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Wallace Ridge Louisiana Map

Explore Wallace Ridge, 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 Wallace Ridge, Louisiana

How to Use This Wallace Ridge, Louisiana Map

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

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	Wallace Ridge
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Catahoula Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.68406
Longitude	-91.828708
Population	572
Density	31.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	71343
Area Code	318
School District	Catahoula Parish School District

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About Wallace Ridge, Louisiana

Wallace Ridge is a locality in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 572. The population density is 31.5 people per km². Wallace Ridge is located at 31.6841°N, 91.8287°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71343.

Wallace Ridge occupies a quiet expanse of inland terrain where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the light of the afternoon in a golden, suspended amber. It lies 44.7 miles northeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 18.1 miles east of Jena. The landscape unfolds in a series of subtle elevations and depressions, far removed from the brine of any coast, defined instead by the dense, tangled verdancy of the regional woodlands. Just a mile away, the dark, slow-moving currents of Gin Slough carve a serpentine path through the soil, offering a cool relief to the surrounding thickets. Further afield, the presence of Wallace Lake provides a reflective mirror to the sky, while the faint, hazy silhouette of the Chalk Hills marks the distant horizon, grounding the view in a deep, geologic stillness.

Wallace Ridge carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the patterns of the land have dictated the rhythms of labor and commerce for generations. The proximity to the Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the surrounding wild remains a dominant neighbor, influencing the local economy through a careful balance of agriculture and the preservation of natural habitats. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, shaped by the distinct, humid climate that encourages a lush, persistent growth across the fields. Residents of Wallace Ridge maintain a quiet, measured existence, finding a particular beauty in the way the twilight deepens the shadows against the trees, turning the ordinary chores of the day into a routine marked by the slow, steady persistence of the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.7 mi, 290° W · 88k acres
Sicily Island Hills Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 023° NE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 054° NE
Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 128° SE · 30k acres
Boeuf Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 012° N
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 25.4 mi, 109° E
Fort Rosalie (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 110° E
Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.8 mi, 110° E
Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 27.0 mi, 108° E
Forks of the Road (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 109° E
Melrose (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 110° E
Grand Village of the Natchez (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 113° SE
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 30.4 mi, 245° SW · 607k acres
Elizabeth Female Academy (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 103° E
Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 34.4 mi, 095° E
Natchez State Park (State Park) — 35.1 mi, 098° E
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 39.1 mi, 134° SE · 192k acres
Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 42.2 mi, 199° S
Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 44.6 mi, 235° SW
Eark K Long Memorial Statue (Monument) — 50.1 mi, 290° W
Earl K Long Memorial Grave (Monument) — 50.1 mi, 290° W
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 51.1 mi, 031° NE
Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 53.1 mi, 069° E
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 54.9 mi, 069° E
Mascur Museum (Museum) — 58.1 mi, 343° N
Butterfly Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 59.0 mi, 343° N
Kisatchie Hills Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.9 mi, 260° W · 8,701 acres

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