Judson Baptist Recreation Park
Judson Baptist Recreation Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Indian Camp Ridge stands 8 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wray Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 5.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 5.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Samuel D'Agostino Park: 0.8 mi
- Red Oaks Park: 1.6 mi
- Sugarland Park: 1.9 mi
- Tams Drive Park: 1.9 mi
- Thomas A Maher Park: 2.0 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 7.5 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 7.6 mi
- USS Kidd: 7.8 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 8.6 mi
- LSU Rural Life Museum: 6.0 mi
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum: 6.1 mi
- Governor's Mansion: 6.8 mi
- Old Arsenal Powder Magazine: 7.1 mi
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame: 7.1 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 0.4 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 3.2 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 4.0 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 9.6 mi
- Peace Stones: 3.7 mi
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 7.1 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 7.1 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 7.1 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 5.8 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 5.9 mi
- LSU Botanic Gardens Orangerie: 6.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
- Memory Garden: 6.0 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 7.6 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Balls Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Morrisonville: 14.8 mi
- Galveztown: 14.9 mi
- Alma: 20.3 mi
- Anchor: 21.5 mi
- Waterloo: 22.1 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 4.9 mi
- 2000: 5.2 mi
- The Crest: 7.6 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 7.8 mi
- Indian Mound: 23.0 mi
- Indian Camp Ridge: 23.2 mi
- Brown's Ridge: 24.8 mi
- Denham Spring: 6.5 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Judson Baptist Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Camp Ridge | ESE 108° | 8 m | 23.2 mi |
| Indian Mound | SE 125° | 2 m | 23.0 mi |
| Brown's Ridge | SE 125° | 2 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:35 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:31 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:32 | 17:08 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Muscovy Duck37 obs
- Four-spotted Mantisfly28 obs
- Green Anole21 obs
- Mallard18 obs
- Leptomantispa pulchella17 obs
- Orange Stripe-backed Moth17 obs
- Tropisternus collaris16 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird15 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 node/358376486
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 5 mi
- River Parishes · 5 mi
- Port Allen · 9 mi
- Florida Parishes · 15 mi
- Plaquemine · 17 mi
- New Roads · 26 mi
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