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Port Barre Louisiana Map

Explore Port Barre, 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 Barre, Louisiana

How to Use This Port Barre, Louisiana Map

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

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 Barre
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	St. Landry Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.560195
Longitude	-91.954006
Population	1,751
Density	627.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70577
Area Code	985
School District	St. Landry Parish School District

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About Port Barre, Louisiana

Port Barre is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,751. The population density is 627.1 people per km². Port Barre is located at 30.5602°N, 91.9540°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Port Barre is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70577.

Port Barre occupies a low-slung stretch of land where the Bayou Courtableau carves a deliberate, muddy path through the heavy, humid silence of the plains. It lies 7.8 miles east-northeast of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-northeast of Carencro. Port Barre sits two miles from the shallow, eroded drainage of Grand Gulley, its physical character defined by the flat, fertile earth that stretches out toward the horizon in shades of dark loam and vibrant green. The air here carries a thick, sweet weight, particularly at dusk when the light turns a bruised gold and settles over the cypress stands that line the water. Residents gather at Port Barre Park, a quiet expanse of grass where the stillness is broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery working the surrounding fields.

History lingers in Port Barre like the scent of woodsmoke, rooted in the trade routes that once relied on the slow, reliable current of the Bayou Courtableau to move goods through the interior. The local economy remains anchored to this land, with the cycles of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life far more than the ticking of a clock. While Lake Bigeux lies sixteen miles to the north, the focus here remains fixed on the immediate soil and the intricate systems of irrigation that sustain the regional crops. Life in Port Barre moves with a deliberate, unforced gravity, a testament to a culture that values the steady, repetitive labor of the seasons and the quiet dignity of a landscape that asks for nothing more than patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Port Barre Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 200° S
Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 008° N
Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 032° NE
Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 302° NW
Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 255° W
Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 257° W
South City Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 250° W
Acadiana Conservation Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 319° NW
Boho (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 213° SW
Sherburne Wildlife Management Area/atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge/bayou Des Ourses Area (usacoe) (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 109° E
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.6 mi, 108° E · 32k acres
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 16.8 mi, 332° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.7 mi, 014° N · 9,337 acres
Six String Music Stage (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 154° SE
Vietnam and Korean War memorial (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 171° S
82nd Airborne Division Memorial (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 138° SE
Mcgees swamp tour (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 147° SE
Schilling Eagle Statue (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 189° S
Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 307° NW
Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 190° S
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 189° S
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 173° S
De La Houssaye's Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 173° S
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 190° S
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 24.0 mi, 186° S
Statue of Mary (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 163° S
Eunice Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 261° W
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 261° W
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 38.3 mi, 350° N
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 48.1 mi, 314° NW · 607k acres

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