Pleasant Hill Louisiana Map

About Pleasant Hill, Louisiana

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 617. The population density is 147.5 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 31.8154°N, 93.5164°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pleasant Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71270, 71028, 71019.

Pleasant Hill occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Jims River carves a sluggish, persistent path through the red clay and deep-rooted timber. It lies 20.6 miles northwest of Natchitoches, LA (from Natchitoches, LA: bearing 304°T), and is situated 20.4 miles east-southeast of Mansfield. The landscape surrounding Pleasant Hill is defined by these inland woodlands and the subtle, rhythmic shifts in elevation that rise toward the modest prominence of King Hill five miles away. Humidity often clings to the dense canopy of pine and hardwood, softening the sharp edges of the afternoon light until the air feels thick and weighted with the scent of damp earth. Only three miles distant, Grassy Lake remains a still, reflective presence, its surface undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger, more accessible waters, serving instead as a mirror for the shifting clouds and the slow progression of the seasons.

Traces of the past persist in the timber-rich soil and the remnants of an economy long anchored to the land and its resources. Life in Pleasant Hill follows a cadence set by the harvest and the steady, unpretentious industry of the region, far removed from the hurried tempo of metropolitan life. Residents look toward the Red River National Wildlife Refuge ten miles to the north as a sanctuary of managed wilderness, a stark contrast to the cleared fields and working tracks that define the human footprint here. When the sun dips low toward the Old Spanish Lake Lowlands to the west, the long shadows accentuate the quietude of a place that prefers to keep its history in the grain of its wood and the persistence of its local families, moving forward with a measured, deliberate grace.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.815363, -93.5164. 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 Pleasant Hill includes the ZIP code (71270, 71028, 71019), telephone area code (318), county seat of Natchitoches Parish, and school district assignment (Sabine 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.