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Amherst Texas Map

Explore Amherst, 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 Amherst, Texas

How to Use This Amherst, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	34.011982
Longitude	-102.414776
Population	678
Density	286.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	75462, 79312
Area Code	972, 469, 806
County Seat	Paris
School District	Amherst Independent School District

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About Amherst, Texas

Amherst is a locality in Lamar County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 678. The population density is 286.1 people per km². Amherst is located at 34.0120°N, 102.4148°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Amherst is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 75462, 79312.

Amherst reveals itself as a quiet expanse of flat, productive earth where the horizon stretches wide under an unforgiving and expansive sky. It lies 6.4 miles northeast of Paris, TX (from Paris, TX: bearing 43°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northwest of Reno. The landscape around Amherst is defined by the steady, low-slung course of Sixmile Creek, which carves a modest path through the surrounding plains, providing a vital, if subtle, anchor to the terrain. Five miles away, the waters of Lamar Lake offer a still, reflective break in the monotony of the fields, while the distant silhouette of Robertson Hill marks the edge of the world against the deepening violet of dusk. The air here carries the scent of dry soil and cultivated dust, a sensory reminder of the distance from any coast, settling over the land with a heavy, honest stillness that persists long after the sun has dipped below the plains.

Agriculture dictates the rhythm of life in Amherst, where the economy is tethered to the seasonal cycles of the soil and the resilience of the local harvest. Since its founding, the prosperity of Amherst has relied upon the stubborn vitality of its farmers, whose work is punctuated by the occasional excursion to the Paris Aquatic Center for respite from the heat. The collective memory of the people is etched into the grain silos and the slow, deliberate movement of machinery across the grid of roads that define the region. Life in Amherst does not hurry, favoring a steady, functional endurance that values the utility of a well-tended crop over the fleeting vanity of modern distraction, leaving the inhabitants to find their own quiet grace within the vast, open geometry of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Amherst (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 208° SW
Franklin A. Loyd (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 145° SE
Sod House Spring (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 005° N
Laguna Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 144° SE
Crescent Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 146° SE
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 143° SE
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 267° W · 14k acres
Benny Douglas Stadium (Stadium) — 23.3 mi, 309° NW
Honesto Ballroom (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 225° SW
Rose Theater (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 225° SW
Texas' Last Frontier Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 225° SW
Levelland City Park (Local Recreation) — 28.9 mi, 178° S
Helen Devitt Jones Theatre for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 174° S
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.4 mi, 279° W · 6,478 acres
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 37.1 mi, 002° N
Whiteface Historical Museum (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 206° SW
Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 40.0 mi, 197° S
Battle of Yellow House Canyon (Registered Battlefield) — 40.3 mi, 131° SE
The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 134° SE
J. V. Hilliard Filed (Stadium) — 40.9 mi, 072° E
Museum of the Llano Estacado (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 073° E
Bridging Localities (Public Artwork) — 41.3 mi, 134° SE
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Attraction) — 41.4 mi, 126° SE
Moody Planetarium (Museum) — 42.1 mi, 134° SE
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 43.0 mi, 134° SE
Texas Tech University New Deal Farm - Beef Unit (Recreation Easement) — 43.0 mi, 116° SE
CO-OPt Research + Projects (Arts Centre) — 44.2 mi, 135° SE
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 64.9 mi, 077° E
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 72.8 mi, 036° NE
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 79.6 mi, 068° E

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