Hackberry Louisiana Map

About Hackberry, Louisiana

Hackberry is a locality in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 926. The population density is 12.7 people per km². Hackberry is located at 29.9650°N, 93.4102°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70645.

Hackberry sits low against the horizon, a narrow reach of land defined by the restless, deep-water presence of the Calcasieu Ship Channel that shears through the marsh. It lies 16.8 miles south of Sulphur, LA (from Sulphur, LA: bearing 173°T), and is situated 17.6 miles south-southwest of Lake Charles. The air here holds a heavy, salt-edged humidity, thick with the scent of brine and the rhythmic pulse of tides shifting against the reeds. Only a mile away, the expansive, glass-still surface of Calcasieu Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, turning from a pale, bruised silver at dawn to a deep, impenetrable indigo as the sun retreats. Beyond the immediate reach of the channel, the terrain flattens into an endless expanse of wetlands where the horizon line blurs, and the light at dusk settles in long, amber slats across the water, illuminating the isolation of the landscape.

Hackberry bears the marks of a working life tethered to the water, where the economy has long been shaped by the industry of the channel and the enduring bounty of the coast. Men have historically looked to the maritime trades and the extraction of resources, drawing a livelihood from the depths that define the perimeter of their lives. Four miles to the east, the protected reaches of the Division Of State Lands offer a quiet refuge for wildlife, standing in contrast to the steady, industrial hum of the nearby shipping lanes. Further out, the distant silhouette of Vincent Island reminds the observer of the shifting, fluid nature of this coastal geography, where the land is as much a suggestion as it is a solid fact. Life in Hackberry persists with a deliberate, singular focus, moving in cadence with the tides and the heavy, slow-turning seasons of the Gulf.

About This Hackberry Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hackberry, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.964958, -93.410178. 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 Hackberry includes the ZIP code (70645), telephone area code (985), county seat of Cameron Parish, and school district assignment (Cameron Parish School District).

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.