Monterey Louisiana Map

About Monterey, Louisiana

Monterey is a locality in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 474. The population density is 64.6 people per km². Monterey is located at 31.4443°N, 91.7187°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70811, 71354.

Monterey rests upon a flat, verdant expanse of the Louisiana interior where the horizon settles into a heavy, humid stillness. It lies 43.1 miles east-northeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 78°T), and is situated 19.0 miles west-southwest of Vidalia. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Plouden Bayou, which carves a shallow, moss-draped path through the dense vegetation only a mile from the center of the settlement. Wilson Lake glimmers two miles to the west, acting as a quiet mirror for the shifting clouds that drift across the expansive, unobstructed sky. The air here carries a weight of moisture and earth, often thick with the scent of pine and rich, dark soil that characterizes this low-lying stretch of the parish. At dusk, the light loses its sharp edges, casting a bruised purple hue over the fields and turning the canopy of distant trees into silhouettes against a fading, amber glow.

Monterey endures as a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land and the quiet demands of agriculture. Deep-rooted traditions of farming and land management persist in the local culture, maintaining a pace of life that values consistency over the frantic accelerations of modern commerce. Four miles away, the expansive protected corridors of Bayou Cocodrie offer a sprawling, untamed contrast to the cultivated rows of the surrounding fields, serving as a reminder of the wilderness that once claimed this entire region. The history of the area is written in the silence between the rustle of crops and the occasional hum of a distant engine, reflecting a resilience that has outlasted generations of change. Life in Monterey unfolds with a singular, unforced continuity, sustained by the steady presence of the water and the enduring connection between the people and the loam they occupy.

About This Monterey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monterey, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.444332, -91.718679. 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 Monterey includes the ZIP code (70811, 71354), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Concordia Parish, and school district assignment (Concordia 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.