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Baskin Louisiana Map

Explore Baskin, 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 Baskin, Louisiana

How to Use This Baskin, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	32.259038
Longitude	-91.747626
Population	210
Density	60.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	71219
Area Code	318
School District	Franklin Parish School District

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About Baskin, Louisiana

Baskin is a locality in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 210. The population density is 60.8 people per km². Baskin is located at 32.2590°N, 91.7476°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Baskin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71219.

Baskin stretches across a low, fertile expanse where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the light of the sun long after it has dipped below the horizon. It lies 27.7 miles southeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 128°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-northwest of Winnsboro. Pine Bayou cuts a sluggish, dark path through the damp earth near the edge of the settlement, its muddy banks choked with the tangled roots of cypress and willow. Only a mile away, the quiet stillness of Round Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a glassy surface that breaks the monotony of the flat, sun-drenched fields. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of Hill Ridge rises against the sky, a distant undulation that defines the limit of the horizon and anchors the sprawling, quiet landscape.

Baskin maintains a deliberate, measured pace, its economy deeply rooted in the seasonal cycles of the soil and the rhythm of the harvest. Families have worked these flat, productive tracts for generations, cultivating the land with a persistent, quiet industry that values the steady return of the crop over the frantic pulse of the modern world. Life here is defined by the proximity to the earth and the occasional excursion to Landis Memorial Park, where the trees offer a brief, shaded respite from the heat of the afternoon. There is a particular clarity in the way Baskin observes the changing seasons, a communal recognition that the strength of the place lies in its continuity and the unadorned, honest labor of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Merrells Street Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 173° S
Davis Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 162° S
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 8.3 mi, 165° S
Boeuf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 232° SW
Big Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 120° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.6 mi, 074° E · 9,337 acres
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 089° E · 156k acres
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 19.9 mi, 181° S
Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 314° NW
Mascur Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 307° NW
Butterfly Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 27.3 mi, 308° NW
Poverty Point World Heritage Site (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 038° NE
Windsor Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 42.4 mi, 121° SE
Grant's Canal (Monument) — 47.8 mi, 085° E
Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 115° SE
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 49.8 mi, 085° E
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 49.8 mi, 085° E
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 50.4 mi, 113° SE
Virginia Memorial (Monument) — 50.5 mi, 085° E
South Carolina Memorial (Monument) — 50.7 mi, 085° E
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 50.8 mi, 231° SW · 607k acres
Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 51.0 mi, 082° E
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 51.6 mi, 158° S
USS Cairo (Attraction) — 52.1 mi, 081° E
Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 52.1 mi, 146° SE
Fort Rosalie (Attraction) — 52.4 mi, 158° S
Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 52.6 mi, 157° SE
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 58.3 mi, 060° NE · 61k acres

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