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Bayou Segnette State Park

Bayou Segnette State Park from directly overhead

Bayou Segnette State Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of -2 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the north-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Louis H Marrero Park, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
-2 m

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.89510, -90.16138

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Louis H Marrero Park: 0.7 mi
  • Westwego Park: 1.0 mi
  • Honor Square: 1.4 mi
  • Pop Stroman Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Nicholson Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 45
  • Gumbo Festival: 2.4 mi
  • The Fly: 2.4 mi
  • Rosenberg House: 3.8 mi
  • The Brown Mansion: 4.0 mi
  • New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House: 4.0 mi
Museums: 43
Artworks: 42
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Laborde Mountain: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 16.7 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bayou Segnette State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laborde MountainNNE 28°13 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:4119:12
June solstice06:0119:3020:05
September equinox06:5018:2718:59
December solstice06:5316:3017:06

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555965717984858682746458
Precip in4.94.14.65.05.47.48.86.85.73.63.84.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans Audubon, 2 mi away.

  • American Alligator83 obs
  • Green Anole22 obs
  • Anhinga20 obs
  • Great Egret20 obs
  • Great Blue Heron19 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk18 obs
  • Little Blue Heron16 obs
  • common water hyacinth16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/119486789

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