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Converse Louisiana Map

Explore Converse, 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 Converse, Louisiana

How to Use This Converse, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	31.781558
Longitude	-93.693794
Population	379
Density	67.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	71419
Area Code	318
School District	Sabine Parish School District

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About Converse, Louisiana

Converse is a locality in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 379. The population density is 67.1 people per km². Converse is located at 31.7816°N, 93.6938°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Converse is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71419.

Converse occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, dark passage of Bayou San Patricio, which carves a humid path through the dense pinewoods and thickets of the Louisiana interior. It lies 35.7 miles west of Natchitoches, LA (from Natchitoches, LA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 17.7 miles south of Mansfield. The land here slopes away from the modest elevation of Big Hill, giving way to the sprawling, pine-heavy expanse of the Sabine National Forest that anchors the horizon to the west. Sunlight filters through the canopy in stagnant, golden shafts, illuminating the fine, silty soil that characterizes this inland terrain. Five miles away, the vast, stillness of Toledo Bend Reservoir holds the sky in its reflective surface, a quiet presence that dictates the moisture in the air and the slow, heavy quality of the afternoon heat.

Converse maintains a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the timber industry, a legacy of the logging camps that first drew settlers to these dense woods. The local economy persists in the quiet trade of forest products and agriculture, echoing the labor of generations who cleared the brush to make way for pastures and small-scale operations. Beyond the immediate reach of the Racetrack Prairie, where the earth opens into a rare, flat expanse, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal shifts of the woods. People move with a deliberate, measured caution, acknowledging the weight of the humidity and the isolation that keeps the modern world at a distance, leaving the primary concerns of the day to the land itself and the steady, unhurried flow of the bayou.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 8.4 mi, 243° SW · 161k acres
North Toledo Bend State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 188° S
North Toledo Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 302° NW
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 16.1 mi, 206° SW
James Taylor Gaines (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 190° S
Alfred D. & Martha (Causey) Oliphint (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 190° S
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.2 mi, 020° N · 30k acres
Site of the Last Battle (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 265° W
Pickering Lumber Company mill? (Historic Ruins) — 23.2 mi, 303° NW
Indian Mounds Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.4 mi, 184° S · 12k acres
Shelby County Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 272° W
San Augustine County Historical Foundation Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 235° SW
Ezekiel Cullen Home Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 235° SW
Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 196° S
Alligator Park (Nature Reserve) — 31.9 mi, 084° E
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 32.3 mi, 123° SE · 607k acres
Moore Plantation Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.6 mi, 197° S
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 092° E
Cane River Gallery (Public Artwork) — 35.7 mi, 092° E
Chimp Haven (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.8 mi, 336° NW
Red Dirt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.1 mi, 119° SE · 40k acres
Turkey Hill Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.4 mi, 225° SW · 5,536 acres
Toledo Dam Vista LA (Viewpoint) — 40.8 mi, 170° S
Wlf - Lake Anacoco / Lake Vernon (State Recreation Area) — 41.1 mi, 154° SE
Saline Bayou, Louisiana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 47.8 mi, 073° E · 6,090 acres
Old Railroad Equitment (Attraction) — 50.3 mi, 357° N
Burr's Ferry (Registered Battlefield) — 50.5 mi, 168° S
Shreveport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 50.8 mi, 357° N
Track Speeder (Attraction) — 51.0 mi, 356° N
Derelict Tram (Attraction) — 51.1 mi, 357° N

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