Explore Belmont, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Belmont, 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 Belmont.
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 | Belmont |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Sabine Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.718182 |
| Longitude | -93.508178 |
| Population | 305 |
| Density | 11.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 70743, 70767, 71486 |
| Area Code | 985, 318 |
| School District | Sabine Parish School District |
Belmont reveals itself through the steady, amber-hued persistence of the Louisiana landscape, where the land stretches out in quiet, clay-heavy fields under an expansive, uncrowded sky. It lies 25.0 miles west of Natchitoches, LA (from Natchitoches, LA: bearing 263°T), and is situated 10.3 miles north of Many. Brushy Creek marks the local topography, carving a modest path through the earth that provides a constant, low-frequency hum to the surrounding woodland. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Dolette Hills, which catch the violet light of dusk and hold it long after the sun has slipped below the western plains. While the moisture in the air often feels thick enough to hold the scent of pine and damp soil, the atmosphere remains strictly tethered to the inland heat, far removed from any maritime influence. Those seeking the stillness of open water might travel toward Lockes Ponds, where the surface remains glassy and undisturbed by the heavy currents found further toward the state's interior waterways.
Belmont carries a legacy of agrarian labor and the slow, deliberate work of generations who understood the temper of the local soil. The economy remains rooted in the rhythm of the seasons, echoing a history defined by small-scale cultivation and the quiet endurance of families who have occupied these woods for decades. Life here does not clamor for attention, preferring the hum of a tractor or the sound of wind moving through the tall grasses to the noise of modern industry. Residents occasionally venture toward Unknown Park for a reprieve in the shade of dense thickets, finding a sense of scale that clarifies their place in the rural expanse. In Belmont, the days possess a measured quality, where the passage of time is marked not by the clock, but by the gradual lengthening of shadows across the porch boards as the evening settle into a profound, heavy silence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belmont, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.718182, -93.508178. 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 Belmont includes the ZIP code (70743, 70767, 71486), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Sabine Parish, and school district assignment (Sabine 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. |