Explore Glenmora, 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 Glenmora, 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 Glenmora.
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 | Glenmora |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Rapides Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.97658 |
| Longitude | -92.58514 |
| Population | 1,087 |
| Density | 242.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 71433 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| School District | Rapides Parish School District |
Glenmora emerges from the flat, pine-studded plains of central Louisiana where the humid air holds the scent of damp needles and cooling earth. It lies 24.6 miles south-southwest of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 12.0 miles north-northeast of Oakdale. Little Spring Creek winds through this landscape, a quiet ribbon of water that shapes the local topography as it flows past the outskirts of the settlement. To the west, the horizon remains unbroken by the jagged silhouette of any distant peak, though the gentle rise of the land suggests the distant, subtle presence of McNutt Hill. The light here at dusk possesses a singular quality, thick and amber-hued, catching the long needles of the pines and turning the forest edge into a blurred partition of bronze and shadow. Only two miles away, the Palustris Experimental Forest stands as a testament to the region’s enduring relationship with the timber that once defined the horizon, its managed stands providing a quiet, ordered counterpoint to the wilder growth along the creek banks.
Glenmora grew from the industry of the woods, its early life tethered to the rhythmic thrum of sawmills and the steady extraction of yellow pine that built the frame of the local economy. Today, the pace of life maintains a steady, deliberate cadence, reflecting the agricultural heritage that persists in the surrounding fields and the small-town commerce that anchors the daily lives of its residents. While the bustle of larger hubs remains distant, the people here find their own rhythm in the seasonal shifts of the rural landscape, occasionally venturing out toward Indian Creek Reservoir for the stillness of the water under a midday sun. History in Glenmora is not kept in grand monuments but in the way the architecture of the older storefronts holds the heat of the afternoon, a silent acknowledgment of the generations who organized their lives around the cycles of the harvest and the timber trade.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenmora, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.97658, -92.58514. 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 Glenmora includes the ZIP code (71433), telephone area code (318), county seat of Rapides Parish, and school district assignment (Rapides 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. |