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Chargois Park

Chargois Park from directly overhead

Chargois Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Jean Lafitte Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.19603, -92.06901

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Chargois Park: 0.0 mi
  • Thomas Park: 1.0 mi
  • Neyland Park: 1.4 mi
  • Broadmoor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Moncus Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Veteran's Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Mouton Monument: 3.5 mi
  • L A F A _ E T T E sign: 3.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Downtown Lafayette Arch: 3.8 mi
Museums: 15
  • Hilliard Art Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Alexandre Mouton House: 3.3 mi
  • Lafayette Science Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Children's Museum of Acadiana: 3.7 mi
  • Rayne City Museum: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Acadian Village: 2.0 mi
  • Evangeline Maid Bread Sign: 3.6 mi
  • Vermilionville Historic Village: 4.5 mi
  • Cajun Country Swamp Tours: 9.9 mi
  • De La Houssaye's Swamp Tours: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Harmony Park: 16.4 mi
  • Jefferson Island Rip Van Winkle Gardens: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Butte La Rose Rest Area and Tourist Information Center: 23.0 mi
  • Butte La Rose Rest Area and Tourist Information Center: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Miramar Beach: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4819:20
June solstice06:0819:3920:14
September equinox06:5718:3519:06
December solstice07:0116:3717:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515562687581828278706053
Precip in6.14.53.85.54.97.06.36.55.25.04.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lafayette, 2 mi away.

  • Gulf Coast Toad37 obs
  • Monarch32 obs
  • Green Anole30 obs
  • straggler daisy25 obs
  • white clover24 obs
  • Western Honey Bee22 obs
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee21 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358392521

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