Olla Louisiana Map

About Olla, Louisiana

Olla is a locality in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,295. The population density is 127.1 people per km². Olla is located at 31.9029°N, 92.2432°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Olla is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71465.

Olla occupies a quiet reach of earth where the pine woods soften into the low, humid light of the central Louisiana interior. It lies 41.7 miles north-northeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 16.5 miles north-northwest of Jena. Sandy Creek winds through the undergrowth just a mile from the center, its water moving with a slow, dark deliberation that reflects the heavy canopy overhead. The terrain here rises in subtle, wooded swells toward Mountain Hill, which marks the horizon ten miles distant like a blunt, earthen thumb against the sky. Even in the height of summer, the air holds a stillness that suggests time pools in the hollows between the trees, lingering long after the sun has dipped below the pines.

Olla traces its rhythm to the timber and oil industries that have long defined the labor of the region, grounding the days in the steady pulse of extraction and transport. Residents find respite in the simple, open spaces of the Hwy 165 Roadside Park, a modest stretch of greenery that serves as a waypoint for those passing through the vast inland silence. Far from the reach of any coastline, the life of the place is tethered to the land, far removed from the bustle of the delta. Those who linger might venture eighteen miles to the quiet banks of Brown Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting gray and amber tones of the afternoon, confirming that Olla remains a place defined by its own internal gravity and the enduring character of its woods.

About This Olla Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Olla, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.902942, -92.243194. 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 Olla includes the ZIP code (71465), telephone area code (318), county seat of LaSalle Parish, and school district assignment (La Salle 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.