Fort Jackson Parish Park
Fort Jackson Parish Park is a park in Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana. Fort Jackson Parish Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort St. Philip, as well as near the village Boothville.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip.
Fort Jackson
Hamlet
Photo: Jmulhearn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War.
Fort St. Philip
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river.
Boothville
Village
Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census, and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census. Boothville is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Jackson Parish Park.
Fort Jackson Parish Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.35544° or 29° 21′ 20″ northLongitude
-89.45554° or 89° 27′ 20″ westOpen location code
76XG9G4V+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 1231580401OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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