Parkview Park
Parkview Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Indian Camp Ridge stands 8 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Stones, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 4.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 7.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Hammond Highway Park: 1.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Independence Park: 1.0 mi
- Sharp Road Park: 1.2 mi
- Fiesta Park: 1.3 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
- USS Kidd: 6.1 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 6.2 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Gasoline Alley: 7.8 mi
- LSU Rural Life Museum: 2.9 mi
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum: 2.9 mi
- Knock Knock Childrens Museum: 4.9 mi
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame: 5.2 mi
- Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum: 5.3 mi
- Peace Stones: 0.6 mi
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 5.8 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 5.8 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 5.8 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 2.9 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 3.4 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 4.9 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 6.0 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 2.7 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 2.7 mi
- LSU Botanic Gardens Orangerie: 2.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
- Memory Garden: 2.8 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 19.3 mi
- Balls Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Morrisonville: 11.8 mi
- Galveztown: 14.0 mi
- Alma: 20.7 mi
- Anchor: 22.8 mi
- Waterloo: 23.4 mi
- 2000: 3.0 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 5.4 mi
- The Crest: 5.9 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 8.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 22.4 mi
- Indian Camp Ridge: 23.4 mi
- Brown's Ridge: 24.1 mi
- Denham Spring: 8.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parkview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Camp Ridge | E 101° | 8 m | 23.4 mi |
| Indian Mound | ESE 118° | 2 m | 22.4 mi |
| Brown's Ridge | ESE 118° | 2 m | 24.1 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 | 17:09 |
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 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Green Anole72 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel70 obs
- white clover62 obs
- Northern Cardinal55 obs
- Virginia creeper55 obs
- Western Honey Bee53 obs
- Northern Mockingbird52 obs
- American black elderberry50 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/357854245
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 4 mi
- River Parishes · 4 mi
- Port Allen · 7 mi
- Plaquemine · 14 mi
- Florida Parishes · 17 mi
- New Roads · 27 mi
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