Lafreniere Park
Lafreniere Park is a park in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Compassionate Friends Memorial Garden, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 6.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.9 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Compassionate Friends Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Garden of Honor: 5.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Delta Park: 0.8 mi
- Miley Park: 1.1 mi
- Green Acres Park: 1.2 mi
- Girard Playground: 1.5 mi
- Highway Park: 1.6 mi
- New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House: 4.0 mi
- Gumbo Festival: 5.4 mi
- Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours: 6.7 mi
- Storyland: 7.0 mi
- New Orleans Botanical Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Louisiana Toy Train Museum: 2.5 mi
- Louisiana Fire Museum: 3.8 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Odenheimer Aquarium: 7.2 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
- LaSalle's Landing: 2.6 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 6.8 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 6.9 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 7.2 mi
- José Martí: 7.3 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 15.3 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 18.8 mi
- Limited Access Area: 19.7 mi
- Manchac Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
- Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: 22.2 mi
- Fazendeville: 13.9 mi
- Frenier: 14.8 mi
- Ruddock: 19.0 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 8.9 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 10.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lafreniere Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | E 86° | 13 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:31 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:30 | 17:06 |
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 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 57 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Orleans AP, 4 mi away.
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck87 obs
- White Ibis74 obs
- Mallard53 obs
- Muscovy Duck48 obs
- Anhinga38 obs
- Brown Anole37 obs
- Laughing Gull37 obs
- American Coot36 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/134066130
Day trips start here
- Kenner · 2 mi
- Metairie · 2 mi
- Jefferson · 4 mi
- Avondale · 6 mi
- New Orleans/Carrollton · 6 mi
- New Orleans/Lakeview and Lakeshore · 6 mi
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