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Bayview Texas Map

Explore Bayview, 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 Bayview, Texas

How to Use This Bayview, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.133441
Longitude	-97.397632
Population	475
Density	47.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77518, 78566
Area Code	281, 830
County Seat	Galveston
School District	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District

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About Bayview, Texas

Bayview is a locality in Galveston County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 475. The population density is 47.2 people per km². Bayview is located at 26.1334°N, 97.3976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bayview is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77518, 78566.

Bayview remains a quiet expanse of coastal prairie where the horizon line is defined by the persistent, heavy humidity of the Gulf and the salt-scrubbed limbs of windswept trees. It lies 3.6 miles south-southeast of Seabrook, TX (from Seabrook, TX: bearing 160°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of League City. The landscape slopes gently toward the nearby Pine Gully, a basin that holds the moisture of the lowlands and shelters the dense, tangled undergrowth characteristic of this humid reach. To the east, the tides of the Clifton Channel pulse against the land, bringing a rhythmic, brackish breath that defines the atmosphere of the morning. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the terrain remains largely flat and open, offering little resistance to the winds that carry the scent of brine and drying mud across the tall grasses.

Bayview traces its character to the slow, steady labor of those who have long looked toward the water for their livelihood, whether through the seasonal harvests of the coast or the maintenance of the nearby Galveston County Industrial Water Reservoir. The economy here moves with the deliberate pace of the tides, marked by the steady transit of vessels navigating the nearby Jarbo Bayou. Life in Bayview feels tethered to these natural cycles, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, yet intrinsically connected to the industrial infrastructure that sustains the region. Those seeking the stillness of the landscape often find their way toward the Armand Bayou Nature Center Trail, where the silence of the marshes provides a stark, grounding contrast to the persistent hum of industry that defines the broader regional economy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.0 mi, 085° E · 277k acres
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.4 mi, 342° N · 287k acres
Holly Beach (Park) — 5.1 mi, 089° E
Laureles Community Park (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 253° W
Sunset Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 230° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 109° E
The Battle of Palo Alto (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 212° SW
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 284° W
Alta Vista Apartments (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 109° E
Port Isabel Cemetery (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 109° E
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 109° E
Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 108° E
Elon Musk Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 159° S
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 154° SE
Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 226° SW
South Bay Coastal Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 123° SE
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 14.4 mi, 099° E
Pier 19 (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 105° E
Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 15.5 mi, 272° W
Saint Joseph Academy Football Stadium (Stadium) — 16.1 mi, 204° SW
Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 16.5 mi, 127° SE
Boca Chica (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 127° SE
Starbase Sign (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 129° SE
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 201° S
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 201° S
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 197° S
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 200° S
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 30.0 mi, 009° N · 262k acres
Topgolf (Attraction) — 50.0 mi, 275° W
Border Theater (Theatre) — 57.9 mi, 276° W

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