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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	Lamb 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	Littlefield
School District	Amherst Independent School District

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About Amherst, Texas

Amherst is a locality in Lamb 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 occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the Southern High Plains, where the horizon stretches out in an uncompromising, flat line that seems to pull the very sky down toward the earth. It lies 29.3 miles north of Levelland, TX (from Levelland, TX: bearing 356°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northwest of Littlefield. The landscape is defined by the rigorous geometry of cultivated fields, interrupted only by the occasional cluster of grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the immense, shifting blue. Here, the soil is a deep, persistent brown, and the air carries a dry, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the world until every fence post and distant utility pole stands in stark relief. A few miles to the west, the subtle depression of Bull Draw carves a shallow scar into the plains, a reminder of the quiet, erosive persistence of time, while the periphery of the region offers the modest, stillness of Illusion Lake to those who wander beyond the grid.

Amherst remains a settlement forged by the necessity of the soil, built upon the fundamental rhythm of the agricultural cycle that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of the day. The local economy is anchored firmly in the fiber and grain that thrive under the intense, unrelenting sun, with the work of the harvest echoing the generations who first broke this ground. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity to Laguna Park provides a singular touch of natural seclusion, a place where the prairie grasses lean into the wind and the local flora finds a sparse, resilient beauty. Life in Amherst moves with a quiet, observant patience, characterized by a stoic devotion to the land and an understated pride in the steady, repetitive labor that sustains the lifeblood 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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