Brechtel Park
Brechtel Park is a park in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. Great River Road passes 1.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 1.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brechtel Park: 0.2 mi
- Norman Playground: 1.2 mi
- Terrytown Playground: 1.4 mi
- Bodenger Park: 1.6 mi
- Cut-Off Playground: 2.1 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 2.6 mi
- Spotts Monument: 2.6 mi
- Chalmette Monument: 2.8 mi
- Jefferson Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Edward B. Boettner 1937-2000: 3.9 mi
- Mardi Gras World: 3.7 mi
- The House of The Rising Sun: 4.1 mi
- Music Box Village: 4.1 mi
- Creole Queen: 4.3 mi
- Ghost Manor: 4.4 mi
- Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 3.2 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers: 3.9 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 4.2 mi
- Vue Orleans: 4.4 mi
- Nord Sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Scrap House Katrina Memorial Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- River Stones: 4.1 mi
- Ad Art: 4.2 mi
- Bywater Art Garden: 4.3 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 13.2 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 16.1 mi
- CPRT Tracts 28 & 29: 17.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 22.8 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 24.8 mi
- Fazendeville: 2.7 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 9.0 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brechtel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | NW 324° | 13 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:27 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:29 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Terrytown 3S, 2 mi away.
- Brown Anole29 obs
- Gulf Fritillary26 obs
- Green Anole21 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad21 obs
- Roseate Skimmer20 obs
- lyreleaf sage19 obs
- Spotted House Gecko16 obs
- Blue Dasher16 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/469210766
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Algiers · 3 mi
- Chalmette · 4 mi
- New Orleans/Bywater · 4 mi
- New Orleans/Lower 9th Ward · 4 mi
- New Orleans · 5 mi
- New Orleans/Central Business District · 5 mi
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