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Pleasure Bend Louisiana Map

Explore Pleasure Bend, 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 Pleasure Bend, Louisiana

How to Use This Pleasure Bend, Louisiana Map

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

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	Pleasure Bend
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	St. John the Baptist Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.922091
Longitude	-90.641206
Population	212
Density	19.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	70090
Area Code	504
School District	St. John the Baptist Parish School District

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About Pleasure Bend, Louisiana

Pleasure Bend is a locality in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 212. The population density is 19.5 people per km². Pleasure Bend is located at 29.9221°N, 90.6412°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70090.

Pleasure Bend anchors itself against the Vacherie Canal, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate stillness that mirrors the humid air. It lies 13.5 miles southwest of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 221°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southeast of Lutcher. The landscape here is defined by the expansive, quiet presence of Lac des Allemands, which holds the horizon in a perpetual, silver-gray reflection. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain is low and soft, a marshy expanse that feels porous, as if the land itself were merely a thin skin stretched over the shifting tides of the Baie a Carlin. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it thickens, catching on the wet trunks of cypress trees and turning the atmosphere into a translucent, golden amber that slows the pulse of anyone passing through.

Pleasure Bend carries the weight of a long agricultural lineage, its economy historically tethered to the rhythmic cycles of sugarcane and the seasonal labor of the surrounding fields. The proximity to the Division Of State Lands ensures that much of the surrounding territory remains a quiet sanctuary, a buffer against the encroaching speed of the modern world. Life in Pleasure Bend is measured by the subtle variations in the water levels and the distant, cooling breezes that drift in from the direction of Miller Point. While Knights Bay Island remains a ghostly silhouette on the far periphery, the residents maintain a connection to the soil and the canal that feels as deep and unyielding as the silt-heavy earth beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 194° S
South Vacherie Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 292° W
Miles Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 283° W
The Longboat (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 355° N
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 015° N
Bayou Des Allemands (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 114° SE
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 005° N
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 224° SW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.8 mi, 232° SW
Veterans Memorial Plaza (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 087° E
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 15.9 mi, 079° E
Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Project (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 092° E
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 20.3 mi, 229° SW
Wild Louisiana Kayak Swamp Tour Launch (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 035° NE
Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 091° E
Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 192° S
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 311° NW
Dumas Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.5 mi, 193° S
Southdown Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 194° S
Louisiana Toy Train Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 081° E
NOLA Wax Hands (Arts Centre) — 25.6 mi, 080° E
Garden of Honor (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 091° E
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 091° E
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.3 mi, 198° S · 8,780 acres
Ken Hollis Theater (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 082° E
Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 323° NW
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 096° E
J&S Gallery (Gallery) — 28.6 mi, 084° E
Tickfaw State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 359° N
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.3 mi, 077° E · 28k acres

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