Lakeview Louisiana Map

About Lakeview, Louisiana

Lakeview is a locality in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 818. The population density is 382.8 people per km². Lakeview is located at 32.5238°N, 93.8298°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71452, 70124, 71107.

Lakeview stretches across a landscape defined by the deliberate, engineered flow of the Orleans Avenue Canal, which bisects the low-lying terrain like a silver vein. It lies 3.0 miles east-northeast of Metairie, LA (from Metairie, LA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 4.0 miles north-northwest of New Orleans. The atmosphere here is heavy with the humidity of the Gulf of Mexico, a pervasive moisture that turns the late afternoon light into a thick, golden syrup, gilding the cypress trees and the edges of Lake Pontchartrain just a mile away. Residents find a quiet respite in the Sunken Gardens, where the verdant, sheltered foliage offers a cool reprieve from the relentless southern sun. To the north, the proximity of Scout Island provides a sliver of wilder, untamed earth, contrasting with the structured, residential streets that characterize the neighborhood's physical footprint.

History in Lakeview is measured in the resilience of its architecture and the slow, cyclical maintenance of its drainage systems, which have long dictated the rhythm of local life. The economy remains tethered to the broader pulse of the region, where the legacies of maritime trade and the ebb and flow of the tides shape the daily commerce of the professionals who call these streets home. Life here moves with a certain languor, a byproduct of the heat and the constant awareness of the water that presses against the levees. Even as the modern world pushes forward, the cultural identity of Lakeview remains anchored to the distinctive, slow-paced cadence of the surrounding basin, where the memory of the Bell Crevasse serves as a subtle reminder of the land’s fragile, shifting relationship with the elements.

About This Lakeview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeview, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.523847, -93.829755. 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 Lakeview includes the ZIP code (71452, 70124, 71107), telephone area code (504, 318), county seat of Orleans Parish, and school district assignment (Caddo 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.