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Jean Lafitte Louisiana Map

Explore Jean Lafitte, 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 Jean Lafitte, Louisiana

How to Use This Jean Lafitte, Louisiana Map

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

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	Jean Lafitte
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Jefferson Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.753403
Longitude	-90.101568
Population	1,809
Density	119.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70067
Area Code	504
School District	Jefferson Parish School District

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About Jean Lafitte, Louisiana

Jean Lafitte is a locality in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,809. The population density is 119.4 people per km². Jean Lafitte is located at 29.7534°N, 90.1016°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jean Lafitte is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70067.

Jean Lafitte spreads its low, humid horizon across a landscape defined by the persistent, dark currents of Bayou Cutler. It lies 7.7 miles south of Estelle, LA (from Estelle, LA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-southwest of Woodmere. The earth here is soft and saturated, a shifting mosaic of marsh and dense woodland that keeps the coastal tides at a constant, watchful distance. To the north, the waters of Lake Salvador mirror the heavy, bruised clouds of an approaching afternoon, while the nearby Isle Bonne rises from the wetlands like a silent, silt-bound sentinel. In the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve, the air feels thick with the scent of damp cypress and decaying leaves, a place where the sun filters through the canopy in thin, pale needles of light that illuminate the stillness of the swamp.

History lingers in Jean Lafitte like the salt-heavy mist that rolls in from the brackish edges of the coastline, reminding those who dwell here of a time when the waterways served as silent corridors for illicit trade. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the water, with the harvest of shrimp and crab dictating the pace of life far more than the ticking of a clock. Traditions of the Cajun and Creole cultures flow through the neighborhoods as surely as the water in the channels, manifesting in the slow-cooked meals and the resilient, quiet endurance of the people. While the modern world moves with a frantic, metallic urgency, the pulse of this place remains tied to the tides, a steady and deliberate existence carved into the fragile, verdant edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rosethorn Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 356° N
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.6 mi, 355° N
Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 004° N
Airbout Tours (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 044° NE
Manila Village Historical Marker (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 229° SW
Clark Cheniere Historical Marker (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 229° SW
Swamp tour airboat (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 256° W
Swampwalk (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 344° N
Estelle Playground (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 005° N
Timken Wildlife Management Area - Couba Island (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 312° NW
Salvador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 289° W
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 334° NW
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 102° E
Painting with a Twist (Arts Centre) — 10.8 mi, 015° N
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 004° N
Prytania Theatre (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 357° N
Odenheimer Aquarium (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 352° N
Birth of a Muse (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 007° N
BB's Stage Door Canteen (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 008° N
Galería de arte (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 009° N
Solomon Victory Theater (Cinema) — 13.2 mi, 008° N
Forbes Theater (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 008° N
Confederate Memorial Hall;Confederate Memorial Hall Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 008° N
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 008° N
Saint Bernrd State Park District 1 (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 060° NE
Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 007° N
Bayou Des Allemands (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 267° W
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 033° NE · 25k acres
Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 21.2 mi, 033° NE
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 033° NE · 28k acres

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