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Batson Texas Map

Explore Batson, 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 Batson, Texas

How to Use This Batson, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.249377
Longitude	-94.607142
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77519
Area Code	281
County Seat	Kountze

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About Batson, Texas

Batson is a locality in Hardin County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Batson is located at 30.2494°N, 94.6071°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77519.

Batson occupies a low-lying expanse of the Texas landscape, where the flat, humid earth gives way to the dense, tangled thickets that define the regional horizon. It lies 24.3 miles west of Lumberton, TX (from Lumberton, TX: bearing 267°T), and is situated 17.4 miles northeast of Liberty. The air here holds a heavy, persistent stillness, broken only by the rustle of scrub oak and the occasional vibration of insects rising from the damp soil near Mayhaw Slough. To the west, the subtle rise of Batson Prairie offers a momentary break in the dense canopy, while the distant, singular silhouette of Hawkins Hill serves as a quiet landmark against the vast, pale sky. Beyond the immediate clearing, the sprawling growth of the Big Thicket National Preserve encroaches with a wild, untamed density, shielding the land from the rapid shifts of the outside world.

Batson emerged from the earth not through slow cultivation, but through the sudden, violent discovery of subterranean wealth that forever altered its character. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic thrum of the oil patch, a legacy that transformed the surrounding woods into a landscape of derrick-scarred clearings and weathered pipes. Life maintains a deliberate pace, colored by the memory of boom-time intensity that has long since settled into a quiet, enduring persistence. While Old River Lake sits in the distance as a silent basin of stagnant water, the daily concerns of the residents remain focused on the local extraction industry and the preservation of a rural identity that refuses to be erased by the march of modern sprawl.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Batson Prairie School & Church and Guedry Cemetery (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 174° S
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 076° E · 109k acres
Lance Rosier (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 064° NE
Teel Cemetery (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 084° E
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.6 mi, 284° W · 58k acres
Davis Hill State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 290° W
Wildwood Heritage Society Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 060° NE
Wallisville Lake (Recreation Area) — 23.8 mi, 197° S
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 25.2 mi, 090° E
Wallisville Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 191° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 28.2 mi, 035° NE
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 29.2 mi, 298° NW · 163k acres
John Jay French Historic House Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 109° E
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 29.6 mi, 187° S
Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.7 mi, 138° SE
Purple Stadium (Stadium) — 31.0 mi, 112° E
Beaumont Art League (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 109° E
Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 210° SW
Mildred Buildings (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 111° E
Winnie-Stowell Horse Arena (Stadium) — 33.1 mi, 156° SE
Performance Stage (Attraction) — 35.5 mi, 265° W
Zip Lines (Attraction) — 35.5 mi, 264° W
Axe Throwing/Archery (Attraction) — 35.5 mi, 264° W
Roman Forest (Public Artwork) — 35.9 mi, 262° W
J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 39.4 mi, 128° SE
Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 143° SE · 178k acres
B&B Port Arthur Central Mall 10 (Cinema) — 42.4 mi, 119° SE
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 55.0 mi, 013° N · 154k acres
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.3 mi, 014° N · 13k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 66.4 mi, 283° W · 3,956 acres

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