Parks Louisiana Map

About Parks, Louisiana

Parks is a locality in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 640. The population density is 292.4 people per km². Parks is located at 30.2144°N, 91.8321°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Parks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70582.

Parks defines itself by the slow, deliberate curvature of the Bayou Teche, which carves a deep, tannin-stained path through the flat, fertile alluvial plains. It lies 9.0 miles east-northeast of Broussard, LA (from Broussard, LA: bearing 59°T), and is situated 5.7 miles southeast of Breaux Bridge. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the skin, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet musk of ripening sugarcane. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain stretches out in an unbroken horizon, punctuated only by the occasional stand of ancient cypress and the shifting, golden light that settles over the fields as the sun begins its long descent. Within the center of the landscape, Parks Community Park serves as a quiet anchor, its grounds offering a green reprieve where the shadow of the heavy oaks stretches long and thin across the grass.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Parks, with the expansive fields of rice and cane providing a rhythmic backdrop to the daily lives of those who work the soil. The history of the region is written in the layered, persistent influence of the families who settled these banks, their presence still detectable in the cadence of local speech and the enduring preference for a life measured by the seasons rather than the clock. Four miles to the east, the waters of Lake la Pointe offer a modest, reflective surface that mirrors the vast, pale sky, while the distant, low-lying depression of the Cypremort Crevasse hints at the ancient, shifting geology of the basin. Despite the influence of larger, more frantic centers of commerce nearby, Parks maintains a singular, unhurried character, moving with the quiet gravity of a place that understands its own value in the quietude of the inland interior.

About This Parks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Parks, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.214366, -91.83206. 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 Parks includes the ZIP code (70582), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Martin Parish, and school district assignment (St. Martin 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.