Locust Grove State Historic Site
Locust Grove State Historic Site is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. Rock Hill stands 105 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottage Plantation, a museum 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 2.6 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 54 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 3.0 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
- 0.6 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway, National
66 named places within 25 miles
- West Feliciana Parks and Recreation: 3.0 mi
- Audubon State Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Parker Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Centenary State Historic State: 7.3 mi
- Tunica Hills State Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Waterloo: 9.9 mi
- Anchor: 10.7 mi
- Alma: 17.0 mi
- Clarksville: 19.7 mi
- Red River Landing: 21.3 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 2.2 mi
- Cottage Plantation: 2.2 mi
- Myrtles Plantation: 3.9 mi
- Angola Museum: 15.6 mi
- Zachary Train Depot: 16.8 mi
- Balls Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 23.7 mi
- Rock Hill: 18.9 mi
- Blockhouse Hill: 21.0 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 22.8 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Locust Grove State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | NW 317° | 105 m | 18.9 mi |
| Blockhouse Hill | NW 323° | 104 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:37 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:32 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 73 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Francisville 1 NE, 4 mi away.
- Timber Rattlesnake4 obs
- American tuliptree2 obs
- Red Buckeye2 obs
- beefsteak plant2 obs
- Golden Silk Spider2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo1 obs
- Wood Duck1 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/816969084
Day trips start here
- New Roads · 11 mi
- Port Allen · 28 mi
- Baton Rouge · 29 mi
- River Parishes · 29 mi
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