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Bayou Cane Louisiana Map

Explore Bayou Cane, 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 Bayou Cane, Louisiana

How to Use This Bayou Cane, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bayou Cane, 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 Bayou Cane.

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	Bayou Cane
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Plaquemines Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.624353
Longitude	-90.751036
Population	19,770
Density	1002.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70037, 70360
Area Code	504, 985
School District	Terrebonne Parish School District

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About Bayou Cane, Louisiana

Bayou Cane is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of 19,770. The population density is 1002.7 people per km². Bayou Cane is located at 29.6244°N, 90.7510°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70037, 70360.

Bayou Cane maintains a low-slung horizon where the heavy, humid air clings to the skin like a damp wool coat. It lies 4.1 miles south-southwest of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 203°T), and is situated 8.5 miles southeast of Marrero. The landscape here is defined by a saturated flatness, a marshy threshold where the earth seems perpetually undecided between solid ground and the encroaching tide of Big Mar, which rests only six miles away. Only a mile from the slow, silty churn of the Mississippi River, the terrain is shaped by the subtle shifts of water and the dense, dark green of cypress stands. Sunlight often catches the moisture in the air at dusk, turning the sky a bruised violet and casting long, liquid shadows across the silt-heavy soil. To the west, the distant expanse of the Caernarvon Crevasse reminds one that the land is a shifting mosaic, forever held together by the stubborn root systems of willow and sawgrass.

Bayou Cane functions as a quiet artery of commerce and culture, drawing its vitality from the proximity of the Mississippi River and the deep-rooted traditions of the surrounding delta. The economy moves with the steady pulse of the tides, reflecting a history of industry that has long looked toward the water for its livelihood. A brief excursion toward the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve, three miles away, reveals the raw, untamed character of the environment that once dictated the pace of life for the early settlers. Residents navigate their days with a familiar, unforced cadence, shaped by the interplay of Cajun and Creole influences that linger in the local vernacular. Despite the encroaching pace of modern development, Bayou Cane retains a deliberate stillness, an enduring quality where the passage of time is marked not by clocks, but by the rhythmic ebb and flow of the landscape itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 006° N
Westside Girls Complex & Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 236° SW
Moss Street Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 134° SE
Southdown Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 165° S
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 134° SE
Dumas Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 148° SE
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.7 mi, 200° S · 8,780 acres
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 100° E
Greenwood Gator Farm (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 266° W
Lake Boeuf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 031° NE
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 10.9 mi, 306° NW
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 349° N
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.6 mi, 340° N
Lion Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 342° N
Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 127° SE
Home Port (Historic Castle / Fort) — 15.5 mi, 142° SE
Boudreaux Canal (Viewpoint) — 18.3 mi, 154° SE
Bush Canal 2 (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 153° SE
Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 27.8 mi, 282° W
The Rig Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 280° W
Veterans Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 046° NE
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 30.7 mi, 017° N
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 32.4 mi, 043° NE
Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 055° NE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 058° NE
Garden of Honor (Monument) — 38.0 mi, 058° NE
Louisiana Toy Train Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 051° NE
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 285° W · 22k acres

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