Discovery Park

Discovery Park: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

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

Best time to visit Discovery Park

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Discovery Park — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.23246, -90.91629. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Discovery Park

• Spanish Lake · lake · Wilkinson · ~17 km · Must-see
• Landry Tomb · fort · Ascension Parish · ~20 km · Must-see
• National Hansen's Disease Museum · museum · Iberville Parish · ~26 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~29 km · Must-see
• Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~29 km · Must-see
• LSU Rural Life Museum · museum · Wilkinson · ~35 km · Must-see
• Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Saint John the Baptist Parish · ~37 km · Must-see
• Independence Park Botanic Gardens · sanctuary · Wilkinson · ~37 km · Must-see
• Tickfaw State Park · sanctuary · Livingston Parish · ~39 km · Must-see
• Mike the Tiger Habitat · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~41 km · Must-see
• Bayou Corne Sinkhole · lake · Assumption Parish · ~41 km · Must-see
• Saint James Episcopal Church · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~44 km · Must-see
• USS Kidd · attraction · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~44 km · Must-see
• St. Joseph Cathedral · church · Wilkinson · ~44 km · Must-see
• Saint Joseph Cathedral · church · East Baton Rouge Parish · ~45 km · Must-see
• Elm Hall Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Assumption Parish · ~49 km · Must-see
• Lake Maurepas · lake · Pearl River · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake Maurepas · lake · Saint John the Baptist Parish · ~50 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Discovery Park

Other parks near Discovery Park

• Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum · park · Wilkinson · ~51 km · Must-see
• Baton Rouge Zoo · park · Wilkinson · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lafreniere Park · park · Jefferson Parish · ~91 km · Must-see
• Audubon State Historic Site · park · West Feliciana Parish · ~92 km · Must-see
• Locust Grove State Historic Site · park · West Feliciana Parish · ~98 km · Must-see
• New Basin Canal Park · park · Orleans Parish · ~101 km · Must-see
• Bayou Segnette State Park · park · Jefferson Parish · ~102 km · Must-see
• Lincoln Park · park · Orleans Parish · ~103 km · Must-see
• City Park · park · Orleans Parish · ~104 km · Must-see
• Audubon Park · park · Orleans Parish · ~104 km · Must-see

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