Explore Norco, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Norco, 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 Norco.
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 | Norco |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | St. Charles Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.999092 |
| Longitude | -90.412304 |
| Population | 2,984 |
| Density | 334.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 70079 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| School District | St. Charles Parish School District |
Norco emerges from the flat, alluvial soil of the river plain, held in the long, muscular curve of the Mississippi River. It lies 5.3 miles northwest of Destrehan, LA (from Destrehan, LA: bearing 317°T), and is situated 6.2 miles southeast of Laplace. The landscape surrounding Norco remains defined by the relentless, heavy movement of the water, which carves a path through the humid, low-lying expanse of the delta. Beyond the levees, the ground levels into a vast, verdant stretch of earth where the light at dusk takes on a bruised, metallic violet hue, reflecting the industrial silhouettes that stand against the horizon. Bethune Park provides a quiet anchor in this terrain, offering a small, green reprieve where the air is thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic hum of the inland plains.
History in Norco shifts with the heavy machinery of the oil and chemical refineries that define its modern economic backbone. Since the early twentieth century, the growth of the town has been inseparable from the steady, pressurized industry that lines the banks of the Mississippi River, creating a landscape of steel towers and complex piping that glows with amber lights long after the sun retreats. While the Bonnet Carre Floodway stands just two miles away as a massive, dormant guardian against the rising water, the pace of life remains tethered to the steady labor of the refineries. Residents navigate a world where the quiet, moss-draped branches of nearby trees contrast with the constant, low-frequency vibration of production, a singular environment where the weight of the past sits comfortably beside the unceasing motion of the present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norco, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.999092, -90.412304. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Norco includes the ZIP code (70079), telephone area code (504), county seat of St. Charles Parish, and school district assignment (St. Charles Parish School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |