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Mer Rouge Louisiana Map

Explore Mer Rouge, 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 Mer Rouge, Louisiana

How to Use This Mer Rouge, Louisiana Map

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

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	Mer Rouge
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Morehouse Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.775135
Longitude	-91.792626
Population	491
Density	161.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	71261
Area Code	318
School District	Morehouse Parish School District

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About Mer Rouge, Louisiana

Mer Rouge is a locality in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 491. The population density is 161.8 people per km². Mer Rouge is located at 32.7751°N, 91.7926°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mer Rouge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71261.

Mer Rouge defines itself through the flat, expansive horizon of a landscape that holds the light of the sun long after the shadows have begun to stretch across the soil. It lies 26.4 miles northeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-northeast of Bastrop. This terrain, defined by the broad, fertile expanse of Prairie Mer Rouge, creates a sense of openness where the sky feels like a heavy, velvet weight pressing down upon the earth. Two miles away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Little Bayou Galion carve a quiet path through the silt, providing a moisture that feeds the dense vegetation of the region. Only three miles from the managed wetlands of Farm Service Agency Interest Of La, the environment retains a primitive, stillness that is interrupted only by the seasonal migration of birds. Nine miles distant, Bussy Brake sits as a glassy, reflective expanse, its surface often mirroring the deep, bruised colors of a summer storm rolling in from the plains.

Mer Rouge remains a place where the economy is written in the furrows of the fields and the seasonal cycle of the harvest. Historically, the ground has favored the cultivation of row crops, anchoring the local identity to the rhythms of agriculture that have persisted for generations. Life in Mer Rouge moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, unhurried by the frantic pulse of larger centers, as the inhabitants attend to the machinery and the maintenance of their trade. While the Pargoud Indian Mound stands as a silent sentinel twenty-five miles away, the people here are more concerned with the immediate stewardship of their own acres and the quiet endurance of their daily work. There is a particular clarity in the air during the autumn months, a crispness that clarifies the silhouette of every tree and silo against the pale, bleached sky, marking the passage of time not by the clock, but by the turning of the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.2 mi, 031° NE · 9,337 acres
Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 345° N · 932 acres
Ap Carter Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 273° W
Ralph George Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 262° W
Bayou Bartholomew (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 328° NW
Chemin A Haut State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 346° N
Big Colewa Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 119° SE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 15.3 mi, 261° W
Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.8 mi, 224° SW
Poverty Point World Heritage Site (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 113° SE
Flowering Shell Statue (Public Artwork) — 26.6 mi, 225° SW
Mascur Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 224° SW
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 39.8 mi, 142° SE
Lake Village Confederate Monument (Monument) — 48.5 mi, 037° NE
Lincoln Parish Museum (Museum) — 51.9 mi, 252° W
Gilbert Center (Arts Centre) — 52.1 mi, 251° W
Steam Engine (Monument) — 52.5 mi, 251° W
Steel Gurder Trainer (Monument) — 52.5 mi, 251° W
Howard Auditorium (Theatre) — 52.6 mi, 251° W
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 53.4 mi, 097° E · 61k acres
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 54.6 mi, 278° W · 607k acres
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 58.4 mi, 085° E
Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 60.5 mi, 119° SE
USS Cairo (Attraction) — 60.6 mi, 117° SE
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 60.9 mi, 121° SE
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 61.0 mi, 044° NE
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 61.0 mi, 121° SE
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 61.0 mi, 044° NE

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