 mi
  • The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
  • JAMNOLA: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Laborde Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Mount Saint Malo: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Slidell I-10 Rest Area & Visitor's Center: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Audubon Louisiana Nature Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laborde MountainWSW 257°13 m8.2 mi
Mount Saint MaloESE 116°1 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:4019:12
June solstice06:0019:3020:05
September equinox06:4918:2618:58
December solstice06:5216:2917:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864717883848581736356
Precip in5.34.14.65.94.96.06.36.54.63.63.64.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Lakefront AP, 4 mi away.

  • American black elderberry97 obs
  • Fall Webworm Moth56 obs
  • red maple52 obs
  • Chinese Tallow43 obs
  • Green Anole41 obs
  • box elder41 obs
  • American trumpet vine40 obs
  • American Alligator39 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1456320776

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