Tams Drive Park
Tams Drive Park is a park in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Indian Camp Ridge stands 8 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Oaks Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 9.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Oaks Park: 0.5 mi
- Duchess Drive Park: 0.9 mi
- Fiesta Park: 1.3 mi
- Sharp Road Park: 1.5 mi
- Lafitte Street Park: 1.7 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
- USS Kidd: 8.3 mi
- Gasoline Alley: 8.4 mi
- Grand Carousel: 8.4 mi
- Hot Shot: 8.4 mi
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum: 5.1 mi
- LSU Rural Life Museum: 5.3 mi
- Knock Knock Childrens Museum: 7.3 mi
- Exhibit Building: 7.4 mi
- Education Building: 7.4 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 2.3 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 5.0 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 8.6 mi
- Peace Stones: 3.1 mi
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1779): 7.8 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: 7.8 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 7.8 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 7.9 mi
- LSU Botanic Gardens Orangerie: 5.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Memory Garden: 5.1 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 5.1 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 5.2 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 9.1 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- Balls Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Galveztown: 13.1 mi
- Morrisonville: 14.2 mi
- Alma: 21.8 mi
- Anchor: 23.3 mi
- Waterloo: 23.9 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 3.4 mi
- 2000: 3.5 mi
- The Crest: 8.1 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 9.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 21.3 mi
- Indian Camp Ridge: 21.8 mi
- Brown's Ridge: 23.1 mi
- Denham Spring: 5.7 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tams Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Camp Ridge | ESE 105° | 8 m | 21.8 mi |
| Indian Mound | ESE 123° | 2 m | 21.3 mi |
| Brown's Ridge | ESE 123° | 2 m | 23.1 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 | 17:08 |
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.
- Muscovy Duck39 obs
- Four-spotted Mantisfly30 obs
- Northern Cardinal23 obs
- American black elderberry23 obs
- peppervine22 obs
- white clover21 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird20 obs
- Green Anole20 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/497698292
Day trips start here
- Baton Rouge · 6 mi
- River Parishes · 6 mi
- Port Allen · 9 mi
- Florida Parishes · 15 mi
- Plaquemine · 17 mi
- New Roads · 28 mi
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