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Turkey Creek Louisiana Map

Explore Turkey Creek, 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 Turkey Creek, Louisiana

How to Use This Turkey Creek, Louisiana Map

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

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	Turkey Creek
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Evangeline Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.877138
Longitude	-92.413189
Population	394
Density	61.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	70586, 70585
Area Code	985
School District	Evangeline Parish School District

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About Turkey Creek, Louisiana

Turkey Creek is a locality in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 61.4 people per km². Turkey Creek is located at 30.8771°N, 92.4132°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Turkey Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70586, 70585.

Turkey Creek emerges from the flat, pine-studded plains of Louisiana as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered. It lies 30.1 miles south of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 176°T), and is situated 15.3 miles east-northeast of Oakdale. The landscape is defined by a subtle, persistent humidity that clings to the needles of longleaf pines and settles into the low-lying hollows during the early morning hours. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Boggy Bayou trace a winding path through the soil, offering a cool sanctuary for the local fauna beneath the dense canopy. Further out, the landscape shifts toward the expansive, quiet reaches of Bayou Cocodrie, where the damp ground and heavy air foster a stillness that seems to suspend the very passage of time.

Turkey Creek maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life that reflects the agricultural rhythms of the surrounding countryside and the resilience of its inhabitants. While the local economy remains tied to the land and the quiet productivity of small-scale timber and farming, the proximity of Crooked Creek Reservoir provides a modest, essential reprieve for those seeking the stillness of open water. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, enduring patterns of regional life that have shifted slowly over generations. The light at dusk often turns the dust and pine pollen into a shimmering, golden haze, casting long shadows across the roads and revealing the simple, grounded dignity of a life lived far from the clamor of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bayou Cocodrie (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 074° E
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 284° W
Chicot State Park District II (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 114° SE
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 018° N · 35k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 018° N · 9,337 acres
Acadiana Conservation Corridor (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 021° N
Southern Forest Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 316° NW
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 13.0 mi, 315° NW · 607k acres
Palustris Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 13.2 mi, 310° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 069° E
The Indians (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 181° S
Moon Tree (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 323° NW
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 26.2 mi, 053° NE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 26.5 mi, 180° S
Eunice Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 180° S
Prairie Acadian Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 181° S
Bayou Beouf Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 27.3 mi, 339° N · 995 acres
Town of Washington Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 130° SE
“the Sky’s the Limit” Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 27.9 mi, 183° S
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 356° N
Fireman's Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 140° SE
Camp Livingston: POW Camp (Historic Ruins) — 37.7 mi, 003° N
Boho (Gallery) — 38.2 mi, 147° SE
Camp LIvingston Gas Chamber (Historic Ruins) — 38.7 mi, 003° N
Street of Dreams Studios (Gallery) — 42.0 mi, 259° W
Longleaf Scenic Area (Nature Reserve) — 43.5 mi, 282° W
Mural Room (Monument) — 44.1 mi, 169° S
Evangeline Maid Bread Sign (Attraction) — 50.3 mi, 153° SE
Cité des Arts (Theatre) — 50.7 mi, 152° SE
Kisatchie Hills Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 51.8 mi, 321° NW · 8,701 acres

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