Atkins Park
Atkins Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Giddens Hill stands 126 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jewella Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Northwest Louisiana Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Northwest Louisiana Scenic Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Boom or Bust Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Jewella Park: 0.8 mi
- Fairground Park: 1.0 mi
- Bilberry Park: 1.1 mi
- Fairy Avanue Park: 1.1 mi
- Queensborough Park: 1.1 mi
- Caddo Parish Confederate monument: 3.5 mi
- Safe Harbor: 4.0 mi
- 1st CEVG Combat Skyspot Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Linebacker II: 7.1 mi
- "Hells Angels": 7.2 mi
- Pagoda: 3.3 mi
- Pagoda: 3.3 mi
- Chained: 3.3 mi
- Tori Gate: 3.3 mi
- Il Porcellino: 3.9 mi
- Stephens African American Museum: 1.6 mi
- Marlene Yu Museum: 3.4 mi
- Shreveport Railroad Museum: 3.4 mi
- Shreveport Water Works Museum: 3.4 mi
- McNeill Pumping Station: 3.4 mi
- Albany Bluffs: 9.0 mi
- Hurrican Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Carolina Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Potters Point: 22.2 mi
- Cedar Bluffs: 22.7 mi
- Track Speeder: 3.4 mi
- Old Railroad Equitment: 3.6 mi
- Derelict Tram: 4.2 mi
- SUSLA Sign: 4.6 mi
- hay ride: 15.2 mi
- Shreveport Green Urban Farm: 3.1 mi
- R.W. Norton Botanical Garden: 3.9 mi
- Linda Coleman Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
- Cross Lake Fishing Beach: 2.6 mi
- Caddo Lake Swimming Beach: 19.6 mi
- Pine Hills: 8.1 mi
- Giddens Hill: 16.7 mi
- Red River National Wildlife Refuge: 7.8 mi
- Albany: 9.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Atkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giddens Hill | ENE 72° | 126 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pine Hills | NNW 333° | 106 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:37 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 58 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shreveport WFO, 3 mi away.
- American White Pelican14 obs
- Northern Shoveler10 obs
- Great Blue Heron8 obs
- Mallard8 obs
- Green-winged Teal8 obs
- Bufflehead7 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- Great Egret6 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 way/603135488
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