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Ridgecrest Louisiana Map

Explore Ridgecrest, 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 Ridgecrest, Louisiana

How to Use This Ridgecrest, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	31.601805
Longitude	-91.530421
Population	583
Density	523.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	71292, 71334
Area Code	318
School District	Concordia Parish School District

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About Ridgecrest, Louisiana

Ridgecrest is a locality in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 583. The population density is 523.5 people per km². Ridgecrest is located at 31.6018°N, 91.5304°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ridgecrest is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71292, 71334.

Ridgecrest endures as a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial earth where the horizon stretches wide and unbroken, interrupted only by the occasional stand of timber or the low, persistent shimmer of Pucketts Lake. It lies 3.1 miles south of Claiborne, LA (from Claiborne, LA: bearing 174°T), and is situated 4.7 miles west-southwest of Monroe. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon, casting a golden, syrupy light over the fields that transition from deep emerald to a scorched, dusty brown as the season deepens. A mile away, the slow, murky pulse of Cheniere Creek carves a thin vein through the landscape, feeding the dense thickets that define the local periphery. On clear days, the faint, jagged silhouette of Snake Ridge lingers on the distant horizon, a reminder of a geological scale far removed from the immediate, level patience of the plains.

Agriculture dictates the tempo of Ridgecrest, as the seasonal rhythms of sowing and harvest dictate the movement of trucks along narrow, sun-bleached roads. Life here is colored by the legacy of those who first broke the soil, working the heavy clay that still defines the economic character of the region. A few miles out, the quietude of Restoration Park provides a sanctuary for local flora, standing in contrast to the industry of the nearby fields where the labor of the day is measured in bushels and acreage. Twelve miles off, The Basin serves as a vast, sunken reference point for the topography, anchoring the town’s identity within a wider, inland geography that values endurance over flash. The people of Ridgecrest move with a deliberate grace, shaped by a history of working the land and a persistent, quiet connection to the cycles of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 046° NE
Fort Bowie Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 302° NW
Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.7 mi, 216° SW · 30k acres
Bayou Cocodrie (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 214° SW
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 111° E
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.2 mi, 155° SE · 49k acres
Fort Rosalie (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 114° SE
Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.4 mi, 115° SE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 240° SW
Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 8.6 mi, 110° E
Duncan Park (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 115° SE
Forks of the Road (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 110° E
Melrose (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 115° SE
Liberty Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 10.1 mi, 112° E
Grand Village of the Natchez (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 121° SE
Elizabeth Female Academy (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 098° E
Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 16.8 mi, 082° E
Natchez State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 089° E
Red River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 193° S
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 21.0 mi, 118° SE · 192k acres
Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 053° NE
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 42.3 mi, 053° NE
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 45.7 mi, 261° W · 607k acres
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 46.4 mi, 223° SW
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 50.3 mi, 010° N
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 57.6 mi, 250° W
Grant's Canal (Monument) — 60.8 mi, 035° NE
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 61.7 mi, 037° NE
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 62.0 mi, 037° NE
Virginia Memorial (Monument) — 62.3 mi, 037° NE

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