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Gueydan Louisiana Map

Explore Gueydan, 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 Gueydan, Louisiana

How to Use This Gueydan, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	30.02604
Longitude	-92.508469
Population	1,165
Density	494.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70542
Area Code	985
School District	Vermilion Parish School District

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About Gueydan, Louisiana

Gueydan is a locality in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,165. The population density is 494.3 people per km². Gueydan is located at 30.0260°N, 92.5085°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gueydan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70542.

Gueydan emerges from the flat, sprawling expanse of the Louisiana prairie as a quiet grid of streets defined by the relentless geometry of the surrounding rice fields. It lies 15.3 miles south-southwest of Crowley, LA (from Crowley, LA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south-southeast of Jennings. The horizon here is vast and unobstructed, allowing the afternoon light to stretch across the open plains in long, amber ribbons that turn the horizon into a blurred seam of gold and gray. To the east, the Moon Island Canal tracks through the soil like a silver vein, its stillness echoing the heavy, humid silence that settles over the land once the midday heat begins to wane. While the distant Latania Hill remains a mere suggestion on the far edge of the map, the immediate terrain holds a firm, earthen gravity, feeling miles removed from any restless movement of water, anchored instead by the deep, nutrient-rich silt that sustains the grass and the grain.

Gueydan carries the weight of its agricultural heritage in the rusted silos and the rhythmic hum of seasonal machinery that punctuates the local economy. Established as a center for the rice trade, the identity of Gueydan remains tethered to the harvest cycles that dictate the pace of life, a slow and deliberate progression that favors tradition over the frantic pulse of the city. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape transitions toward the protected reaches of the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area, where the land yields to a wilder, marshy complexity that has existed long before the first furrows were turned. Residents find a familiar rhythm in the distance between the town center and the open space of Laurents Pasture, or the quiet afternoons spent near the banks of Lake Arthur, maintaining a lifestyle that is neither hurried nor forgotten, but simply enduring in the steady, fertile quiet of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 152° SE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.8 mi, 315° NW
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 13.5 mi, 040° NE
Rice Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 030° NE
Bronco Fields (Local Recreation) — 14.3 mi, 032° NE
Mobile (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 032° NE
Duson Monument Founders of Crowley (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 033° NE
I-10 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 338° N
Zigler Art Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 327° NW
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 264° W · 67k acres
Frog City Festival Pavilion (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 042° NE
Rayne City Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 043° NE
Palmetto Island State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 117° SE
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 24.3 mi, 197° S
Acadian Village (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 067° NE
First Horizon Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 066° NE
“the Sky’s the Limit” Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 31.2 mi, 008° N
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.4 mi, 264° W · 49k acres
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 065° NE
Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 32.2 mi, 064° NE
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 32.5 mi, 064° NE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 32.7 mi, 010° N
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 32.7 mi, 010° N
Eunice Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 010° N
Vermilionville Historic Village (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 067° NE
Boho (Gallery) — 37.5 mi, 045° NE
Spanish Lake - Dried Lake Bed (State Recreation Area) — 37.9 mi, 085° E
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 38.5 mi, 069° E
Street of Dreams Studios (Gallery) — 62.0 mi, 325° NW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 66.7 mi, 353° N · 607k acres

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