Ridgecrest Louisiana Map

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.

About This Ridgecrest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ridgecrest, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.601805, -91.530421. 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 Ridgecrest includes the ZIP code (71292, 71334), telephone area code (318), county seat of Ouachita Parish, and school district assignment (Concordia 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.