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Altair Texas Map

Explore Altair, Texas, 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 Altair, Texas

How to Use This Altair, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Altair, Texas. 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 Texas 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 Altair.

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	Altair
State	Texas (TX)
County	Colorado County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.57135
Longitude	-96.454136
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78934, 77412
Area Code	830, 281
County Seat	Columbus

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About Altair, Texas

Altair is a locality in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Altair is located at 29.5713°N, 96.4541°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78934, 77412.

Altair occupies a vast, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the relentless reach of the prairie. It lies 28.2 miles north-northwest of El Campo, TX (from El Campo, TX: bearing 337°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west of Eagle Lake. The air here holds a singular clarity, sharpening the outlines of the scrub oaks and the tall, dry grasses that shiver under the weight of the afternoon heat. To the west, the subtle rise of Middle Brook Hill breaks the monotony of the plain, while the sluggish, winding course of Dry Branch serves as a faint, verdant scar across the earth just a mile from the center of Altair. The light at dusk possesses a bruised, violet quality, casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the landscape to the sky with an almost heavy, physical permanence.

Traces of the Old Spanish Trail, which meanders only three miles away, serve as a quiet reminder of the routes that once dictated the movement of those who traversed this inland territory. The economy of Altair remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the iron-willed endurance of the agricultural life, where the stillness of the fields is broken only by the hum of machinery or the distant movement of livestock. Residents often find their way toward the Eagle Lake Municipal Park, a seven-mile journey that offers a rare, cultivated relief from the surrounding wildness, while the distant, low depression of Horseshoe Gully marks the uneven transition of the terrain. Life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, shaped by the silence of the plains and the enduring memory of those who settled this stretch of country long before the modern world encroached upon its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Navigation of the Colorado River (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 075° E
Eagle Lake Muncipal Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 081° E
Open Space (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 077° E
Town of Eagle Lake (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 080° E
E. H. Henry Rosenwald School (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 084° E
Prairie Edge Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 081° E
Stafford Bank and Opera House (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 331° NW
Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 330° NW
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 331° NW
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.4 mi, 049° NE · 21k acres
D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 114° SE
Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.9 mi, 323° NW
Us-Tx-132-1 (Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 102° E
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 130° SE
The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 295° NW
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 055° NE
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 060° NE
Stephen F Austin State Park (State Park) — 26.2 mi, 051° NE
1824 Well (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 053° NE
Stephen F. Austin (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 053° NE
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 27.9 mi, 159° S
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.2 mi, 109° E · 193k acres
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 31.4 mi, 192° S
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 37.4 mi, 338° N
Jordan High School Perfprming Arts Center (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 074° E
Xscape Theaters (Cinema) — 38.0 mi, 077° E
Brazos Bend State Park (State Park) — 50.4 mi, 104° E
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 64.6 mi, 159° S
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 74.6 mi, 031° NE · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 75.3 mi, 036° NE · 3,956 acres

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