Park · Louisiana
LSU Campus Mounds
LSU Campus Mounds is a park in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. The nearest named place is Enchanted Forest, a park 0.2 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates30.41519, -91.18213
- 0.3 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 2.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Enchanted Forest: 0.2 mi
- LSU Quadrangle: 0.2 mi
- LSU Engineering Quad: 0.3 mi
- Magnolia Mound Park: 0.3 mi
- Parade Grounds: 0.3 mi
Attractions: 32
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 0.2 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 1.9 mi
- USS Kidd: 2.1 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 2.7 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 8.0 mi
Museums: 31
- William A. Brookshire Military Museum: 0.2 mi
- Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum: 0.8 mi
- Knock Knock Childrens Museum: 1.3 mi
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame: 1.7 mi
- Baton Rouge African American Museum: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
- USCGC WHITE ALDER: 2.0 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 2.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 10
- Huey P Long Garden: 2.8 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 2.9 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 3.9 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 3.9 mi
- Monroe Garden: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 9.8 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Istrouma Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 7.1 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 18.5 mi
- Balls Bluff: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Morrisonville: 6.9 mi
- Alma: 17.6 mi
- Galveztown: 18.2 mi
- Anchor: 21.2 mi
- Waterloo: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 4
- The Crest: 2.2 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 7.4 mi
- 2000: 7.8 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Denham Spring: 14.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:33 | 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 | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LSU Ben-hur Farm, 4 mi away.
- Muscovy Duck731 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel596 obs
- Mallard486 obs
- Canada Goose437 obs
- Great Egret367 obs
- ballmoss364 obs
- American Robin347 obs
- Green Anole324 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 99000236OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/155037499
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 3 mi
- Port Allen · 3 mi
- River Parishes · 3 mi
- Plaquemine · 10 mi
- Florida Parishes · 23 mi
- New Roads · 25 mi
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