Sun Louisiana Map

About Sun, Louisiana

Sun is a locality in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 392. The population density is 35.5 people per km². Sun is located at 30.6525°N, 89.9105°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sun is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70427, 70463.

Sun rises over a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet movement of Wrights Creek, which carves its way through the pine-heavy terrain of the Florida Parishes. It lies 10.1 miles south-southwest of Bogalusa, LA (from Bogalusa, LA: bearing 195°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northwest of Picayune. The land here holds a subtle, humid weight, characterized by dense woods and the persistent scent of damp earth and needles that clings to the air long after the afternoon heat has dissipated. Less than a mile away, the protected reaches of the Bogue Chitto State Scenic River offer a sanctuary of towering hardwoods and limestone banks, where the light filters down in thin, vertical shafts that catch the dust of the forest floor. Beyond these immediate woods, the terrain stretches toward the distant, gentle depressions of Water Hollow, creating a horizon of soft, muted greens and browns that seem to absorb the glare of the midday sky.

Sun carries the quiet history of a place built on the labor of the timber industry and the slow, steady cultivation of the surrounding piney woods. While the economy has shifted from the early days of logging and sawmills to the quieter rhythms of small-scale agriculture and regional trade, the character of the people remains tied to the land’s deliberate pace. Life here operates in the intervals between the seasonal rains, with the nearby presence of Lake David acting as a local anchor for those seeking a moment of stillness in the shade of the cypress and tupelo. There is a distinct, unhurried gravity to the days in Sun, where the passage of time is marked less by the ticking of a clock and more by the way the shadow of a pine branch lengthens across the roadside, signaling the approach of a long, indigo dusk.

About This Sun Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sun, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.652478, -89.910499. 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 Sun includes the ZIP code (70427, 70463), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Tammany Parish, and school district assignment (St. Tammany 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.