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Anderson Texas Map

Explore Anderson, 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 Anderson, Texas

How to Use This Anderson, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.487147
Longitude	-95.986899
Population	193
Density	145.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77830
Area Code	409
County Seat	Anderson
School District	Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District

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About Anderson, Texas

Anderson is a locality in Grimes County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 193. The population density is 145.5 people per km². Anderson is located at 30.4871°N, 95.9869°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Anderson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77830.

Anderson reveals itself through a landscape of weathered limestone and dense, sun-drenched timber, where the earth yields to the quiet persistence of the prairie. It lies 22.9 miles east-southeast of College Station, TX (from College Station, TX: bearing 115°T), and is situated 9.1 miles northeast of Navasota. The horizon remains unbroken by any distant peaks, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Blue Bonnet Hill seventeen miles away, marking the edge of a vast, inland expanse. Nebletts Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush just a mile from the center, its seasonal flow a steady, unassuming pulse against the dry soil. During the late afternoon, the light here acquires a bruised, golden quality, settling heavily upon the tall grasses and the rough bark of post oaks that define this region. It is a terrain that demands patience, offering little in the way of dramatic relief, yet rewarding the observer with the stark, honest clarity of its open plains.

History remains anchored in the architecture of Anderson, where red-brick structures and the echoes of nineteenth-century commerce provide a grounding weight to the present. The economy maintains a traditional, slow-turning rhythm, rooted in the surrounding ranching lands and the quiet diligence of those who tend them. Residents often look toward the wider resources of the county, occasionally traversing the ten miles to Gibbons Creek Reservoir for the cooling respite of its waters or venturing eight miles to the grounds of Hillside Park for a sense of public quietude. Life in Anderson moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic speed of the modern world, favoring instead the continuity of local tradition and the steady, unadorned labor of the land. It is a place that holds its own quiet gravity, where the days are defined by the shifting intensity of the sun and the enduring presence of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Steinhagen Log Cabin (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 232° SW
Grimes County Courthouse (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 001° N
Grimes County, C.S.A. (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 354° N
Hillside Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 224° SW
Navasota Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 222° SW
Miller's Theater (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 221° SW
Gibbons Creek Reservoir Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 336° NW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 10.8 mi, 223° SW
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 11.0 mi, 088° E · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.8 mi, 083° E · 3,956 acres
Lick Creek Park (Local Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 290° W
The La Bahia Pecan (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 222° SW
Star of the Republic Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 234° SW
Henrys Hideout Historical Pub (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 149° SE
Rotating LEGO Death Star (Public Artwork) — 21.5 mi, 296° NW
M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 294° NW
Rudder Theater (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 293° NW
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 292° W
MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 292° W
Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 294° NW
Children's Museum of Brazos Valley (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 298° NW
Historic Magnolia Depot (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 144° SE
The Theatre Company of Bryan & College Station (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 297° NW
Earth Art (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 299° NW
Liendo Plantation, 1853 (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 185° S
Huntsville State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 072° E
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 41.2 mi, 252° W
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.4 mi, 195° S · 21k acres
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 60.7 mi, 037° NE · 161k acres
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.1 mi, 098° E · 58k acres

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