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Fifth Ward Louisiana Map

Explore Fifth Ward, 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 Fifth Ward, Louisiana

How to Use This Fifth Ward, Louisiana Map

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

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	Fifth Ward
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Avoyelles Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.120697
Longitude	-92.158388
Population	921
Density	68.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	71351
Area Code	318
School District	Avoyelles Parish School District

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About Fifth Ward, Louisiana

Fifth Ward is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 921. The population density is 68.4 people per km². Fifth Ward is located at 31.1207°N, 92.1584°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71351.

Fifth Ward exists as a quiet stretch of earth where the sun thickens the afternoon air, turning the horizon into a shimmer of heat above the flat, persistent plains. It lies 20.4 miles southeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west of Marksville. Heavy, fertile soil defines the landscape, anchored by the presence of Bayou Choctaw just a mile away, its slow, tea-colored waters carving a path through the humid landscape. To the north, the elevation shifts slightly toward the rise of Les Grandes Côtes, while the expansive, protected acreage of Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary for migratory birds that drift across the sky in long, rhythmic lines. The light here catches the tall grasses at dusk, casting a bruised, violet glow that makes the distance between the earth and the heavens feel strangely narrow.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Fifth Ward, where the labor of generations has been poured into the cultivation of rice and sugarcane, crops that turn the fields into distinct shades of emerald and gold. This land bears the quiet weight of a history shaped by the convergence of Cajun and Creole traditions, a heritage that lingers in the cadence of local speech and the deliberate, unhurried pace of the day. Life here is measured by the seasonal turn of the harvest and the deep, abiding knowledge of the soil, far removed from the bustle of the coast. While Boggy Lake lies twelve miles off, providing a distant anchor for the region’s geography, the spirit of Fifth Ward remains rooted in the immediate, tangible reality of the fields and the slow, cyclical rhythm of a life governed by the sun and the rain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.5 mi, 207° SW · 12k acres
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 253° W
Coco Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 085° E
Clarence Edwards Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 086° E
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 099° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.9 mi, 264° W · 9,337 acres
Bethune Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 086° E
Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 089° E
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 13.8 mi, 282° W
Dewey W Wills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 018° N
Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 201° S
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 308° NW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 22.4 mi, 333° NW · 607k acres
Camp Livingston: POW Camp (Historic Ruins) — 24.4 mi, 328° NW
Southern Forest Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 251° W
Camp Livingston Pool (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 331° NW
Bayou Beouf Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 26.1 mi, 292° W · 995 acres
Moon Tree (Monument) — 30.9 mi, 278° W
Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 170° S
The Indians (Monument) — 37.3 mi, 205° SW
Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 40.8 mi, 174° S
Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 173° S
White supremacy monument (Monument) — 42.7 mi, 310° NW
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 46.0 mi, 200° S
“the Sky’s the Limit” Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 47.7 mi, 200° S
Boho (Gallery) — 49.3 mi, 174° S
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 53.3 mi, 055° NE
Fort Rosalie (Attraction) — 53.5 mi, 055° NE
Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 53.7 mi, 056° NE
Melrose (Attraction) — 54.2 mi, 057° NE

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