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Alto Texas Map

Explore Alto, 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 Alto, Texas

How to Use This Alto, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.650455
Longitude	-95.072718
Population	1,027
Density	232.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75925
Area Code	903
County Seat	Rusk
School District	Alto Independent School District

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About Alto, Texas

Alto is a locality in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,027. The population density is 232.6 people per km². Alto is located at 31.6505°N, 95.0727°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alto is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75925.

Alto rises from the red-earth floor of the East Texas timberlands, defined by the quiet persistence of the Alto Branch as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 24.6 miles south-southeast of Jacksonville, TX (from Jacksonville, TX: bearing 152°T), and is situated 11.0 miles south-southeast of Rusk. The landscape here is characterized by an ancient, heavy stillness, where the humidity clings to the loblolly pines and the light filters down in thick, golden shafts that seem to suspend the afternoon in amber. Only a few miles away, the rugged elevation of Henry White Mountain provides a subtle anchor to the horizon, while the terrain dips into the shadowed, quiet basin of Bird Hollow. The air carries the scent of damp loam and pine resin, a fragrance that remains constant even as the sun tracks across the sky, turning the soil a deep, bruised crimson in the waning heat.

Alto maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in the agrarian traditions and forestry that have sustained the region for generations. The proximity of Davy Crockett National Forest acts as a vast, green lung for the area, offering a sprawling refuge of hardwood and pine that dwarfs the human scale of the nearby roads. Residents often find their way toward the Neches Bluff Trail to witness the landscape from a higher vantage, or they seek the quiet edges of Brushy Lake when the heat demands a cooler reflection. The local economy persists with a quiet resilience, moving in sync with the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the distant urban centers, creating a sense of isolation that feels less like a void and more like a deliberate, private preservation of a slower way of existing.

Nearby Outdoor Places

A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 190° S
Terrell Lodge No. 83 (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 049° NE
Robert F. Mitchell (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 326° NW
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 7.2 mi, 213° SW · 161k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 192° S · 3,521 acres
I.D. FairChild State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 319° NW
Norman Memorial Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 336° NW
Mission Tejas State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 232° SW
Rusk / Palestine State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 327° NW
Boggy Slough (Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 174° S
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 006° N
Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 128° SE
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 122° SE · 154k acres
Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 19.3 mi, 122° SE
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.8 mi, 295° NW · 16k acres
Sam Rayburn Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.0 mi, 123° SE
Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 097° E
McDonald Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 301° NW
Carmike Cinema Lufkin Mall 9 (Cinema) — 31.0 mi, 138° SE
Angelina College Roadrunner (Public Artwork) — 32.2 mi, 141° SE
Naranjo Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 143° SE
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 224° SW
Lamar School (Historic Ruins) — 33.5 mi, 282° W
Howard House Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 284° W
Norwood School (Historic Ruins) — 33.6 mi, 288° W
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 34.9 mi, 286° W
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 44.9 mi, 342° N
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 347° N
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 54.1 mi, 132° SE · 13k acres
Imminent Doom Haunted House (Theme Park) — 55.7 mi, 014° N

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