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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	Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne 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 emerges from the flat, moisture-heavy earth where the slow-moving Little Bayou Black carves a dark, serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 3.9 miles west-northwest of Bayou Cane, LA (from Bayou Cane, LA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-northwest of Houma. The air here holds a permanent, humid weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the encroaching greenery that thrives in this low-lying basin. To the south, the horizon hints at the proximity of the coast, where the influence of Bayou Terrebonne dictates the subtle rise and fall of the water table. Sunsets in Central often bleed a bruised, violet light across the horizon, casting long, skeletal shadows of cypress trees that seem to hold their breath against the advancing evening. At a distance of eight miles, the basin of Hatch Point sits as a quiet reminder of the land’s ancient, shifting geology, while the nearby expanse of Lake Hackberry reflects the vast, pale sky with a mirror-like stillness.

Industry and daily life in Central remain tethered to the rhythm of the land and the endurance of its people. Generations have worked the surrounding fields, where the economy remains deeply connected to the harvest and the persistent, slow pulse of agricultural labor. Beyond the working fields, the Westside Girls Complex & Park serves as a quiet gathering point, marking a space where the community anchors itself amidst the sprawling, open terrain. There is a particular, unadorned resilience in the architecture and the habits of those who dwell here, a way of moving through the day that favors steady persistence over haste. Even as the modern world encroaches, Central maintains a distinct, grounded character, defined by the steady flow of local waterways and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the marshy, fertile soil that sustains them.

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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