Park · Louisiana
40th Street Park
40th Street Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. The nearest named place is Fourtyeighth Street Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 15 m
How to reach it
Coordinates30.45519, -91.14066
- 1.6 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 1.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 4.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fourtyeighth Street Park: 0.0 mi
- North Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Gus Young Park: 0.7 mi
- Milton J. Womack Park: 0.9 mi
- Belfair Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 31
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
- USS Kidd: 3.1 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 3.5 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 3.9 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 6.0 mi
Museums: 30
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame: 2.4 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 2.4 mi
- Knock Knock Childrens Museum: 2.5 mi
- Old Arsenal Powder Magazine: 2.6 mi
- Capitol Park Museum: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 2.6 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 2.6 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 2.7 mi
- Peace Stones: 2.7 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 2.6 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 2.8 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 3.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 3.1 mi
- Monroe Garden: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Wray Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 6.0 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 6.2 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 6.5 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Istrouma Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Balls Bluff: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Morrisonville: 10.5 mi
- Galveztown: 16.9 mi
- Alma: 17.7 mi
- Anchor: 20.3 mi
- Waterloo: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Crest: 2.9 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 5.7 mi
- 2000: 5.9 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 8.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:32 | 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.
- Green Anole82 obs
- Blue Dasher60 obs
- Monarch54 obs
- Twin-flagged Jumping Spider54 obs
- Western Honey Bee50 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel47 obs
- American black elderberry45 obs
- Gulf Fritillary44 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358377111
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 1 mi
- River Parishes · 1 mi
- Port Allen · 4 mi
- Plaquemine · 13 mi
- Florida Parishes · 20 mi
- New Roads · 24 mi
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