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Cankton Louisiana Map

Explore Cankton, 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 Cankton, Louisiana

How to Use This Cankton, Louisiana Map

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

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	Cankton
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	St. Landry Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.346033
Longitude	-92.109567
Population	583
Density	110.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70584
Area Code	985
School District	St. Landry Parish School District

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About Cankton, Louisiana

Cankton is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 583. The population density is 110.4 people per km². Cankton is located at 30.3460°N, 92.1096°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cankton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70584.

Cankton exists as a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial earth where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the weight of the afternoon sky. It lies 4.1 miles west-northwest of Carencro, LA (from Carencro, LA: bearing 299°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northwest of Lafayette. The landscape here is defined by the steady, unpretentious geometry of farmland, where rows of crops trace the contours of the soil under a sun that bleaches the color from the roadbeds. A mile away, the slow movement of Coulee Croche marks the drainage of the plains, its waters idling through the silt and heavy clay. Beyond the immediate fields, the atmosphere holds a persistent, humid stillness, a heaviness that slows the movement of the air and settles deep into the fiber of the tall, sun-baked grasses.

Cankton maintains a character forged by the persistence of its people and the slow, deliberate pace of the regional economy. Agriculture dictates the rhythm of the days, with the labor of the fields providing a steady pulse that has defined the locality since its earliest settlement. Those seeking recreation often look toward Pelican Park, which offers a rare pocket of managed greenery four miles distant, while the broader geography remains dominated by the open, working prairie. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quiet gravity of the land endures, leaving the spirit of the place to reside in the simple, stark beauty of light falling across a flat field at the end of a long, hot day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pelican Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 125° SE
Boho (Gallery) — 5.2 mi, 030° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 030° NE
Schilling Eagle Statue (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 135° SE
Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 147° SE
Teche & Fuselier Bayou Fee (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 075° E
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 146° SE
Downtown Lafayette Arch (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 146° SE
Mosaic Arch (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 143° SE
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 149° SE
First Horizon Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 157° SE
Vermilionville Historic Village (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 143° SE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.4 mi, 143° SE
Acadian Village (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 176° S
Rayne City Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 235° SW
Cypress Island (Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 140° SE
Corporate Block (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 152° SE
Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 009° N
Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 007° N
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 125° SE
Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 010° N
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 21.0 mi, 299° NW
Spanish Lake - Dried Lake Bed (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 143° SE
Sherburne Wildlife Management Area/atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge/bayou Des Ourses Area (usacoe) (State Conservation Area) — 23.4 mi, 066° NE
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 070° E · 32k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.5 mi, 303° NW · 9,337 acres
Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 341° N
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 35.2 mi, 123° SE
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 52.7 mi, 003° N
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 53.3 mi, 329° NW · 607k acres

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