Westbank Bridge Park
Westbank Bridge Park is a park in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Laborde Mountain stands 13 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Plaza, a historic site 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 18.3 mi off the San Bernardo Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Wetlands Cultural Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Garden of Honor: 10.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Compassionate Friends Memorial Garden: 10.8 mi
- John J Audubon Statue: 14.7 mi
- Eastbank Bridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Monsanto Park: 1.1 mi
- Nottaway Playground: 1.6 mi
- Ormond Park: 2.2 mi
- Lagattuta Park: 2.3 mi
- Destrehan Plantation: 1.0 mi
- Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours: 6.4 mi
- New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House: 12.1 mi
- Gumbo Festival: 12.4 mi
- The Fly: 14.6 mi
- Louisiana Toy Train Museum: 8.3 mi
- 1811 Kid Ory Historic House: 10.6 mi
- Louisiana Fire Museum: 14.4 mi
- Odenheimer Aquarium: 14.9 mi
- Longue Vue House and Gardens: 15.4 mi
- LaSalle's Landing: 8.2 mi
- Ancestral Legacy: 16.3 mi
- José Martí: 17.0 mi
- Jendiva 2001: 17.1 mi
- Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden: 17.3 mi
- Lake Boeuf Wildlife Management Area: 19.7 mi
- Jean Lafitte Nature Study Park: 20.7 mi
- Limited Access Area: 22.0 mi
- Manchac Wildlife Management Area: 23.2 mi
- Frenier: 12.1 mi
- Ruddock: 18.7 mi
- Fazendeville: 23.1 mi
- LaBranche Wetland Watchers Park: 8.2 mi
- Laborde Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Sciences Botanical Common area: 19.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Westbank Bridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laborde Mountain | ENE 75° | 13 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:31 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:31 | 17:07 |
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, 7 mi away.
- Spanish moss9 obs
- Green Anole8 obs
- southern live oak8 obs
- Pine Warbler7 obs
- American Bumble Bee4 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck3 obs
- Northern Mockingbird3 obs
- Long-tailed Skipper3 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/468566094
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