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New Orleans Louisiana Map

Explore New Orleans, 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 New Orleans, Louisiana

How to Use This New Orleans, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	30.05342
Longitude	-89.934502
Population	383,997
Density	874.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	70112, 70139, 70121, 70123, 70141
Area Code	504
School District	Orleans Parish School District

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About New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a locality in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. With a population of 383,997, New Orleans is a major urban centre in Louisiana. The population density is 874.8 people per km². New Orleans is located at 30.0534°N, 89.9345°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. New Orleans is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70112, 70139, 70121.

New Orleans emerges from the low, humid delta as a place where the earth seems perpetually engaged in a slow, damp negotiation with the water. It lies 3.0 miles north-northwest of Gretna, LA (from Gretna, LA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east-southeast of Metairie. The landscape is defined by its profound flatness and a saturation of the soil that keeps the air heavy, thick with the scent of brackish moisture and the verdant decay of cypress roots. Only one mile away, the Mississippi River carves a dark, serpentine path through the terrain, its currents carrying the silty weight of the continent toward the distant, saline reaches of Big Mar, which lies just twelve miles from the edge of the urban expanse. Within the center of the dense, built environment, Elks Place provides a small, quiet pocket of green, while a few miles out, the land dips toward the Bell Crevasse or rises slightly toward the marshy edges of Demourelles Island, all under the broad, cooling influence of Lake Pontchartrain.

Founders of New Orleans sought to secure a gateway to the vast interior, choosing a site where the soft, alluvial ground demanded a stubborn persistence from those who arrived to build. The colonial origins left an imprint on the layout of the streets, creating a dense core where the architecture reflects a layered history of European and Caribbean influences, balanced against the inevitable encroaching wildness of the delta. Over generations, the patterns of settlement followed the natural levees, shaping a community that grew not by expanding into heights, but by pressing deeper into the swampy, challenging geography. This resilience against the rising damp has defined the temperament of New Orleans, where the past is not merely remembered in stones but is felt in the way the humidity clings to the plaster of old walls and the way the light softens at dusk.

Economic vitality in New Orleans remains tied to the movement of goods along the Mississippi River, serving as a critical conduit for the nation's maritime trade and industrial energy. The harbor facilities, refineries, and shipping logistics provide a sturdy backbone for the local economy, while the presence of institutions like Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans fosters a persistent intellectual and professional rigor. Infrastructure here is a constant labor, with systems designed to manage the water that presses in from every side, from the nearby Lake Pontchartrain to the hidden, saturated basins. Innovation in the city often focuses on the intersection of engineering and ecology, as residents and industries alike organize their efforts around the singular necessity of maintaining stability in a landscape that never truly stands still.

Culture in New Orleans manifests as a continuous, rhythmic celebration, seen in the brass bands that animate the streets and the elaborate processions that mark the turn of the seasons. The local passion for sports is centered on the professional fervor surrounding the New Orleans Saints, whose games draw the collective spirit of the populace into a singular, vocal focus. Major annual festivals transform the public squares into stages for jazz and zydeco, reflecting a heritage that is as much about the endurance of joy as it is about the solemnity of tradition. Landmarks like the historic architecture of the French Quarter serve as anchors for the traveler, while the quiet, lingering heat of the afternoons encourages a pace of life that favors conversation and the slow, deliberate observation of the world passing by.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frenchmen Street (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 233° SW
Old Ursuline Convent Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
Jackson Square (Landmark) — 10.2 mi, 229° SW
St. Louis Cathedral (Cathedral / Church) — 10.2 mi, 229° SW
Preservation Hall (Theatre / Concert Hall) — 10.2 mi, 229° SW
Bourbon Street (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 233° SW
French Quarter (Historic Site) — 10.5 mi, 231° SW
Cemeteries (e.g., St. Louis Cemetery No. 1) (Historic Site) — 10.6 mi, 233° SW
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas (Aquarium) — 10.6 mi, 226° SW
City Park (Nature Reserve) — 10.9 mi, 238° SW
New Orleans Museum of Art (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 239° SW
Mercedes-Benz Superdome (Stadium) — 11.3 mi, 231° SW
National WWII Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 226° SW
Garden District (Historic Site) — 12.8 mi, 228° SW
Audubon Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.8 mi, 232° SW
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 085° E · 28k acres
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.6 mi, 348° N · 25k acres
Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 0.6 mi, 348° N
Kingswood Playspot (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 298° NW
Village De L'Est Playground (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 155° SE
Đức Mẹ La Vang (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 137° SE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.5 mi, 040° NE
Chalmette Movies (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 198° S
House of Dance & Feathers (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 216° SW
Paper Machine (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 214° SW
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 221° SW
Katrina Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 258° W
The Guardians Institute (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 228° SW
Music Box Village (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 222° SW
New Orleans Community Print Shop & Darkroom (Arts Centre) — 8.5 mi, 225° SW

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