Audubon Park

Stroll under live oaks along a paved loop, past a lagoon and bird rookery, in a 350-acre Uptown park between St. Charles Ave and the river.

6500 Magazine St · New Orleans, LA

About Audubon Park

Audubon Park covers about 350 acres of Uptown New Orleans, stretching from St. Charles Avenue to the Mississippi River across from Tulane and Loyola universities. Its present form largely follows a design by John Charles Olmsted, with old live oaks, a 1.8-mile paved loop, lagoons, sports fields and a golf course. Look for wading birds on Ochsner Island and the Tree of Life, a live oak planted around 1740 next to the zoo.

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Transit: reachable by public transit
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