Fort Macomb State Historic Site
Fort Macomb State Historic Site is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 4.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 12 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 12.0 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 16.8 mi off the NASA Scenic Byway to Space
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Đền Thờ Quốc Tổ Hùng Vương: 7.2 mi
- Fort Pike State Historic Site: 8.1 mi
- Joe W. Brown Park: 10.1 mi
- Wimbledon Playground: 11.0 mi
- Đền Quốc Tổ: 7.2 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 14.1 mi
- Chalmette Monument: 14.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Spotts Monument: 14.3 mi
- St. Tammany Fishing Pier: 10.0 mi
- St. Tammany Fishing Pier: 10.0 mi
- Pearl River Eco Tours: 13.5 mi
- Cajun Encounters: 14.0 mi
- Music Box Village: 15.2 mi
- Los Isleños Museum Complex: 13.9 mi
- Visitor Center: 14.2 mi
- House of Dance & Feathers: 14.2 mi
- The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 14.4 mi
- Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 14.8 mi
- Đức Mẹ La Vang: 7.1 mi
- Resurrection Statue: 10.4 mi
- Ruby Bridges: 15.0 mi
- Bywater Art Garden: 15.6 mi
- Nord Sculpture: 15.9 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 9.6 mi
- White Kitchen Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Saint Tammany State Game Refuge: 18.5 mi
- Fazendeville: 14.1 mi
- Logtown: 18.6 mi
- Gainesville: 22.1 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Mount Saint Malo: 18.1 mi
- Magnolia Mound: 20.3 mi
- Order of the Arrow Garden: 15.8 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 16.0 mi
- Slidell I-10 Rest Area & Visitor's Center: 17.1 mi
- Mississippi Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Macomb State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | WSW 256° | 13 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Saint Malo | SE 136° | 1 m | 18.1 mi |
| Magnolia Mound | SE 127° | 1 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:29 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:26 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:28 | 17:04 |
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 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 54 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Bernard, 13 mi away.
- Brown Pelican8 obs
- Bald Eagle7 obs
- Wild Boar7 obs
- Yaupon Holly7 obs
- American Alligator6 obs
- Snowy Egret5 obs
- Atlantic Blue Crab5 obs
- Silvery Checkerspot5 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/38499525
Day trips start here
- New Orleans/Eastern New Orleans · 10 mi
- Chalmette · 13 mi
- New Orleans/Lower 9th Ward · 14 mi
- New Orleans/7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards · 15 mi
- New Orleans/Gentilly · 15 mi
- New Orleans/Algiers · 16 mi
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