Perkins Road Olympia Field
Perkins Road Olympia Field is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Indian Camp Ridge stands 8 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Road Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 3.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 6.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Perkins Road Community Park: 0.6 mi
- Mayfair Park: 1.0 mi
- landscape viewpoint: 1.3 mi
- The Lost Forest: 1.5 mi
- Town Square: 1.5 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 4.4 mi
- USS Kidd: 5.8 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Hot Shot: 6.1 mi
- Grand Carousel: 6.1 mi
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum: 1.5 mi
- Exhibit Building: 1.5 mi
- Education Building: 1.5 mi
- LSU Rural Life Museum: 1.6 mi
- Jack and Priscilla Andonie Museum: 3.6 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 5.6 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 7.8 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 10.1 mi
- Peace Stones: 3.9 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 5.8 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER: 5.8 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 5.8 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Windrush Garden: 1.5 mi
- Windrush Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Memory Garden: 1.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
- LSU Botanic Gardens Orangerie: 1.5 mi
- 2000: 4.4 mi
- The Crest: 5.8 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 8.4 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 10.4 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 10.0 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 21.7 mi
- Morrisonville: 7.9 mi
- Galveztown: 14.0 mi
- Alma: 21.6 mi
- Anchor: 24.8 mi
- Indian Mound: 22.4 mi
- Brown's Ridge: 24.2 mi
- Indian Camp Ridge: 24.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Denham Spring: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perkins Road Olympia Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Camp Ridge | E 91° | 8 m | 24.8 mi |
| Indian Mound | ESE 106° | 2 m | 22.4 mi |
| Brown's Ridge | ESE 107° | 2 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal293 obs
- Great Blue Skimmer280 obs
- Gulf Fritillary273 obs
- Pond Slider244 obs
- Banded Watersnake242 obs
- lizard's tail237 obs
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper234 obs
- Green Frog228 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 node/358376467
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 5 mi
- River Parishes · 5 mi
- Port Allen · 7 mi
- Plaquemine · 10 mi
- Florida Parishes · 20 mi
- New Roads · 29 mi
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