West Lake
West Lake is a quarter in City of New Orleans, Louisiana. West Lake is situated nearby to the neighborhood Plum Orchard, as well as near the quarter Seabrook.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lakefront Airport and Saint Mary’s Academy School.
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 1½ miles northwest of West Lake.
Saint Mary’s Academy School
School
St. Mary's Academy is a private Catholic K-12 school in New Orleans, Louisiana run by the Sisters of the Holy Family. Founded in 1867, it is one of the oldest Black Catholic schools in the country.
Seabrook Railroad Bridge
Bridge
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The Seabrook Railroad Bridge is a bascule bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana running adjacent to the Seabrook Bridge. It is often confused with this vehicular bridge to the north, officially called the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge; therefore, it is commonly called the Seabrook Railroad Bridge, that now carries only trains across the canal. Seabrook Railroad Bridge is situated 2 miles west of West Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pines Village and Eastern New Orleans.
Pines Village
Quarter
Pines Village is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. A subdistrict of the New Orleans East area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Downman Road and Interstate 10 to the east, Chef Menteur Highway to the south, Lake Pontchartrain and Morrison Road to the north, and the Industrial Canal to the west.
Eastern New Orleans
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Eastern New Orleans, sometimes called "New Orleans East", is a large area of New Orleans to the north east of the older central portion of the city.
Gentilly Woods
Quarter
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Gentilly Woods 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: Dreux Avenue to the north, Industrial Canal to the east, Gentilly Boulevard to the south and People's Avenue to the west. Gentilly Woods is situated 2 miles southwest of West Lake.
West Lake
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.02576° or 30° 1′ 33″ northLongitude
-90.00424° or 90° 0′ 15″ westElevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)Open location code
862F2XGW+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 151844164OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
4345826
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