New Orleans: Mississippi Bend Light in the Crescent City

New Orleans sits at 29.9°N at the wide bend of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Golden hour lasts about 29 minutes. The river flows south-to-north at this bend, so the east bank (Algiers) faces west toward the French Quarter, and the west bank faces east toward the sunrise over the river. The Algiers Point levee offers the most direct golden-hour view: face east from the ferry landing for the entire French Quarter riverfront illuminated in morning light, with the Crescent City Connection bridge spanning the foreground. The Moonwalk promenade faces the river west-northwest; at sunset, the Mississippi reflects orange into the evening sky. The live oak canopy streets of the Garden District (Prytania, St. Charles Avenue) channel low-angle morning light into tree-tunnel compositions.