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Bourg Louisiana Map

Explore Bourg, 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 Bourg, Louisiana

How to Use This Bourg, Louisiana Map

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

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	Bourg
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Terrebonne Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.563648
Longitude	-90.614968
Population	2,375
Density	162.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	70343
Area Code	985
School District	Terrebonne Parish School District

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About Bourg, Louisiana

Bourg is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,375. The population density is 162.4 people per km². Bourg is located at 29.5636°N, 90.6150°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70343.

Bourg serves as a low-slung, verdant threshold where the solid earth begins to surrender to the encroaching tides of the open coastline. It lies 7.6 miles east-southeast of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 112°T), and is situated 8.2 miles southeast of Bayou Blue. Bayou Terrebonne carves a slow, tea-colored path directly past the houses and docks of Bourg, acting as the primary artery for a landscape defined by the constant, rhythmic presence of water. The air here carries a heavy, salt-dampened weight, clinging to the skin and softening the edges of the cypress trees that rise from the marshy perimeter. At the center of daily life, Bourg Recreation Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the local flora seems to hold its breath against the humidity, providing a quiet vantage point to watch the sunlight fracture across the surface of the nearby waterways.

Generations of families have anchored their lives to the bounty of the water, building an economy that remains deeply tethered to the harvest of the coast and the intricate, shifting demands of the bayou. The history of Bourg echoes in the weathered wood of the docks and the steady hum of engines preparing for the tide, a testament to a resilience learned from the unpredictable temperament of the wetlands. Three miles to the north, Lake Long sits as a deep, still mirror to the sky, contrasting with the restless movement of the bayou that defines the town’s daily pace. Life here operates on a frequency tuned to the seasons and the water, where the legacy of the past is not a museum piece but a practical, working inheritance that persists in the language, the labor, and the slow, deliberate movement of the afternoon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bourg Recreation Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 111° E
Presque Isle Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 285° W
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 330° NW
Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 142° SE
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 291° W
Dumas Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 286° W
Southdown Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 283° W
Home Port (Historic Castle / Fort) — 8.2 mi, 171° S
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.8 mi, 269° W · 8,780 acres
Boudreaux Canal (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 181° S
Bush Canal 2 (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 177° S
Lake Boeuf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 353° N
Blessed Virgin Mary (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 088° E
Greenwood Gator Farm (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 282° W
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 327° NW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 20.4 mi, 322° NW
Veterans Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 028° NE
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 31.2 mi, 027° NE
Swamp tour airboat (Attraction) — 31.3 mi, 066° NE
Clark Cheniere Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 068° E
Manila Village Historical Marker (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 068° E
Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 040° NE
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 34.3 mi, 051° NE
Louisiana Toy Train Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 038° NE
Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 36.8 mi, 286° W
The Rig Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 284° W
Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 37.2 mi, 255° W
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.6 mi, 287° W · 22k acres

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