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Tickfaw Louisiana Map

Explore Tickfaw, 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 Tickfaw, Louisiana

How to Use This Tickfaw, Louisiana Map

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

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

Latitude	30.577412
Longitude	-90.483146
Population	635
Density	152.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	70466
Area Code	985
School District	Tangipahoa Parish School District

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About Tickfaw, Louisiana

Tickfaw is a locality in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 635. The population density is 152.0 people per km². Tickfaw is located at 30.5774°N, 90.4831°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tickfaw is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70466.

Tickfaw sits upon a low-slung expanse of earth where the persistent flow of the Ponchatoula Creek carves a quiet path through the dense, verdant woodland. It lies 5.2 miles north-northwest of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northwest of Ponchatoula. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the moss-draped branches, while the sunlight filters down in fractured, amber shards to illuminate the damp floor of the pine flats. Fourteen miles to the north, the rise of Rose Mound breaks the horizon, a subtle reminder of a topography that leans toward the interior, far removed from the shifting edges of the distant coastline. Three miles away, the Tangipahoa River provides a sanctuary of protected riparian corridors, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate grace that defines the character of the soil itself.

Tickfaw carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber trade and the slow, steady cultivation of the surrounding plains. The local economy persists in the rhythms of agriculture and small-scale industry, echoing a legacy of labor that once relied on the movement of timber along the local waterways. Sixteen miles to the south, the presence of Lake Maurepas exerts a subtle pressure on the climate, drawing a perennial, cooling mist that settles over the fields at dusk. Life here moves according to the turning of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, marked by the steady industry of those who work the land and the quiet resilience of a place that remains indifferent to the frenetic pace of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tangipahoa River (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 029° NE
Park Place Independence Village (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 335° NW
Zemurray Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 168° S
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 7.5 mi, 127° SE
Tangipahoa Parish School Board Wildlife Management Area (Local Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 027° NE
Joyce Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 164° S
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 12.3 mi, 257° W
Tickfaw State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 214° SW
Bogue Chitto State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 055° NE
Wild Louisiana Kayak Swamp Tour Launch (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 175° S
Galvez Town (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 236° SW
Tar Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 31.2 mi, 098° E
Sugar Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 31.3 mi, 122° SE
Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery (Public Artwork) — 31.9 mi, 255° W
Collapsed Observarion Deck (Viewpoint) — 32.0 mi, 122° SE
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 122° SE · 56k acres
Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 228° SW
Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash (Monument) — 34.9 mi, 349° N
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.7 mi, 086° E · 73k acres
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 191° S
Peace Stones (Monument) — 37.7 mi, 256° W
Mid City Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 258° W
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 252° W
Baton Rouge Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 40.3 mi, 269° W
Zachary Train Depot (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 277° W
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 40.4 mi, 222° SW
Zachary High School Football Stadium (Stadium) — 40.7 mi, 278° W
Create Studios (Arts Centre) — 41.2 mi, 255° W
Bocage Plantation (Attraction) — 42.1 mi, 222° SW
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 52.0 mi, 331° NW · 192k acres

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