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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. John the Baptist 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

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About Welcome, Louisiana

Welcome is a locality in St. John the Baptist 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 exists as a sliver of earth defined by the persistent, heavy presence of the Mississippi River, which flows just one mile from its center. It lies 6.7 miles west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 266°T), and is situated 2.4 miles west of Reserve. The landscape here is flat, defined by the low-slung horizon of the alluvial plain where the air hangs thick and humid, holding the light in a suspended, golden haze during the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain stretches toward the quiet, dark waters of Lac des Allemands, six miles distant, and the subtle, irregular depression of the Hymelia Crevasse. Fields of sugarcane define the visual character of Welcome, their long, fibrous stalks swaying in the breeze like a green sea, while the distant, solitary rise of Indian Mound punctuates the otherwise level topography nineteen miles away.

History in Welcome remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the soil and the labor required to coax wealth from the silt-heavy ground. Families have long oriented their lives around the harvest, with the economy favoring the large-scale cultivation that has dominated this reach of the country for generations. Residents find quiet recreation at Ezekiel Jackson Park, a space that serves as a necessary buffer of green where the heat of the day seems to dissipate under the shade of mature trees. Life moves with a slow, deliberate cadence here, shaped by a cultural heritage that draws from deep, layered roots, where the passing of time is measured not by clocks, but by the steady, churning movement of the nearby river and the seasonal turning of the crops.

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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