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Grosse Tete Louisiana Map

Explore Grosse Tete, 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 Grosse Tete, Louisiana

How to Use This Grosse Tete, Louisiana Map

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

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	Grosse Tete
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Iberville Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.411028
Longitude	-91.433721
Population	548
Density	144.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70740
Area Code	985
School District	Iberville Parish School District

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About Grosse Tete, Louisiana

Grosse Tete is a locality in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 548. The population density is 144.2 people per km². Grosse Tete is located at 30.4110°N, 91.4337°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grosse Tete is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70740.

Grosse Tete emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the Louisiana alluvial plain where the heavy air clings to the skin like a damp linen cloth. It lies 16.9 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Erwinville. Bayou Grosse Tete carves a slow, serpentine path through the landscape, its dark water reflecting the overarching canopy of moss-draped cypress that stand as silent sentinels along the banks. At the center of the local geography, Grosse Tete Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the afternoon light filters through the leaves in broken, amber shards. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the horizon stretches out in an unbroken line, defined by the low-slung geometry of the surrounding fields and the persistent, drowsy drone of insects that marks the passage of the hours.

Sugarcane remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with vast, verdant rows dominating the soil and dictating the seasonal rhythm of harvest and regrowth. History here is written in the labor of the earth, as generations have navigated the challenges of the fertile, shifting ground to sustain a life tied to the cycle of the crops. While the stillness of the afternoon might suggest isolation, Grosse Tete maintains a quiet, enduring presence inland, removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here moves in accordance with the slow heat, where the weight of the past and the demands of the current harvest exist in a measured, steady balance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grosse Tete Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 227° SW
Lions Club Park (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 340° N
Rosedale Village Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 335° NW
Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp Megasite (Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 191° S
Sherburne Wildlife Management Area/atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge/bayou Des Ourses Area (usacoe) (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 263° W
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 291° W · 32k acres
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 076° E
Mississippi River Bridge (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 082° E
Uscgc White Alder (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 081° E
Sing The River (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 080° E
State Capitol Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 078° E
LSU Museum of Art (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 080° E
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 081° E
Mike the Tiger Habitat (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 089° E
Pentagon Barracks Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 078° E
Huey P. Long Memorial (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 078° E
Greek Theatre (Arts Centre) — 15.1 mi, 089° E
William A. Brookshire Military Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 089° E
Varsity Theatre (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 088° E
African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 15.4 mi, 089° E
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 083° E
Gallery 14 (Gallery) — 15.6 mi, 081° E
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 16.4 mi, 187° S
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 060° NE
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 19.2 mi, 081° E
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.4 mi, 057° NE
Beaver Creek (Local Recreation) — 21.8 mi, 032° NE
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 356° N · 22k acres
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 204° SW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 36.0 mi, 248° W

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