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Port Sulphur Louisiana Map

Explore Port Sulphur, 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 Sulphur, Louisiana

How to Use This Port Sulphur, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.504507
Longitude	-89.721978
Population	1,677
Density	119.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	70083
Area Code	504
School District	Plaquemines Parish School District

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About Port Sulphur, Louisiana

Port Sulphur is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,677. The population density is 119.6 people per km². Port Sulphur is located at 29.5045°N, 89.7220°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70083.

Port Sulphur manifests as a low-slung horizon where the land surrenders to the encroaching moisture of the Gulf, defined primarily by the dark, industrious incision of the Nestor Canal. It lies 31.4 miles southeast of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 145°T), and is situated 34.9 miles southeast of Woodmere. The terrain is a soft, alluvial flatness, a precarious margin where the earth feels less like solid ground and more like a saturated sponge held together by the stubborn roots of marsh grasses. Moisture hangs heavy in the air, a thick, subtropical shroud that dulls the sun to a pale copper coin by late afternoon. Two miles to the east, the brackish expanse of Grand Bayou dictates the ebb and flow of the local tides, while the distant, shimmering surface of Cox Bay remains a quiet, hidden basin beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline. To the south, the landscape is punctuated by the verdant, quiet expanse of Preas Park, a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a marsh bird.

Port Sulphur carries the weight of a singular industrial legacy, having emerged from the earth’s own mineral bounty to anchor a life built upon the extraction of sulfur. This economy of raw, elemental labor shaped the settlement, leaving behind a character defined by hard work and the pragmatic endurance of those who live in the shadow of the tides. The rhythm of daily life moves with the deliberate pace of the water, far removed from the frantic pulse of distant urban centers, yet tethered to the same slow, humid heat that defines the region. Residents look toward the distant silhouette of Drum Island as a marker of the shifting boundary between the firmament and the open expanse. History here is not written in stone, but in the recurring patterns of the wind and the persistent, quiet maintenance of a life carved out of a delta that is constantly making and unmaking itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Preas Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 138° SE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 356° N
Grand Isle State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 219° SW
Saint Bernrd State Park District 1 (State Park) — 26.2 mi, 335° NW
Delta National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 126° SE · 151k acres
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 28.1 mi, 313° NW
Airbout Tours (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 311° NW
Manila Village Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 303° NW
Clark Cheniere Historical Marker (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 303° NW
Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 310° NW
Swamp tour airboat (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 304° NW
Breton National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.1 mi, 095° E · 52k acres
Breton National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 mi, 095° E · 12k acres
Swampwalk (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 310° NW
Painting with a Twist (Arts Centre) — 34.1 mi, 324° NW
Chalmette Movies (Cinema) — 34.3 mi, 334° NW
Spotts Monument (Monument) — 34.3 mi, 332° NW
Nord Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 35.5 mi, 329° NW
Paper Machine (Arts Centre) — 35.8 mi, 331° NW
Pass A Loutre Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.9 mi, 130° SE
House of Dance & Feathers (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 331° NW
Galería de arte (Gallery) — 36.6 mi, 326° NW
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 330° NW
Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 36.6 mi, 349° N
BB's Stage Door Canteen (Theatre) — 36.8 mi, 325° NW
Solomon Victory Theater (Cinema) — 36.8 mi, 325° NW
LeMieux Galleries (Gallery) — 36.8 mi, 326° NW
Forbes Theater (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 326° NW
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 60.6 mi, 034° NE · 213k acres
De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 72.0 mi, 032° NE · 532k acres

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