1Lake Pontchartrain
Estuary located in southeastern Louisiana, United States.
Attractions near Watson
USS Kidd & 19 more attractions near Watson
20 notable places within 60 miles of Watson, and the sights travelers look up most.
Attractions nearby
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within 60 miles
The big one
17 mi
USS Kidd
Big draws
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Museum · 17 mi southwest
USS Kidd
1943 Fletcher-class destroyer.
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What’s around Watson
Orange: Watson. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.
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Everything nearby
Best known first
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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4Whitney Plantation Historic District
US museum in Louisiana devoted to the history of slavery for sugar cane production on 2,000 acres.
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9Abita Mystery House
Roadside attraction and folk art museum in Abita Springs, Louisiana.
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14Shaw Center for the Arts
Performing arts center, arts museum, and education center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot
Museum located in a historic railway station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Independence Park Botanic Gardens
Botanical garden in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Louisiana State Museum – Baton Rouge
Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US.
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Photo credits
Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pontchartrain Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 3.0 · Abita Mystery House: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Afton Villa Gardens: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baton Rouge Zoo: Kkmurray, CC BY 2.5 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edward Douglass White House: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Highland Road Community Park: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · LSU Hilltop Arboretum: H.dryad, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louisiana State Museum – Baton Rouge: see above, CC BY 3.0
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