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Albany Louisiana Map

Explore Albany, Louisiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Albany, Louisiana

How to Use This Albany, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Albany, Louisiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Louisiana or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Albany.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Albany
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Livingston Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.504358
Longitude	-90.582314
Population	1,235
Density	355.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70711
Area Code	985
School District	Livingston Parish School District

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About Albany, Louisiana

Albany is a locality in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,235. The population density is 355.8 people per km². Albany is located at 30.5044°N, 90.5823°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Albany is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70711.

Albany defines itself through the quiet, persistent flow of the Little Natalbany River, which carves a path through the dense, verdant woodlands of the Florida Parishes. It lies 7.2 miles west of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-northwest of Ponchatoula. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the loblolly pines and the low-lying thickets, where the sunlight filters through the canopy in muted, golden shafts. While Rose Mound rises in the distance to break the horizon, the earth remains stubbornly level, a sprawling expanse of pine flats and managed timberland that stretches away from the river’s edge. The air carries the scent of damp earth and crushed needles, a sensory reminder of the deep, inland geography that keeps the bustle of the world at a considerable remove.

Albany emerged as a center for the timber industry, its early years marked by the rhythmic whine of sawmills and the steady labor of those who cleared the dense forests to make way for agriculture. Today, the economy leans into a mixture of local commerce and the steady pulse of transit, with the Holden I-12 Rest Area serving as a brief waypoint for travelers traversing the broader landscape. The cultural rhythm of Albany remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, far from the influence of Lake Maurepas or the shifting terrain of Brier Patch Island. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the residents maintain a connection to the soil and the legacy of a working landscape that has remained largely unchanged by the frantic pace of the modern century.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holden I-12 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 244° SW
Tickfaw River (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 267° W
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 289° W
Tickfaw State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 200° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 118° SE
Joyce Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 125° SE
Galvez Town (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 239° SW
Wild Louisiana Kayak Swamp Tour Launch (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 161° S
Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 262° W
Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 227° SW
Peace Stones (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 262° W
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 182° S
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 258° W
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 264° W
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 32.7 mi, 220° SW
Create Studios (Arts Centre) — 34.4 mi, 261° W
Sugar Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 34.4 mi, 109° E
Bocage Plantation (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 220° SW
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 34.7 mi, 277° W
Collapsed Observarion Deck (Viewpoint) — 35.2 mi, 110° E
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 110° E · 56k acres
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.2 mi, 080° E · 73k acres

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