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Saint Bernard State Park

Saint Bernard State Park from directly overhead

Saint Bernard State Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. San Bernardo Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.86387, -89.90041

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Bernard State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Violet Park: 2.0 mi
  • Borgnemouth Park: 4.4 mi
  • Pakenham Oaks: 6.4 mi
  • Cut-Off Playground: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Grand Army of the Republic Monument: 7.4 mi
  • Spotts Monument: 7.8 mi
  • Chalmette Monument: 7.8 mi
  • Jefferson Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Edward B. Boettner 1937-2000: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 46
Museums: 42
  • Los Isleños Museum Complex: 2.5 mi
  • Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
  • The Old Arabi Sugar Museum: 8.7 mi
  • House of Dance & Feathers: 9.4 mi
  • Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 42
Peaks: 3
  • Laborde Mountain: 15.1 mi
  • Mount Saint Malo: 18.4 mi
  • Magnolia Mound: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Bernard State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laborde MountainNW 310°13 m15.1 mi
Mount Saint MaloE 87°1 m18.4 mi
Magnolia MoundE 85°1 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:4019:11
June solstice06:0019:2920:04
September equinox06:4918:2618:58
December solstice06:5216:2917:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535662687680828279706154

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Bernard, 4 mi away.

  • American Alligator8 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper8 obs
  • Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo8 obs
  • eastern poison ivy7 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk7 obs
  • Golden Silk Spider7 obs
  • American White Pelican6 obs
  • giant ragweed6 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358395620

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