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Krotz Springs Louisiana Map

Explore Krotz Springs, 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 Krotz Springs, Louisiana

How to Use This Krotz Springs, Louisiana Map

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

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	Krotz Springs
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	St. Landry Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.536859
Longitude	-91.752893
Population	904
Density	202.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70750
Area Code	985
School District	St. Landry Parish School District

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About Krotz Springs, Louisiana

Krotz Springs is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 904. The population density is 202.0 people per km². Krotz Springs is located at 30.5369°N, 91.7529°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Krotz Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70750.

Krotz Springs anchors itself firmly to the banks of the Atchafalaya River, where the earth yields to a heavy, humid stillness that defines the lower basin. It lies 19.6 miles east of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 89°T), and is situated 12.1 miles east of Port Barre. The landscape here is a study in sediment and shadow, dominated by the dense, tangled growth of the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area/atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge/bayou Des Ourses Area (usacoe) that encroaches upon the western periphery. Light filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts, illuminating a terrain that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world. Beyond the immediate riverbanks, the land stretches into a flat, verdant expanse, occasionally broken by the distant, muted silhouette of the Melville Crevasse. It is a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp soil and ancient timber, and the horizon is a seamless blur of deep greens and slate-gray sky.

Krotz Springs emerged from the intersection of industry and the volatile nature of the surrounding waterways, establishing a character forged by the relentless flow of commerce and the necessity of high-ground resilience. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the refinery towers that rise above the tree line, their steel skeletons reflecting the amber glow of a setting sun against the muted backdrop of the woods. Life moves with the deliberate weight of the river, shaped by the cycles of the regional oil and gas industries that have long sustained the population. Residents navigate their days under the watchful presence of the nearby Lake Bigeux, which sits as a silent witness to the seasonal shifts in the basin. Here, the culture remains an intricate layering of regional traditions, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable movement of the currents that define the very geography of Krotz Springs.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sherburne Wildlife Management Area/atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge/bayou Des Ourses Area (usacoe) (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 071° E
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.5 mi, 145° SE · 32k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 079° E
82nd Airborne Division Memorial (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 172° S
Six String Music Stage (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 196° S
Mcgees swamp tour (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 182° S
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 16.4 mi, 177° S
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 042° NE · 22k acres
Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 287° W
Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 269° W
Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 269° W
Vietnam and Korean War memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 206° SW
Boho (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 245° SW
Acadiana Conservation Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 298° NW
Statue of Mary (Public Artwork) — 22.8 mi, 191° S
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 203° SW
De La Houssaye's Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 203° SW
Champagne's Cajun Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 202° S
Schilling Eagle Statue (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 218° SW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 26.5 mi, 213° SW
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 216° SW
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 216° SW
Fort Desperate (Historic Ruins) — 30.2 mi, 070° E
Spanish Lake - Dried Lake Bed (State Recreation Area) — 32.5 mi, 193° S
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 099° E
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 33.5 mi, 166° S
Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 33.8 mi, 297° NW
Gallery 14 (Gallery) — 35.0 mi, 100° E
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 56.6 mi, 025° NE · 192k acres
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 58.2 mi, 307° NW · 607k acres

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