Welcome Louisiana Map
Explore Welcome, 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 Welcome, Louisiana
How to Use This Welcome, Louisiana Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Welcome, 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 Welcome.
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 | Welcome |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | St. James Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.044277 |
| Longitude | -90.883526 |
| Population | 672 |
| Density | 57.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 70084, 70086 |
| Area Code | 504 |
| School District | St. James Parish School District |
About Welcome, Louisiana
Welcome is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 672. The population density is 57.2 people per km². Welcome is located at 30.0443°N, 90.8835°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70084, 70086.Welcome stretches across the flat, alluvial plains where the Mississippi River carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 12.8 miles south-southeast of Gonzales, LA (from Gonzales, LA: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-southeast of Donaldsonville. The earth here is heavy and dark, a fertile silt that supports a lush, humid canopy and deep, tangled thickets that stretch toward the nearby Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Sunlight in Welcome often takes on a thick, honeyed quality in the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields and catching the suspended dust in the air. To the north, the Nita Crevasse marks a jagged scar upon the topography, a reminder of the river’s restless power that once reshaped the very soil beneath the feet of those who inhabit these low-lying plains.
History in Welcome is inextricably bound to the cycles of the harvest, where the expansive fields of sugarcane sway in the heat, defining the local rhythm of labor and industry. The economy remains tethered to the river’s reach, drawing from the same corridor of commerce that has sustained generations of families who cultivate this stubborn, productive ground. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a slow-turning season, far from the frantic pulse of larger metropolitan centers, yet deeply connected to the intricate, layered heritage of the region. Even the distant, quiet presence of Lac des Allemands, sixteen miles away, seems to influence the moisture that clings to the evening, keeping the atmosphere heavy and fragrant with the scent of damp earth and growing stalks.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lemannville Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 332° NW
- Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 060° NE
- Blind River (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 059° NE
- Bocage Plantation (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 322° NW
- Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 335° NW
- Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 8.8 mi, 164° S
- I-10 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 357° N
- Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 352° N
- The Longboat (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 092° E
- San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 089° E
- Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 17.4 mi, 202° S
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 17.4 mi, 168° S
- National Hansen's Disease Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 306° NW
- Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 162° S
- Goula Paradise Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.1 mi, 312° NW
- WHITE ALDER Memorial Light 195A (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 302° NW
- Galvez Town (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 359° N
- Tickfaw State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 029° NE
- Wild Louisiana Kayak Swamp Tour Launch (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 073° E
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 332° NW
- Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 30.3 mi, 220° SW
- Peace Stones (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 335° NW
- Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 30.5 mi, 100° E
- Create Studios (Arts Centre) — 30.6 mi, 329° NW
- African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 30.9 mi, 326° NW
- William A. Brookshire Military Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 325° NW
- Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.7 mi, 174° S · 8,780 acres
- Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.2 mi, 240° SW · 22k acres
- Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 40.8 mi, 267° W
- Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 45.5 mi, 210° SW
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About This Welcome Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Welcome, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.044277, -90.883526. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Welcome includes the ZIP code (70084, 70086), telephone area code (504), county seat of St. James Parish, and school district assignment (St. James Parish School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
