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Central Louisiana Map

Explore Central, 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 Central, Louisiana

How to Use This Central, Louisiana Map

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

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	Central
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	St. James Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.559305
Longitude	-91.035507
Population	29,565
Density	183.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	70395, 70770
Area Code	985
School District	Central Community School District

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About Central, Louisiana

Central is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of 29,565. The population density is 183.4 people per km². Central is located at 30.5593°N, 91.0355°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Central is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70395, 70770.

Central extends across a verdant, alluvial expanse where the heavy, humid air holds the scent of damp earth and the long, brown Mississippi exerts a quiet, gravitational pull on the local landscape. It lies 11.9 miles south of Gonzales, LA (from Gonzales, LA: bearing 171°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-southeast of Donaldsonville. The terrain remains largely flat, a subtle mosaic of dense woodlands and open fields that stretch toward the horizon, far removed from the volatility of any coastline. To the south, the Nita Crevasse marks a depression in the land, a slight topographical variation that reminds the observer of the fluid, shifting nature of this inland basin. In the golden, slanted light of late afternoon, the trees cast long, thin shadows over the soil, lending the flat reaches a sense of depth and stillness that seems to suspend the very passage of time.

Central maintains a character defined by its transition from agrarian roots to a contemporary residential identity, where the rhythms of daily life favor the steady persistence of the interior plains. While the local economy has evolved, the influence of the nearby river remains a constant, shaping the history of land use and development throughout the surrounding parishes. Residents often look toward Lemannville Park, a modest expanse of greenery that provides a quiet connection to the outdoors, or consider the distant, static silhouette of Indian Mound, which rises from the plains eighteen miles away. Even Lake Verret, situated eighteen miles off, exerts a subtle, cooling influence on the climate, tempering the heat that settles over the region during the long, languid months of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brec Jacob Kornmeyer Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 090° E
Howard Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 024° NE
Kinchloe Lloyd Baker (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 099° E
Comite River (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 262° W
Waddill Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 179° S
Frenchtown Road Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 155° SE
Greenwood Community Park (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 270° W
Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 163° S
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.5 mi, 273° W
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 214° SW
Peace Stones (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 204° SW
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 258° W
Zachary Train Depot (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 310° NW
Zachary High School Football Stadium (Stadium) — 10.0 mi, 312° NW
State Capitol Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 229° SW
Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 232° SW
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 232° SW
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 201° S
Gallery 14 (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 227° SW
Pentagon Barracks Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 232° SW
Create Studios (Arts Centre) — 11.7 mi, 216° SW
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 225° SW
LSU Museum of Art (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 230° SW
Mississippi River Bridge (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 229° SW
Varsity Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 221° SW
African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 220° SW
Tickfaw State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 117° SE
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 302° NW · 22k acres
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.2 mi, 259° W · 32k acres
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 44.3 mi, 001° N · 192k acres

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