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Baton Rouge Louisiana Map

Explore Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge, Louisiana

How to Use This Baton Rouge, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge.

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	Baton Rouge
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	East Baton Rouge Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.442174
Longitude	-91.130894
Population	227,470
Density	1017.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	70806, 70836, 70801, 70802, 70803
Area Code	985
School District	East Baton Rouge Parish School District

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About Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is a locality in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. With a population of 227,470, Baton Rouge is a major urban centre in Louisiana. The population density is 1017.5 people per km². Baton Rouge is located at 30.4422°N, 91.1309°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Baton Rouge is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70806, 70836, 70801.

Baton Rouge anchors the landscape as a humid, verdant expanse where the ground swells into gentle, forested bluffs that defy the flatness of the surrounding plains. It lies 7.3 miles north of Gardere, LA (from Gardere, LA: bearing 353°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-northwest of Shenandoah. The air here holds a heavy, persistent warmth, often shimmering at dusk when the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold against the canopy of oaks. While the terrain is distinctly inland, distant from any reach of tide, the land is defined by the subtle, persistent drainage of the earth, including the quiet flow of Dawson Creek only a mile away. Residents find a quiet respite at Kernan Avenue Park, a space where the rhythm of the afternoon slows to match the movement of the clouds, and the distant, low-lying basin of Free Negro Point Crevasse serves as a reminder of the shifting, alluvial nature of this inland reach.

Baton Rouge emerged from the meeting of colonial ambitions, marked by the distinctive red pole that once served as a boundary marker for indigenous hunting grounds. This early signifier gave the settlement its name, grounding its origins in the tactile reality of the land rather than the abstract designs of empires. Over generations, the settlement transitioned from a frontier outpost into a seat of administrative power, its identity forged by a layered inheritance of French, Spanish, and Anglo-American influences. The architecture still bears the weight of this history, where the lines of classical structures reflect a time when the town served as a pivot point for the movement of people and goods through the interior.

Baton Rouge functions as a formidable engine of industry, with a skyline defined by the vertical geometry of petrochemical plants and the sprawling infrastructure of a major logistical hub. This industrial backbone is balanced by the presence of Louisiana State University, an institution that acts as the intellectual and social pulse of the region, drawing thousands into its orbit each semester. The economy relies heavily on the steady hum of manufacturing and the expertise gathered within the university’s research centers, creating a workforce that moves between the laboratory and the refinery. Infrastructure weaves through the landscape, connecting the dense urban core to the surrounding agrarian tracts where the long, slow cycle of the seasons dictates the pace of commerce and life.

Baton Rouge celebrates a culture defined by the roar of stadium crowds on autumn Saturdays and the persistent, culinary devotion to the slow simmering of local ingredients. The city serves as a stage for the LSU Tigers, whose games exert a gravitational pull that suspends the normal operations of life across the region. Landmarks like the soaring, art-deco state capitol tower overlook the streets, providing a vertical contrast to the sprawling canopy of the neighborhood trees. Festivals bloom throughout the calendar, drawing communities together for music and food that reflect the diverse, layered origins of the populace. Though it remains a place of intense, localized devotion, the city has produced figures of national reach in literature and music, each carrying the specific, humid resonance of the inland South into the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Magnolia Mound Plantation (Historic Site) — 1.6 mi, 200° S
Old Governor's Mansion (Historic Site) — 3.0 mi, 280° W
Shaw Center for the Arts (Art / Cultural Centre) — 3.1 mi, 277° W
USS Kidd Veterans Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 278° W
Louisiana Art & Science Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 278° W
LSU Museum of Art (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 264° W
Louisiana State Capitol (Landmark) — 3.3 mi, 285° W
Capitol Park Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 281° W
Old Louisiana State Capitol (Historic Site) — 3.5 mi, 283° W
LSU Rural Life Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 219° SW
Mike the Tiger's Habitat (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.8 mi, 228° SW
Port Allen Lock (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 268° W
West Baton Rouge Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 269° W
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.9 mi, 353° N
Louisiana State Arboretum (Nature Reserve) — 46.0 mi, 302° NW
Sevenoaks (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 092° E
Webb Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 197° S
Independence Community Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 077° E
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 044° NE
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 1.8 mi, 163° S
Create Studios (Arts Centre) — 1.9 mi, 222° SW
Peace Stones (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 091° E
State Capitol Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 296° NW
Memorial Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 298° NW
Gallery 14 (Gallery) — 2.6 mi, 275° W
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 265° W
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 147° SE
Varsity Theatre (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 238° SW
African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 3.3 mi, 233° SW
Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 288° W

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