Gretna

Gretna combines the close-knit scale of an older river town with the bustle of metropolitan New Orleans in a way that reflects its position on the Mississippi River’s West Bank. The seat of Jefferson Parish, it lies across the river from central New Orleans yet maintains its own downtown and civic core. The Gretna Green Blacksmith Shop, a preserved 19th-century building, recalls the trades that served this riverfront community. Gretna stands in the Louisiana lowlands, where levees and the Mississippi’s course have long shaped settlement. Browse other webcams across Louisiana and the New Orleans area to place Gretna in a wider geographic context.

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