Rock Hill, 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 Rock Hill, Grant Parish.
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Rock Hill rises from the rolling Louisiana landscape, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, particularly after a summer shower. It lies 12.0 miles north-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 322°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-north-west of Ball. The terrain, a gentle swell of red clay, supports stands of mature oak and the occasional towering loblolly pine, their branches reaching skyward like gnarled fingers. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, casts a soft, diffused glow, illuminating the emerald green of the undergrowth and the dusty, pale grey of the unpaved roads that thread through the scattered homes. Here, the quiet is profound, punctuated only by the distant drone of cicadas or the sudden, sharp call of a crow. The history of Rock Hill is entwined with the logging and timber industry that once pulsed through this corner of Grant Parish, leaving behind a legacy of cleared land and the enduring presence of sawmills, though their roar has long since faded. Small family farms still dot the landscape, their fields of soybeans and corn a testament to generations of hard work, the economy here a quiet, persistent hum rather than a boisterous chorus. The Red River, a significant artery of commerce and life in these parts, lies a short distance away, its slow, brown waters a constant, unhurried presence in the collective memory of Rock Hill.
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| Location | Rock Hill, Grant Parish, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31.447122°N, 92.570976°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 71417 |
| Area Code | 318 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock Hill, 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 Rock Hill includes coordinates 31.447122°N, 92.570976°W, situated in Grant Parish. ZIP code 71417. 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.