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Montegut Louisiana Map

Explore Montegut, 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 Montegut, Louisiana

How to Use This Montegut, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.440619
Longitude	-90.560803
Population	1,465
Density	134.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70068, 70377
Area Code	504, 985
School District	Terrebonne Parish School District

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About Montegut, Louisiana

Montegut is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,465. The population density is 134.5 people per km². Montegut is located at 29.4406°N, 90.5608°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70068, 70377.

Montegut reveals itself as a low-slung expanse where the horizon dissolves into the dark, brackish veins of Bayou Terrebonne. It lies 12.9 miles southeast of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 3.4 miles northeast of Chauvin. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, humid breath of the coast, where the earth is less a solid foundation and more a fragile, shifting margin between the encroaching tide and the persistent marsh. Beyond the immediate banks, the Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area stretches out in a mosaic of sawgrass and tangled thickets, its wild silence broken only by the rhythmic slap of water against the hulls of moored skiffs. When the light of dusk descends, the moisture in the air catches the fading sun, turning the sky a bruised violet and casting long, flickering shadows over the reeds that lean toward the open water.

Montegut sustains a quiet, resilient rhythm shaped by generations who have looked to the water for their livelihoods, harvesting the bounty of the bayou while navigating the constant, quiet threat of the rising sea. History lingers in the local cadence of speech and the weathered silhouettes of sheds that have faced down storms for decades, standing as humble monuments to a culture deeply tethered to the tide. While the distant Isle de Jean Charles remains a poignant reminder of the region’s vulnerability to the elements, the people of Montegut continue to organize their days around the seasonal cycles of the catch and the slow migration of birds through the nearby wetlands. Even the four-mile distance to the quiet waters of Billy Goat Bay feels significant, a reminder that in this geography, every mile of land is a hard-won victory against the pull of the Gulf.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 098° E
Home Port (Historic Castle / Fort) — 2.0 mi, 282° W
Montegut Recreation Center (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 008° N
Boudreaux Canal (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 223° SW
Bush Canal 2 (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 206° SW
Bourg Recreation Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 344° N
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.6 mi, 148° SE
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 288° W · 8,780 acres
Dumas Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 316° NW
Blessed Virgin Mary (Public Artwork) — 14.4 mi, 051° NE
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 319° NW
Southdown Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 314° NW
Lions Park (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 072° E
Salvador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.1 mi, 032° NE
Greenwood Gator Farm (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 300° NW
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 331° NW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 29.2 mi, 327° NW
Swamp tour airboat (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 050° NE
Clark Cheniere Historical Marker (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 052° NE
Manila Village Historical Marker (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 052° NE
Grand Isle State Park (State Park) — 35.2 mi, 118° SE
Veterans Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 35.7 mi, 017° N
Swampwalk (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 048° NE
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 37.9 mi, 016° N
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 38.0 mi, 038° NE
Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 39.2 mi, 268° W
Louisiana Toy Train Museum (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 027° NE
Odenheimer Aquarium (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 038° NE
Ken Hollis Theater (Theatre) — 42.8 mi, 030° NE
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.5 mi, 045° NE · 28k acres

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