Explore Egan, 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 Egan, 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 Egan.
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 | Egan |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Acadia Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.245515 |
| Longitude | -92.511594 |
| Population | 618 |
| Density | 49.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 70531 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| School District | Acadia Parish School District |
Egan unfolds across a vast, flat expanse of prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything but the tall, slender stalks of rice swaying in the humid afternoon breeze. It lies 8.0 miles west-northwest of Crowley, LA (from Crowley, LA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Jennings. The land here holds the light with a peculiar intensity, turning the expansive fields into a shimmering gold that reflects the slow passage of the sun until the sky bruises into violet. Water moves with a profound, quiet deliberation through Coulee Andre, which snakes through the landscape two miles away, carving a path through the rich, dark soil that defines the regional character. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains level and open, a stark contrast to the distant wooded clusters that break the monotony of the plains, while the I-10 Rest Area provides a singular, utilitarian point of stillness six miles from the main paths of daily life.
Egan anchors its identity in the rhythms of agriculture, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of the working day. Generations have cultivated this earth, organizing their lives around the demands of the fields and the subtle shifts in the climate that define life in this inland corridor. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the land itself, unburdened by the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring the steady, predictable labor of those who know the temperament of the soil. While Mitchell Lake lies thirteen miles away as a distant reference point in the regional geography, the true character of Egan is found in the simple, enduring traditions of its people, who maintain a connection to the landscape that predates the modern intrusions of the interstate. Each day concludes with a stillness that settles over the plains, a reminder that in the quiet spaces between the crops, time moves at the pace of the growing season.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Egan, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.245515, -92.511594. 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 Egan includes the ZIP code (70531), telephone area code (985), county seat of Acadia Parish, and school district assignment (Acadia 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. |