Point Place, Louisiana Weather
Point Place, Louisiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Point Place, Natchitoches Parish.
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About Point Place, Louisiana
Point Place unfurls along a gentle bend of the Red River, its landscape a soft embrace of low-lying earth and the persistent, verdant hum of Louisiana’s bayou country. It lies 43.1 miles north-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 308°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-east of Natchitoches. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, break the glassy surface of oxbow lakes, mirroring the slow drift of clouds across a sky that often hangs a hazy, luminous blue. The air here carries the subtle, damp perfume of alluvial soil and blooming jasmine, a scent that clings to the humid afternoons. Along the riverbanks, willows weep their long, green tresses into the water, their shadows painting shifting patterns on the muddy shores where the occasional egret stands sentinel, a statue of white against the deep emerald of the surrounding vegetation. The history of Point Place is inextricably tied to the commerce of the Red River, a vital artery that once pulsed with steamboats carrying cotton and timber. The echoes of this bustling past can still be felt in the weathered facades of buildings that hint at a time when river trade was king, though today the economy leans more towards agriculture, with fields of soybeans and rice stretching towards the horizon. Local traditions, passed down through generations, manifest in the unhurried pace of life and the warm, welcoming spirit of its inhabitants, a character shaped by the enduring presence of the river and the rich, fertile land. It is a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather flows like the steady current of the Red River, a constant, quiet presence in the lives of those who call Point Place home.
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| Location | Point Place, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.696832°N, 93.020995°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71457 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Point Place, Louisiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Point Place, Louisiana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Point Place includes coordinates 31.696832°N, 93.020995°W, situated in Natchitoches Parish. ZIP code 71457. Telephone area code: 318. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
