Lighthouse · Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
New Canal Lighthouse
Wrecked by Hurricane Katrina and rebuilt in 2013, the lighthouse on the New Orleans lakefront is now the New Canal Lighthouse Museum. Its light, two white flashes every 5 seconds, shows from a pole beside it. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open in the viewer from West End lakefront, New Orleans →
Quick facts
| Type | Lighthouse |
|---|---|
| Light | Fl (2)W 5s |
| Position | 30.0272°N, 90.1132°W |
| From West End lakefront, New Orleans | 184 m (604 ft), bearing 360° N |
| Source | USCG Light List Vol. IV; National Register 85003186 |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from West End lakefront, New Orleans, 184 m (604 ft) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
On the website for now. Louisiana's lighthouses are in the web viewer first, and they are coming to the CoastFinder app, which covers the North Carolina coast today. Follow @coastfinderapp to hear when Louisiana arrives.
Nearby
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- Pass a Loutre LighthouseLighthouse · 140 km
- Southwest Pass LightLighthouse · 141 km
- South Pass LighthouseLighthouse · 145 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.