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Lydia Louisiana Map

Explore Lydia, 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 Lydia, Louisiana

How to Use This Lydia, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	29.926286
Longitude	-91.781258
Population	892
Density	202.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70560, 70569
Area Code	985
School District	Iberia Parish School District

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About Lydia, Louisiana

Lydia is a locality in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 892. The population density is 202.5 people per km². Lydia is located at 29.9263°N, 91.7813°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70560, 70569.

Lydia marks the point where the flat, humid expanse of the coastal plains yields to the quiet authority of the sugarcane fields. It lies 6.0 miles south-southeast of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 166°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west of Jeanerette. Jacks Coulee cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the earth here, its sluggish waters moving with a deliberate, heavy grace that mirrors the stillness of the afternoon. Only six miles of marsh and field separate the soil of Lydia from the salt-heavy air of the Gulf of Mexico, a proximity that keeps the atmosphere thick and saturated, as if the humidity itself were a physical weight pressing against the stalks of cane. At dusk, the light turns a bruised purple, catching the moisture in the air and casting a dull, metallic sheen over the landscape that makes the horizon feel both infinite and claustrophobic.

History in Lydia is measured in the cycles of the harvest and the slow, persistent reclamation of the land by the swamp. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, though the influence of industrial labor provides a steady, hum-drum counterpoint to the field work. Seven miles away, the salt dome of Avery Island rises out of the flat terrain like a geological anomaly, a reminder of the subterranean forces that have shaped the regional character for generations. Further afield, the Lsu Research Station serves as a quiet sentinel of scientific inquiry, while the distant, darker waters of Lake Fausse Pointe hold the secrets of the inland basin. Life here moves according to the damp, slow heat, a rhythm that ignores the frantic pace of the outside world to focus instead on the immediate, tactile reality of the soil and the encroaching tide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 3.4 mi, 080° E
Rynella Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 294° NW
Rice Mill, Conrad & Konriki (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 340° N
F9F-6 P/C Mark Porrier Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 342° N
Blue Dog Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.8 mi, 338° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 338° N
Spanish Lake - Dried Lake Bed (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 336° NW
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 205° SW
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 059° NE
Chitimacha Veterans' Monument (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 100° E
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.9 mi, 131° SE · 22k acres
Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.5 mi, 088° E
Palmetto Island State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 257° W
Champagne's Cajun Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 340° N
Large Orange Urn (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 313° NW
De La Houssaye's Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 340° N
Cajun Country Swamp Tours (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 340° N
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.5 mi, 327° NW
First Horizon Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 321° NW
Alexandre Mouton House (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 325° NW
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 326° NW
Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 31.2 mi, 153° SE
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.0 mi, 011° N · 32k acres
Rayne City Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 307° NW
Boho (Gallery) — 37.6 mi, 333° NW
Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 37.8 mi, 114° SE
The Rig Museum (Museum) — 37.9 mi, 115° SE
National Hansen's Disease Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 064° NE
Goula Paradise Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 44.3 mi, 061° NE
Jim Bowie Museum (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 337° NW

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