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Empire Louisiana Map

Explore Empire, 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 Empire, Louisiana

How to Use This Empire, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.445183
Longitude	-89.614383
Population	905
Density	67.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70041, 70050
Area Code	504
School District	Plaquemines Parish School District

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About Empire, Louisiana

Empire is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 905. The population density is 67.0 people per km². Empire is located at 29.4452°N, 89.6144°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70041, 70050.

Empire sits upon a low, silt-heavy shelf where the Doullut Canal slices through the marsh like a dark, deliberate vein. It lies 40.0 miles southeast of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 144°T), and is situated 48.6 miles southeast of New Orleans. The horizon here is dominated by the flat, bruised expanse of the Gulf of Mexico, which pulses only a mile away, sending a salt-thickened breath over the reeds and black mud. To the west, the quiet waters of Bay Denesse shimmer under a sky that seems to possess more weight than the land itself, while the silhouette of Bosco Island hangs suspended in the humid haze just off the coast. The light at dusk is a singular thing, turning the stagnant pools to polished copper and stripping the color from the grasses until they stand as stark, gray sentinels against the encroaching tide.

Empire remains a place defined by the heavy labor of the water, its economy tethered to the harvest of the deep and the relentless transit of vessels through the canal. The local character is molded by generations who have learned to negotiate the shifting margins between solid ground and rising brine, a resilience echoed in the quiet maintenance of the nearby Buras Park. Life moves to the slow, rhythmic cadence of the tides, where the smell of diesel and brine hangs permanently in the heavy air. History here is not written in stone but in the submerged remains of old docks and the persistent, slow reclamation of the land by the sea, leaving a legacy of endurance that persists despite the constant, quiet erosion of the coastline.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 339° N
Preas Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 301° NW
Buras Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 141° SE
Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.0 mi, 128° SE · 151k acres
Breton National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.5 mi, 087° E · 52k acres
Breton National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.5 mi, 087° E · 12k acres
Grand Isle State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 238° SW
Pass A Loutre Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.4 mi, 133° SE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 35.7 mi, 311° NW
Airbout Tours (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 309° NW
Manila Village Historical Marker (Monument) — 36.7 mi, 303° NW
Clark Cheniere Historical Marker (Monument) — 36.7 mi, 303° NW
Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 309° NW
Southwest Pass Pilot Station (Viewpoint) — 37.6 mi, 161° S
Swamp tour airboat (Attraction) — 37.7 mi, 304° NW
Swampwalk (Attraction) — 38.0 mi, 308° NW
Chalmette Movies (Cinema) — 41.0 mi, 328° NW
Spotts Monument (Monument) — 41.2 mi, 326° NW
Painting with a Twist (Arts Centre) — 41.3 mi, 320° NW
Nord Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 42.5 mi, 324° NW
Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 42.5 mi, 347° N
Paper Machine (Arts Centre) — 42.6 mi, 326° NW
House of Dance & Feathers (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 327° NW
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 326° NW
Galería de arte (Gallery) — 43.7 mi, 322° NW
The Front (Gallery) — 43.9 mi, 325° NW
BB's Stage Door Canteen (Theatre) — 43.9 mi, 322° NW
LeMieux Galleries (Gallery) — 43.9 mi, 322° NW
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 60.9 mi, 027° NE · 213k acres
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 72.5 mi, 026° NE · 532k acres

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