Bayou Cane Louisiana Map

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.

About This Bayou Cane Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bayou Cane, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.624353, -90.751036. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bayou Cane includes the ZIP code (70037, 70360), telephone area code (504, 985), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Terrebonne Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.