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National Wildlife Refuge Operations Base

National Wildlife Refuge Operations Base from directly overhead

National Wildlife Refuge Operations Base is a nature reserve in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. The nearest named place is Plaquemines Park Project - Boothville, a park 5.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 21 named places lie within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

How to reach it

Coordinates29.26622, -89.35313

21 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 9
  • Plaquemines Park Project - Boothville: 5.7 mi
  • Fort Jackson Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Fort Jackson Parish Park: 8.8 mi
  • Community Prayer Center Park: 9.0 mi
  • Delta National Wildlife Refuge: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Battery Merrill: 9.4 mi
  • Battery Scott: 9.4 mi
  • Battery Brooke: 9.5 mi
  • Battery Forse: 9.5 mi
  • Battery Pike: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Fort Jackson Museum: 8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3819:09
June solstice05:5919:2620:01
September equinox06:4718:2418:55
December solstice06:4816:2917:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555863697682838381736458
Precip in4.43.05.24.33.64.66.47.24.14.02.84.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boothville Asos, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1372465562

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