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About Fort Polk South, LA

Fort Polk South is a small military town in west Louisiana that supports nearby Fort Johnson army base. Take Highway 171 north from I-10 near Lake Charles, or Highway 28 west from Alexandria to reach the area. Most visitors are military families or personnel heading to the base. The town sits in pine forest country with typical Louisiana heat and humidity. Fort Johnson's training area covers nearly 200,000 acres, making it one of the Army's largest combat training facilities.

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Fort Polk South, LA is in United States, at 31.051, -93.216 - about 8 km south-west of Fort Polk North, LA.

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The closest airport to Fort Polk South, LA is Alexandria International Airport, 84 km (about 1 h 10 min by car).

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