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Prospect Louisiana Map

Explore Prospect, 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 Prospect, Louisiana

How to Use This Prospect, Louisiana Map

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

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	Prospect
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Grant Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.446402
Longitude	-92.496403
Population	380
Density	99.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70047, 71423
Area Code	504, 318
School District	Grant Parish School District

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About Prospect, Louisiana

Prospect is a locality in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 380. The population density is 99.4 people per km². Prospect is located at 31.4464°N, 92.4964°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70047, 71423.

Prospect emerges from the damp, heavy heat of the Louisiana interior, a place where the earth holds the moisture of the low-lying plains and the air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and turned soil. It lies 9.4 miles north-northwest of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 340°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northwest of Alexandria. Flagon Bayou carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark, sediment-rich water reflecting the shifting gray clouds that drift over the flat, wooded horizon. To the west, the dense, quiet expanse of Kisatchie National Forest presses against the outskirts, its towering trees marking the boundary where the managed fields of the valley surrender to a more tangled, wilder growth. The light here at dusk possesses a singular quality, turning the brown waters of the bayou into a ribbon of tarnished copper as the shadows lengthen across the tall grasses.

Prospect maintains an economy tethered to the rhythms of the land, where the labor of timber and agriculture has defined the daily exertion of generations. The proximity to Kisatchie National Forest ensures that the wood-products industry remains a quiet but constant presence, punctuating the stillness with the distant, mechanical hum of regional mills. Life in Prospect moves with a measured cadence, unbothered by the frantic pulse of larger hubs, favoring the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons over the sudden shifts of modern commerce. Residents often find their way toward the recreational trails of Kisatchie National Forest or the quiet edges of Lake Iatt for relief from the summer sun, finding a modest beauty in the flat, wooded terrain that stretches toward the distant silhouette of McNutt Hill.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 1.3 mi, 308° NW · 607k acres
Walking Trail Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 118° SE
Ward 10 Recreation District (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 133° SE
Camp LIvingston Gas Chamber (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 096° E
Camp LIvingston Cemetery (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 088° E
Big Creek (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 349° N
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 164° S
Camp Beauregard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 090° E
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 162° S
Bayou Beouf Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 12.7 mi, 200° S · 995 acres
White supremacy monument (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 292° W
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 14.2 mi, 045° NE
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.7 mi, 291° W · 30k acres
Bayou Beouf Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 15.8 mi, 189° S
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.7 mi, 356° N · 88k acres
Moon Tree (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 210° SW
Kisatchie Hills Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.3 mi, 274° W · 8,701 acres
Southern Forest Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 187° S
Coyote Camp Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.0 mi, 279° W
Eark K Long Memorial Statue (Monument) — 34.2 mi, 347° N
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 34.8 mi, 132° SE
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 302° NW
Cane River Gallery (Public Artwork) — 40.9 mi, 302° NW
Alligator Park (Nature Reserve) — 46.6 mi, 304° NW
Longleaf Scenic Area (Nature Reserve) — 48.5 mi, 231° SW
Fort Polk Military Museum (Museum) — 50.7 mi, 237° SW
Street of Dreams Studios (Gallery) — 59.7 mi, 217° SW
Real Art DeRidder (Gallery) — 62.5 mi, 229° SW
Beauregard Museum (Museum) — 62.5 mi, 229° SW
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 63.9 mi, 082° E

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