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Gillis Louisiana Map

Explore Gillis, 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 Gillis, Louisiana

How to Use This Gillis, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	30.373814
Longitude	-93.200989
Population	800
Density	185.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	70611
Area Code	985
School District	Calcasieu Parish School District

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About Gillis, Louisiana

Gillis is a locality in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 800. The population density is 185.2 people per km². Gillis is located at 30.3738°N, 93.2010°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70611.

Gillis exists where the flat, moisture-heavy earth of the coastal plain meets the slow, dark transit of Little Indian Bayou. It lies 5.0 miles north of Moss Bluff, LA (from Moss Bluff, LA: bearing 353°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Westlake. The landscape here favors the patient observer, defined by a horizon that stretches wide and low under a sky that often feels heavy with the coming rain. To the south, the salt-tinged air hints at the proximity of Burnett Bay, while the land itself remains a patchwork of dense thickets and clearings that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Further inland, the terrain subtly shifts toward the horizon where The Glade marks a change in the elevation, providing a quiet contrast to the marshy lowlands that define the immediate perimeter of the locality.

Gillis carries the quiet weight of a place shaped by the rhythms of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of the soil and the movement of water. History here is marked by the persistence of those who worked these fields when the only neighbors were the cypress shadows and the currents of the nearby bayou. On days when the heat hangs heavy, the pace of life slows to a crawl, mirroring the stillness of Lake Charles just ten miles away. Residents often gather toward the Community Center & Playground, a space that serves as the quiet anchor for the neighborhood, while the distant, verdant shape of Bear Island remains a persistent, silent landmark on the periphery of the local consciousness.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Community Center & Playground (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 196° S
Sam Houston Jones State Park District II (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 213° SW
Calcasieu River (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 125° SE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 129° SE
Perkins Ferry Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 183° S
Cc Road Savannas Fee (Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 058° NE
South’s Defenders Memorial Monument (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 186° S
Brimstone Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 227° SW
Ouiska (whiskey) Chitto Creek (State Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 060° NE
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.0 mi, 168° S · 49k acres
Street of Dreams Studios (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 012° N
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.8 mi, 203° SW · 374k acres
Beauregard Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 351° N
Deweyville (Monument) — 33.0 mi, 261° W
Real Art DeRidder (Gallery) — 33.1 mi, 351° N
Merryville Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 322° NW
Zigler Art Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 108° E
Inman Cemetery (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 313° NW
Blue Elbow Swamp (Viewpoint) — 35.1 mi, 241° SW
Texas Star (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 241° SW
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 35.3 mi, 241° SW
Stark Museum of Art (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 239° SW
Heritage House of Orange County (Historic Ruins) — 37.6 mi, 239° SW
Sims House (Historic Ruins) — 37.6 mi, 239° SW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 38.1 mi, 006° N · 607k acres
Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 38.1 mi, 235° SW
Longleaf Scenic Area (Nature Reserve) — 43.5 mi, 005° N
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 47.4 mi, 080° E
Burr's Ferry (Registered Battlefield) — 51.4 mi, 339° N
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 58.8 mi, 335° NW · 161k acres

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