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Point Place Louisiana Map

Explore Point Place, 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 Point Place, Louisiana

How to Use This Point Place, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Point Place, 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 Point Place.

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	Point Place
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Natchitoches Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.68758
Longitude	-93.024981
Population	382
Density	151.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	71457
Area Code	318
School District	Natchitoches Parish School District

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About Point Place, Louisiana

Point Place is a locality in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 382. The population density is 151.3 people per km². Point Place is located at 31.6876°N, 93.0250°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71457.

Point Place anchors itself in a landscape of heavy, humid silence, where the earth is defined by the slow, deliberate work of water and sediment. It lies 5.8 miles southeast of Natchitoches, LA (from Natchitoches, LA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 27.4 miles southwest of Winnfield. The ground here is flat and fertile, a stretch of alluvial soil that stretches toward the horizon, broken only by the thin, dark veins of Bayou Julien as it winds through the thickets two miles to the west. In the distance, the faint, hazy line of Chopin Camp Ridge bruises the sky, a permanent reminder of the elevation that exists far beyond these plains. The light at dusk settles over the fields in a thick, amber wash, turning the tall grasses into a sea of copper that hums with the vibration of cicadas until the stars sharpen against the velvet dark.

Point Place carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, its economy still tethered to the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest that have sustained the region for generations. Residents find their quiet recreation in the shaded groves of Manning Memorial Park, while the cooling, still waters of Murphys Lake offer a reprieve from the relentless heat of the summer afternoons. Life moves with a gravity that resists haste, prioritizing the weight of tradition and the slow, necessary labor of the land over the frantic pace of the modern world. Every porch light in Point Place serves as a small, steady beacon in the vast, shadowed expanse of the lowlands, marking a life lived in accordance with the slow turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Manning Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 318° NW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 6.1 mi, 060° NE · 607k acres
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 324° NW
Cane River Gallery (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 324° NW
John Stores Memorial Feild (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 331° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 321° NW
Cunningham Brake Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.1 mi, 206° SW
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 135° SE · 30k acres
Red Dirt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 183° S · 40k acres
Kisatchie Hills Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.5 mi, 177° S · 8,701 acres
Northwest Louisiana Game And Fish Preserve/clear Lake (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
Coyote Camp Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.7 mi, 187° S
Alligator Park (Nature Reserve) — 12.1 mi, 322° NW
Coochie Brake State Preservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 057° NE
Saline Bayou, Louisiana Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.3 mi, 018° N · 6,090 acres
White supremacy monument (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 122° SE
Eark K Long Memorial Statue (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 054° NE
Camp LIvingston Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 113° SE
Camp Livingston Bowling Area & Tennis Courts (Historic Ruins) — 41.5 mi, 114° SE
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 43.0 mi, 127° SE
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 44.3 mi, 240° SW · 161k acres
Indian Mounds Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.5 mi, 240° SW · 12k acres
Fort Polk Military Museum (Museum) — 46.0 mi, 194° S
Longleaf Scenic Area (Nature Reserve) — 47.8 mi, 188° S
Burr's Ferry (Registered Battlefield) — 51.9 mi, 214° SW
Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum (Museum) — 53.8 mi, 244° SW
Southern Forest Heritage Museum (Museum) — 54.6 mi, 150° SE
Real Art DeRidder (Gallery) — 60.1 mi, 195° S
Beauregard Parish Jail (Attraction) — 60.2 mi, 195° S
Howard Auditorium (Theatre) — 62.1 mi, 021° N

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