Pontchartrain Beach
Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was founded by Harry J. Batt Sr. and later managed and owned by his sons, Harry J.Places of Interest
Highlights include Benjamin Franklin High School and Wesley Barrow Stadium.
Benjamin Franklin High School
School
Benjamin Franklin High School is a charter high school and a magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin", the school was founded in 1957 as a school for gifted children.
Wesley Barrow Stadium
Pitch
Photo: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wesley Barrow Stadium is a 650-seat baseball and softball stadium located in the Pontchartrain Park section of New Orleans, Louisiana. Named in memory of Negro league baseball manager Wesley Barrow, a longtime prominent figure in the New Orleans baseball community, the stadium includes a 200-square-foot climate-controlled press box, a public address system and LED scoreboard.
Lakefront Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Lakefront Airport is a public airport five miles northeast of downtown New Orleans, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport. Lakefront Airport is situated 2½ miles east of Pontchartrain Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Milneburg and Gentilly.
Milneburg
Suburb
Milneburg is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Leon C.
Gentilly
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gentilly is a large section of New Orleans generally paid little or no attention by visitors. Nonetheless, Gentilly has a variety of local restaurants -- mostly very reasonably priced for local clientele -- some inexpensive accommodations, and a few unique sights.
Spanish Fort
Suburb
Spanish Fort, also known as Old Spanish Fort, Fort St. Jean, and Fort St. John, is a historic place in New Orleans, Louisiana, formerly the site of a fort and later an amusement park.
Pontchartrain Beach
- Type: Quarter
- Description: former amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Categories: amusement park and locality
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.03184° or 30° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
-90.06229° or 90° 3′ 44″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
862F2WJQ+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 151880087OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
Discover Pontchartrain Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Pontchartrain Beach” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “پونتشارتراين بياتش”
- Japanese: “ポンチャートレイン・ビーチ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lake Oaks and Lake Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Pontchartrain Light Station and Orleans Levee District Police.
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