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Violet Louisiana Map

Explore Violet, 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 Violet, Louisiana

How to Use This Violet, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.89576
Longitude	-89.897844
Population	5,758
Density	566.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	70092
Area Code	504
School District	St. Bernard Parish School District

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About Violet, Louisiana

Violet is a locality in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,758. The population density is 566.3 people per km². Violet is located at 29.8958°N, 89.8978°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70092.

Violet reveals itself through the heavy, humid air of the delta, a low-slung expanse of silt and sediment where the horizon feels pressed against the earth by the weight of the sky. It lies 5.1 miles southeast of Chalmette, LA (from Chalmette, LA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Terrytown. The landscape around Violet is defined by the proximity of the Mississippi River, which moves with a muddy, muscular indifference just a mile to the west, carving the very ground upon which the houses sit. To the east, the brackish influence of Big Mar permeates the soil, pulling the water table upward until the land seems to breathe in unison with the tides. Near the center of the grid, the Violet Playground offers a small, manicured patch of green where the light at dusk turns a bruised, electric purple, casting long shadows across the flat, sodden terrain that stretches toward the Poydras Crevasse.

History in Violet is measured in the slow accumulation of river mud and the resilience of those who have farmed the rich, stubborn soil for generations. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the water, where the legacy of plantation agriculture has long since dissolved into the practical, industrious trade of the working coast. Men and women here understand the tenuous geometry of their surroundings, respecting the way the Poydras Crevasse once reshaped the map and how the Mississippi River continues to dictate the flow of commerce and life. Even now, the cultural character remains a dense layering of traditions, moving at a pace that favors the deliberate over the hurried, much like the slow drift of debris toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Big Mar.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Violet Playground (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 169° S
Lake Borgne Canal (violet Canal) (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 062° NE
Wilderness Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 262° W
Saint Bernrd State Park District 1 (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 199° S
Bashman Bayou (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 060° NE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 327° NW
Chalmette Movies (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 309° NW
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.2 mi, 300° NW
Spotts Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 298° NW
Brechtel Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 275° W
Paper Machine (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 303° NW
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 355° N · 25k acres
Bayou Savage National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 7.9 mi, 355° N
Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 355° N · 28k acres
House of Dance & Feathers (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 304° NW
Nord Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 292° W
Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 302° NW
Music Box Village (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 301° NW
Painting with a Twist (Arts Centre) — 9.3 mi, 274° W
The Front (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 300° NW
Antenna (Gallery) — 9.7 mi, 300° NW
Indywood Theater (Cinema) — 9.8 mi, 300° NW
The Guardians Institute (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 304° NW
The House of The Rising Sun (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 293° NW
The New Movement Theater (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 299° NW
Mudlark (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 300° NW
Hurricane Katrina Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 287° W
Vue Orleans (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 290° W
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 295° NW
Bayou Segnette State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 271° W

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