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Choctaw Louisiana Map

Explore Choctaw, 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 Choctaw, Louisiana

How to Use This Choctaw, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.845682
Longitude	-90.72384
Population	775
Density	47.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70719, 70301
Area Code	985
School District	Lafourche Parish School District

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About Choctaw, Louisiana

Choctaw is a locality in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 775. The population density is 47.9 people per km². Choctaw is located at 29.8457°N, 90.7238°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70719, 70301.

Choctaw emerges from the low, damp horizons of the Louisiana wetlands where the dark, silt-heavy current of Bayou Baton Pilon carves a slow path through the marsh. It lies 8.5 miles east-northeast of Thibodaux, LA (from Thibodaux, LA: bearing 69°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of Raceland. The air here holds a permanent, humid weight, thick with the scent of brackish water and the rot of cypress knees, while the light at dusk bruises the sky into shades of deep violet and bruised gold. To the north, the land rises subtly toward the elevation of Walker Point, offering a slight reprieve from the saturated earth that stretches toward the distant, salt-tinged expanse of Baie Chevreuil. Beyond the immediate banks of the bayou, the landscape is defined by the flat, quiet persistence of the wilderness, where the proximity of the Division Of State Lands ensures the survival of tangled thickets and hidden sloughs that remain largely untouched by the encroaching reach of the modern world.

Choctaw maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons of the soil and the rising tides that press inland from the coast, seventeen miles away. The local economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the swamp and the labor of the earth, echoing a history built upon the steady harvest of sugarcane and the quiet industry of those who know how to read the water. Life here moves with a deliberate, unforced gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its center instead in the proximity of Lake Boeuf and the interconnected veins of the bayous. Residents carry the legacy of a landscape that is constantly shifting, a place where the boundaries between the solid ground and the water are always in flux, requiring a patience that is as deep and murky as the channels of the basin itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 035° NE
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 224° SW
Sante Fe Bull (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 247° SW
Peltier Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 233° SW
Civic Center Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 242° SW
Lake Boeuf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 136° SE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.8 mi, 241° SW
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 13.1 mi, 233° SW
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 359° N
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 027° NE
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 179° S
Dumas Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 181° S
Southdown Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 183° S
Greenwood Gator Farm (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 214° SW
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.0 mi, 189° S · 8,780 acres
Veterans Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 073° E
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 22.2 mi, 068° E
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Project (State Recreation Area) — 23.7 mi, 079° E
Bocage Plantation (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 324° NW
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 328° NW
Home Port (Historic Castle / Fort) — 28.6 mi, 164° S
Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 337° NW
Louisiana Toy Train Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 072° E
Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 30.4 mi, 252° W
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 081° E
Garden of Honor (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 081° E
NOLA Wax Hands (Arts Centre) — 31.7 mi, 072° E
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 33.2 mi, 086° E
Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 41.1 mi, 226° SW
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 263° W · 22k acres

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