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Lake Arthur Louisiana Map

Explore Lake Arthur, 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 Lake Arthur, Louisiana

How to Use This Lake Arthur, Louisiana Map

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

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	Lake Arthur
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Jefferson Davis Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.080764
Longitude	-92.671531
Population	2,595
Density	540.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70549
Area Code	985
School District	Jefferson Davis Parish School District

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About Lake Arthur, Louisiana

Lake Arthur is a locality in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,595. The population density is 540.4 people per km². Lake Arthur is located at 30.0808°N, 92.6715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lake Arthur is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70549.

Lake Arthur presents a wide, glass-still surface that reflects the heavy, golden light of the afternoon sun as it settles over the flat prairie. It lies 20.0 miles west-southwest of Crowley, LA (from Crowley, LA: bearing 243°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Jennings. The landscape surrounding Lake Arthur stretches out in an expanse of agrarian fields, where the earth is rich and dark, giving way to the gentle, shaded banks of the Mermentau River only a mile to the west. A few miles away, the low, grassy rise of Laurents Pasture breaks the monotony of the plains, while the distant, faint silhouette of Onion Hill barely registers against the horizon. At the edge of the water, Lake Arthur Park And Boardwalk offers a quiet vantage point to watch the slow movement of the clouds, their shadows drifting over the reeds and the heavy, humid air that clings to the skin like a damp linen sheet.

Agriculture has defined the rhythm of life here for generations, with the cultivation of rice and sugarcane dictating the seasonal pulse of the local economy. The people of Lake Arthur maintain a culture shaped by the convergence of diverse traditions, where the sounds of zydeco and the scent of seasoned cooking linger in the porches during the long, cooling evenings. History is less a written record and more a shared memory held by those who work the land and navigate the nearby currents of the Mermentau River. Daily existence moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the rush of the outside world, favoring instead the steady work of the harvest and the simple, persistent beauty of a sunset deepening over the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Arthur Park And Boardwalk (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 227° SW
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 040° NE
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 234° SW · 67k acres
Zigler Art Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 005° N
Jennings Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 010° N
White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 163° S
I-10 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 018° N
Rice Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 063° NE
Mobile (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 062° NE
Duson Monument Founders of Crowley (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 063° NE
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.6 mi, 252° W · 49k acres
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 25.7 mi, 193° S
Frog City Festival Pavilion (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 064° NE
Rayne City Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 064° NE
“the Sky’s the Limit” Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 30.6 mi, 027° NE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 32.3 mi, 028° NE
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 32.3 mi, 028° NE
Eunice Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 028° NE
Palmetto Island State Park (State Park) — 34.3 mi, 115° SE
Acadian Village (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 079° E
Sam Houston Jones State Park District II (State Park) — 37.6 mi, 293° NW
First Horizon Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 38.7 mi, 077° E
Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 075° E
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 076° E
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 40.4 mi, 075° E
Vermilionville Historic Village (Attraction) — 41.4 mi, 077° E
Boho (Gallery) — 42.8 mi, 058° NE
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 46.8 mi, 078° E
Street of Dreams Studios (Gallery) — 53.6 mi, 331° NW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 62.4 mi, 001° N · 607k acres

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