Main Street

Main Street: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Main Street

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Main Street — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.45140, -91.18541. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Street

• St. Joseph Cathedral · church · Wilkinson · ~0 km · Must-see
• Saint Joseph Cathedral · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km · Must-see
• Saint James Episcopal Church · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km · Must-see
• USS Kidd · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~1 km · Must-see
• Mike the Tiger Habitat · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~5 km · Must-see
• Independence Park Botanic Gardens · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~10 km · Must-see
• LSU Rural Life Museum · museum · Wilkinson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~15 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~15 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Zoo · park · Wilkinson · ~16 km · Must-see
• Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum · park · Wilkinson · ~17 km · Must-see
• Spanish Lake · lake · Wilkinson · ~28 km · Must-see
• National Hansen's Disease Museum · museum · Iberville Parish · ~36 km · Must-see
• Audubon State Historic Site · park · West Feliciana Parish · ~50 km · Must-see
• Grace Episcopal Church · church · West Feliciana Parish · ~51 km · Must-see
• Murphy Lake · lake · Saint Martin Parish · ~54 km · Must-see
• Landry Tomb · fort · Ascension Parish · ~54 km · Must-see
• Locust Grove State Historic Site · park · West Feliciana Parish · ~57 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Street

Other forts & heritage near Main Street

• Landry Tomb · fort · Ascension Parish · ~54 km · Must-see
• Southwest Reef Light · fort · Saint Mary Parish · ~105 km · Must-see
• Spanish Fort · fort · Orleans Parish · ~145 km · Must-see
• Fort DeRussy · fort · Avoyelles Parish · ~145 km · Must-see
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• Belisle Building · fort · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km
• Knox Building · fort · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km
• Kress Building · fort · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km
• Capitol City Press Building · fort · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~0 km

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