La Belle Missouri Map
Explore La Belle, Missouri, 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 La Belle, Missouri
How to Use This La Belle, Missouri Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Belle, Missouri. 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 Missouri 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 La Belle.
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 | La Belle |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Lewis County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 40.116986 |
| Longitude | -91.912671 |
| Population | 664 |
| Density | 377.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 63447 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| County Seat | Monticello |
| School District | Lewis County C-1 School District |
About La Belle, Missouri
La Belle is a locality in Lewis County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 664. The population density is 377.0 people per km². La Belle is located at 40.1170°N, 91.9127°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Belle is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63447.La Belle sits upon a broad reach of Missouri prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky asserts itself over the flat, productive earth. It lies 35.8 miles east of Kirksville, MO (from Kirksville, MO: bearing 98°T), and is situated 29.4 miles west-northwest of Quincy. The landscape is defined by the quiet persistence of farmland, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of Fisher Branch as it cuts through the soil a mile away. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Deer Ridge offers a structural limit to the view, grounding the expansive fields in a geological permanence. Nearby, the stillness of New La Belle Lake reflects the changing colors of the season, while the Labelle Lake Conservation Area provides a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the regional winds. Light here has a particular clarity at dusk, turning the dust of the roads into a fine, golden powder that settles over the low-lying fields.
History in La Belle remains anchored to the patterns of the rail and the harvest, marking time by the slow turn of the agricultural calendar rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The local economy relies on the deep, dark soil that supports the growth of row crops, a labor that demands both patience and a plain-spoken resilience from its inhabitants. Life follows the steady, predictable pulse of a place where neighbors recognize one another by the gait of their walk or the sound of an engine in the distance. Even as the decades shift, the character of La Belle retains a deliberate, unadorned simplicity, mirroring the quiet strength of the plains that surround it.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Labelle Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 162° S
- Deer Ridge Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 062° NE
- White Oak Bend Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 215° SW
- Tolona Access (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 113° SE
- Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 085° E · 3,906 acres
- Canton CB&Q Depot (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 087° E
- Ms Rv Pools 11-22 Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 085° E
- Wakonda State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 110° E
- Great River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 061° NE · 10k acres
- Gorin Schoolhouse Bell (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 330° NW
- Barnette Statue (Monument) — 27.1 mi, 330° NW
- Sunrise Mural (Public Artwork) — 27.2 mi, 330° NW
- Dr. J.W. Well Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 29.2 mi, 136° SE
- All Wars Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 112° E
- History Museum on the Square (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 116° SE
- Govenor John Wood Statue (Monument) — 29.5 mi, 115° SE
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 115° SE
- Plaza 3 Cinema (Cinema) — 33.8 mi, 055° NE
- Lost Canvas Gallery (Gallery) — 33.9 mi, 055° NE
- Samuel F Miller House Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 055° NE
- Ray Klinginsmith Amphitheater (Theatre) — 35.5 mi, 280° W
- University Theatre (Theatre) — 35.6 mi, 278° W
- Truman State Art Gallery (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 278° W
- Gallery 104 (Gallery) — 35.8 mi, 279° W
- Pioneer Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 014° N
- Thousand Hills State Park (State Park) — 37.4 mi, 278° W
- Bay Island Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 38.4 mi, 133° SE
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About This La Belle Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Belle, Missouri. Coordinates: 40.116986, -91.912671. 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 La Belle includes the ZIP code (63447), telephone area code (314), county seat of Lewis County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Lewis County C-1 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. |
