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Port Allen Louisiana Map

Explore Port Allen, 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 Port Allen, Louisiana

How to Use This Port Allen, Louisiana Map

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

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	Port Allen
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	West Baton Rouge Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.452135
Longitude	-91.210108
Population	4,939
Density	672.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70767
Area Code	985
School District	West Baton Rouge Parish School District

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About Port Allen, Louisiana

Port Allen is a locality in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,939. The population density is 672.6 people per km². Port Allen is located at 30.4521°N, 91.2101°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Port Allen is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70767.

Port Allen stretches across a flat, alluvial expanse where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the weight of the surrounding sugarcane fields in a perpetual, languid embrace. It lies 3.3 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southwest of Baker. The Mississippi River rolls past the eastern edge of Port Allen with a dark, muscular intensity, carving the landscape into a fertile plain that feels detached from the frantic pace of the modern world. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, liquid gold, catching the dust motes that hover over the soil and illuminating the quiet, industrial silhouette of the grain elevators that mark the horizon. Seven miles away, the still surface of Gar Pond reflects the shifting clouds, offering a glassy stillness that contrasts with the constant, churning motion of the nearby waterway.

Rivault Memorial Park serves as the central green lung for Port Allen, providing a quiet ground where the history of the region—a legacy of plantation economies and the labor-driven expansion of the river trade—is softened by the shade of mature oaks. The economy remains tethered to the pulse of the river, with logistics and agricultural processing forming the backbone of a life that has long thrived in the shadows of the Free Negro Point Crevasse, a reminder of the volatile geological shifts that once reshaped this terrain. Life in Port Allen moves with a measured, deliberate cadence, where the scent of damp earth and diesel lingers in equal measure, and the social fabric is stitched together by a shared understanding of the land’s enduring, stubborn fertility. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the crops and the relentless, southward crawl of the current.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rivault Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 180° S
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 020° N
William & Lee Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 301° NW
State Capitol Park (State Park) — 1.1 mi, 082° E
Sing The River (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 100° E
Mississippi River Bridge (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 137° SE
Pentagon Barracks Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 079° E
Uscgc White Alder (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 116° SE
LSU Museum of Art (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 104° E
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 109° E
Huey P. Long Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 080° E
Gallery 14 (Gallery) — 2.1 mi, 102° E
Memorial Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 080° E
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 114° SE
Greek Theatre (Arts Centre) — 3.1 mi, 145° SE
Mike the Tiger Habitat (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 151° SE
Varsity Theatre (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 140° SE
William A. Brookshire Military Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 144° SE
African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 142° SE
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 012° N
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 088° E
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 5.8 mi, 115° SE
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.3 mi, 021° N
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.2 mi, 272° W · 32k acres
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 323° NW · 22k acres
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 52.9 mi, 012° N · 192k acres

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