The Riverwalk, Canal Place, and New Orleans Centre have added several specialty retail outlets, including national chain outlets like Lord and Taylor, Macy s, Brooks Brothers, Sharper Image and Saks Fifth Avenue. Baton Rouge also provides many shopping opportunities. Smaller retail centers are located in Slidell, Louisiana and Hammond, both within a half hour drive of the parish. Metropolitan daily newspapers from New Orleans and Baton Rouge are also circulated in Washington Parish. Many New Orleans stations are also available.
Cable service is also available in the parish.
Climate Washington Parish enjoys an average of 300 days of sun per year. Prevailing winds are from the north and northeast in the winter and fall and from the southeast in the spring and summer. It is bordered on the west by Tangipahoa Parish, and on the south by St. Tammany Parish. To the north are Walthall and Marion Counties across the Mississippi state line at the 31st parallel and to the east is Pearl River County, Mississippi. Within this 31-state area are 69 percent of the nation s population and 70 percent of its manufacturing plants.