Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum
Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum is a park in Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana. Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum is situated nearby to the aerodrome Southern Seaplane Airport, as well as near the village Belle Chasse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern Seaplane Airport and Judge Perez Bridge.
Southern Seaplane Airport
Aerodrome
Southern Seaplane Airport is an airport and seaplane base located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Belle Chasse, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Judge Perez Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The Judge Perez Bridge, also known as the Belle Chasse Bridge, was a vertical-lift bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana which carried northbound Louisiana Highway 23 over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Belle Chasse and Terrytown. Judge Perez Bridge is situated 1 mile north of Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum.
Belle Chasse Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The Belle Chasse Tunnel was built starting in March 1954 to accommodate the new branch of the Intracoastal Canal. After nearly two years of construction, the $2,436,000 structure opened in February 1956 with the Canal beginning operations later that year. Belle Chasse Tunnel is situated 1 mile north of Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belle Chasse and Timberlane.
Belle Chasse
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belle Chasse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Timberlane
Hamlet
Timberlane is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 10,364 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. Timberlane is situated 1½ miles northwest of Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum.
Terrytown
Village
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.
Terrytown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is on the "Westbank" of the Mississippi River. Terrytown is situated 4 miles north of Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum.
Louisiana’s Medal of Honor Park & Museum
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.85784° or 29° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
-90.01418° or 90° 0′ 51″ westOpen location code
76XFVX5P+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 469226208OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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