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Bangs Texas Map

Explore Bangs, 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 Bangs, Texas

How to Use This Bangs, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.717096
Longitude	-99.132553
Population	1,540
Density	397.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76823
Area Code	325
County Seat	Brownwood
School District	Bangs Independent School District

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About Bangs, Texas

Bangs is a locality in Brown County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,540. The population density is 397.5 people per km². Bangs is located at 31.7171°N, 99.1326°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bangs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76823.

Bangs occupies a stretch of sun-bleached prairie where the sky expands with a heavy, unyielding clarity that seems to press the earth into permanence. It lies 8.3 miles west of Brownwood, TX (from Brownwood, TX: bearing 274°T), and is situated 18.9 miles east-southeast of Coleman. The horizon holds no jagged peaks, though the distant, hazy blue of the Edwards Plateau lingers in the mind as a reminder of the vast, fractured geology that defines this part of the state. A mile to the west, the slow, persistent movement of West Fork Clear Creek carves a thin vein through the scrub, while four miles out, the quiet surface of Soil Conservation Service Site 7 Reservoir reflects the changing intensity of the sun. The land here does not offer dramatic verticality; rather, it presents a subtle, rolling expanse of mesquite and native grasses that shift from a dusty, parched gold in the heat of July to a resilient, muted green when the rains finally find the soil.

Bangs grew from the necessity of the rail, emerging as a point of transit that eventually folded into the quiet, steady pace of agricultural and small-scale commercial life. History here is kept in the weathered siding of older structures and the persistence of families who have worked this clay for generations, keeping the economy tethered to the cycles of the land and the modest commerce of the surrounding plains. The local rhythm is dictated by the movement of the seasons and the occasional trip to Trigg Park for relief under the shade of the trees, a place where the stillness of the afternoon allows for a deeper observation of the landscape. Life in Bangs is marked by a certain reticence, a preference for the concrete reality of fences, dry creek beds like Gobbler Hollow, and the long, quiet evenings where the only sound is the wind moving through the brush, indifferent to the passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bangs Public Schools (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 059° NE
Rocky Creek Baptist Church (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 038° NE
Route of Old Military Road (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 278° W
Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 089° E
Brown County Museum of History (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 087° E
Fabis Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 066° NE
Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 090° E
Sharp Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 087° E
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 033° NE
Camp Bowie Family Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 112° E
Camp Bowie Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 110° E
Regal Heartland (Cinema) — 10.2 mi, 082° E
Santa Anna (Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 210° SW
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 052° NE
Muse Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 055° NE
Hords Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 288° W
Hords Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 26.2 mi, 287° W
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 064° NE
Longhorn Cattle Statue (Public Artwork) — 33.5 mi, 068° E
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 231° SW
San Saba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 145° SE
Callahan County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 342° N
Ol' Rip (Attraction) — 50.7 mi, 021° N
Pontotoc Winery (Attraction) — 56.5 mi, 171° S
CCC Stonework (Historic Ruins) — 56.5 mi, 310° NW
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 56.7 mi, 309° NW
Colorado Bend State Park (State Park) — 58.1 mi, 142° SE
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 62.2 mi, 327° NW

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