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Oil City Louisiana Map

Explore Oil City, 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 Oil City, Louisiana

How to Use This Oil City, Louisiana Map

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

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	Oil City
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Caddo Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.744032
Longitude	-93.97157
Population	901
Density	195.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	71061
Area Code	318
School District	Caddo Parish School District

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About Oil City, Louisiana

Oil City is a locality in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 901. The population density is 195.1 people per km². Oil City is located at 32.7440°N, 93.9716°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oil City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71061.

Oil City emerges from the humid, verdant expanse of the Louisiana backwoods, where the land settles into a quiet, low-lying posture beneath a sky that often feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 19.9 miles northwest of Shreveport, LA (from Shreveport, LA: bearing 320°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south of Vivian. The terrain here is defined by a deep, wooded intimacy, where the dark, reflective waters of Caddo Lake lie just a mile away, their surface often broken only by the emergence of gnarled cypress knees. To the west, the landscape hums with the slow, deliberate pulse of the inland woods, while the meandering path of Halfway Slough carves a subtle, winding depression through the terrain two miles distant. Seven miles away, the elevation shifts toward the gentle rise of Mount Gilead, providing a soft silhouette against the horizon that anchors the eye, while the distant, quiet hollows of Ames Spring Basin hold the shadows of the late afternoon. The light at dusk here possesses a thick, amber quality, catching the dust motes and hanging suspended in the humid air, turning the intricate canopy of the local woodlands into a study of layered greens and deep, charcoal grays.

Oil City maintains a character forged in the industrial fervor of the early petroleum boom, a history that remains visible in the skeletal remains of old derricks and the lingering rhythm of a place that once fueled the ambitions of a growing nation. While the modern economy has shifted, the identity of Oil City persists in the quiet resilience of its people and the remnants of its extraction heritage, which transformed the landscape decades ago. Five miles away, the protected reaches of the Division Of State Lands offer a sanctuary for the native flora and fauna, preserving a fragment of the wilder, untamed environment that preceded the drill bits and pipelines. Life in Oil City unfolds with a measured, deliberate pace, where the passage of time is marked more by the seasonal transition of the woods and the slow migration of local wildlife than by the frantic ticking of a clock. It is a place where the legacy of the earth remains the primary architect of the local experience, grounding every day in the physical realities of the soil, the slough, and the enduring stillness of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 340° N
Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 263° W
Potter's Point (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 297° NW
Belcher Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 088° E
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.6 mi, 246° SW · 15k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 357° N
Hay Ride (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 108° E
Caddo Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 254° W
Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 245° SW
SUSLA Sign (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 150° SE
Caddo Black Bayou Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 350° N
Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana tri-state marker (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 348° N
Track Speeder (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 141° SE
Snow Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 20.5 mi, 139° SE
Shreveport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 20.6 mi, 140° SE
Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 140° SE
Mardi Gras Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 136° SE
Krewe of Gemini (Arts Centre) — 20.9 mi, 135° SE
Texas History Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 272° W
Jefferson Playhouse (Theatre) — 21.9 mi, 272° W
C. Bickham Dickson Park - In Bossier Ph. (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 143° SE
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.5 mi, 140° SE · 30k acres
Harrison County Historical Museum - Memorial City Hall Galleries (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 239° SW
Sulphur River (State Conservation Area) — 27.5 mi, 008° N
Harrison County Historial Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 229° SW
Lake O' The Pines Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.9 mi, 271° W
Chimp Haven (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 33.8 mi, 177° S
Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 36.3 mi, 008° N
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 37.8 mi, 094° E · 607k acres
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 56.8 mi, 182° S · 161k acres

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