Explore Starks, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Starks, 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 Starks.
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 | Starks |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Calcasieu Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.315483 |
| Longitude | -93.661832 |
| Population | 659 |
| Density | 74.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 70661 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| School District | Calcasieu Parish School District |
Starks emerges from the flat, pine-studded expanse of southwestern Louisiana as a quiet intersection of timberland and slow-moving horizon. It lies 17.8 miles west-northwest of Sulphur, LA (from Sulphur, LA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northwest of Vinton. High Hill rises six miles away, a modest interruption to the otherwise level topography that stretches toward the horizon, while the terrain itself feels heavy with the scent of damp needles and pine resin. The air here holds a distinctive, lingering warmth that seems to settle into the soil, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of larger hubs. Two miles from the center, Old River cuts through the earth, its course marked by dark, reflective water that mirrors the shifting patterns of clouds above the canopy.
Starks sustains itself through the rhythms of the forestry industry and the steady, unpretentious labor of those who have made this woodland their domain for generations. Beyond the immediate reach of the community, the landscape shifts toward the deeper seclusion of Persimmon Gully, a protected expanse that preserves the native character of the region. Life here moves according to the light, which turns a deep, bruised gold as it filters through the trees during the late afternoon. While Boggy Lake sits nine miles distant and Clark Hollow offers its own quiet drainage to the north, the identity of Starks remains tethered to the simple, enduring reality of the timber tracts and the deep, silent woods that define its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Starks, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.315483, -93.661832. 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 Starks includes the ZIP code (70661), telephone area code (985), county seat of Calcasieu Parish, and school district assignment (Calcasieu Parish School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |