Morgan Playground
Morgan Playground is a park in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Great River Road runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 4.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Wetlands Cultural Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Collapsed Observarion Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Morgan Park: 0.7 mi
- Butch Duhe Playground: 0.9 mi
- Rivertown Heritage Park: 0.9 mi
- Lions Playground: 1.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Compassionate Friends Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
- Garden of Honor: 5.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 7.9 mi
- John J Audubon Statue: 8.6 mi
- Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours: 4.3 mi
- New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House: 5.4 mi
- Gumbo Festival: 6.3 mi
- Destrehan Plantation: 6.6 mi
- The Fly: 8.5 mi
- Louisiana Toy Train Museum: 0.9 mi
- Louisiana Fire Museum: 6.9 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Odenheimer Aquarium: 8.7 mi
- Louisiana Children's Museum: 10.1 mi
- LaSalle's Landing: 0.9 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 9.2 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 9.8 mi
- José Martí: 9.9 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 10.0 mi
- Audubon Louisiana Nature Center: 18.3 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 18.6 mi
- Limited Access Area: 20.0 mi
- Manchac Wildlife Management Area: 21.0 mi
- Frenier: 13.4 mi
- Fazendeville: 16.4 mi
- Ruddock: 18.5 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 8.5 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 12.0 mi
- Shell Beach: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morgan Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | E 79° | 13 m | 10.2 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 | 18:28 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Green Anole14 obs
- Brown Anole13 obs
- Spotted House Gecko9 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk8 obs
- Great Egret8 obs
- Squirrel Tree Frog8 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck7 obs
- Mourning Dove6 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/462223321
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