New Orleans Audubon Park#

New Orleans Audubon Park, May 2013, © Ewald Judt, under CC BY 4.0

Audubon Park 29.934167,-90.123611 is a city park located in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans. The park is named in honor of artist and naturalist John James Audubon. The park features sports fields, picnic facilities, a golf course, a tennis court, a public pool and its own zoo (Audubon Zoo). The park served as a makeshift helicopter port and encampment for National Guard troops and relief workers after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.