Park · Louisiana
Gus Young Park
Gus Young Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. The nearest named place is Belfair Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
How to reach it
Coordinates30.46282, -91.14709
- 1.2 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 1.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Belfair Park: 0.3 mi
- Fourtyeighth Street Park: 0.6 mi
- 40th Street Park: 0.7 mi
- North Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Progress Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 30
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 2.6 mi
- USS Kidd: 2.9 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 3.3 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 4.1 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 5.4 mi
Museums: 28
- Governor's Mansion: 2.0 mi
- Old Arsenal Powder Magazine: 2.3 mi
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame: 2.4 mi
- Capitol Park Museum: 2.4 mi
- Pentagon Barracks Museum: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 2.3 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 2.3 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 2.3 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 10
- Never Forget Garden: 2.3 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 2.5 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 3.7 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 3.8 mi
- Monroe Garden: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Wray Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Istrouma Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 4.7 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Balls Bluff: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Morrisonville: 10.8 mi
- Alma: 17.1 mi
- Galveztown: 17.5 mi
- Anchor: 19.6 mi
- Waterloo: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Crest: 2.7 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- 2000: 6.5 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 8.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
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 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 54 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baton Rouge Metro AP, 5 mi away.
- firewheel201 obs
- Pinkladies70 obs
- lemon beebalm58 obs
- Chinese Tallow51 obs
- bristle thistle48 obs
- Red Fox47 obs
- Twin-flagged Jumping Spider39 obs
- Green Anole38 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/497767181
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 1 mi
- River Parishes · 1 mi
- Port Allen · 4 mi
- Plaquemine · 14 mi
- Florida Parishes · 20 mi
- New Roads · 24 mi
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