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Bunkie Louisiana Map

Explore Bunkie, 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 Bunkie, Louisiana

How to Use This Bunkie, Louisiana Map

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

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.

CityBunkie
StateLouisiana (LA)
CountyAvoyelles Parish
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude30.953247
Longitude-92.182626
Population3,346
Density427.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code71322
Area Code318
School DistrictAvoyelles Parish School District

About Bunkie, Louisiana

Bunkie is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,346. The population density is 427.5 people per km². Bunkie is located at 30.9532°N, 92.1826°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bunkie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71322.

Bunkie emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Avoyelles Parish landscape, where the dark, sluggish waters of Bayou Huffpower carve a slow path through the silt and heavy clay. It lies 29.2 miles south-southeast of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north-northeast of Ville Platte. The sun hangs low and thick over the horizon, casting a syrupy, golden light that clings to the cypress knees and the vast, open fields of grain. To the east, the ground lifts ever so slightly toward the distant rise of Les Grandes Côtes, though the immediate vista remains one of expansive, productive plains. Four miles to the north, the quiet surface of Boggy Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, while the verdant, unmanicured borders of Unknown Park provide a sanctuary where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and coming rain.

Bunkie carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, built upon the sweat and cycles of the sugarcane and rice harvests that define the local economy. The architecture remains grounded and unpretentious, reflecting a history tied to the expansion of the railroad and the steady, rhythmic demands of the seasons. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, favoring the porch over the parlor and the shared conversation over the hurried pace of modern industry. Every street corner in Bunkie seems to hold a quiet gravity, an awareness of the labor that turned this prairie into a patchwork of productivity, preserving a singular, localized culture that persists despite the changing tides of the world beyond the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 219° SW
  • Steve Sheppard Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 354° N
  • Acadiana Conservation Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 222° SW
  • Bayou Cocodrie (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 253° W
  • Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.7 mi, 007° N · 12k acres
  • Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 217° SW
  • Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 289° W · 35k acres
  • Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 360° N
  • Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 034° NE
  • Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 21.7 mi, 292° W · 607k acres
  • Southern Forest Heritage Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 279° W
  • Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 162° S
  • The Indians (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 212° SW
  • Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 328° NW
  • Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 168° S
  • Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 167° S
  • Bayou Beouf Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 30.9 mi, 311° NW · 995 acres
  • Moon Tree (Monument) — 33.2 mi, 298° NW
  • Camp Livingston: POW Camp (Historic Ruins) — 34.3 mi, 341° N
  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 34.7 mi, 204° SW
  • Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 34.7 mi, 204° SW
  • Camp LIvingston Gas Chamber (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 340° N
  • “the Sky’s the Limit” Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 36.4 mi, 204° SW
  • Boho (Gallery) — 38.0 mi, 169° S
  • Six String Music Stage (Theatre) — 48.4 mi, 154° SE
  • Mural Room (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 186° S
  • Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 50.8 mi, 169° S
  • Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 51.1 mi, 169° S
  • Mcgees swamp tour (Attraction) — 51.3 mi, 151° SE
  • Kisatchie Hills Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 57.9 mi, 307° NW · 8,701 acres

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About This Bunkie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bunkie, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.953247, -92.182626. 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 Bunkie includes the ZIP code (71322), telephone area code (318), county seat of Avoyelles Parish, and school district assignment (Avoyelles 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.