Buras Louisiana Map

About Buras, Louisiana

Buras is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,109. The population density is 186.3 people per km². Buras is located at 29.3519°N, 89.5242°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70041.

Buras defines itself through the persistent, low-slung geography of a land that exists in a fragile negotiation with the encroaching Gulf of Mexico. It lies 44.6 miles southeast of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 141°T), and is situated 53.2 miles southeast of New Orleans. The Buras Drainage Canal cuts a dark, linear path through the saturated earth, acting as a primary artery that directs the restless moisture toward the horizon. Here, the horizon is not a distant goal but a blurred line where the sky bleeds into the brackish marshes, and the air carries a heavy, salt-sweet weight that clings to the skin long after the sun has dipped low. Beyond the immediate reach of the canal, the landscape remains flat and expansive, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of marsh grass or the distant, shifting outlines of Sable Island shimmering in the haze. A few miles inland, the waters of Bay Denesse hold a quiet, stagnant stillness, mirroring a sky that often shifts from a bruised violet to a stark, blinding gray within the span of an afternoon.

Buras maintains a stoic presence in a region shaped by the cyclical demands of the water and the labor of those who harvest its bounty. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the gulf, with generations of residents drawing their living from the tides and the shifting sediment of the delta. Life in Buras moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, echoing the slow accumulation of silt and the steady, unceasing work of the local fishing fleets. Visitors often find their way to Buras Park, a modest stretch of green that offers a rare, firm vantage point to observe the interplay of land and water that defines the local existence. It is a place where history is not merely recorded in documents but felt in the recurring struggle to maintain a foothold against the elements, a reality that keeps the residents acutely aware of the land’s shifting, fluid nature.

About This Buras Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buras, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.351886, -89.524225. 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 Buras includes the ZIP code (70041), telephone area code (504), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Plaquemines 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.