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Beach City Texas Map

Explore Beach City, 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 Beach City, Texas

How to Use This Beach City, Texas Map

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

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	Beach City
State	Texas (TX)
County	Chambers County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.738882
Longitude	-94.846504
Population	3,221
Density	277.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77523
Area Code	281
County Seat	Anahuac
School District	Barbers Hill Independent School District

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About Beach City, Texas

Beach City is a locality in Chambers County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,221. The population density is 277.7 people per km². Beach City is located at 29.7389°N, 94.8465°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Beach City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77523.

Beach City exhales a humid, salt-thickened air that clings to the low-lying coastal plains where the land surrenders to the tide. It lies 7.3 miles southeast of Baytown, TX (from Baytown, TX: bearing 134°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of La Porte. The horizon here is a flat, unyielding line, interrupted only by the distant silhouette of Barbers Hill rising faintly against the sky like a dormant, earthen spine. Water defines the periphery, with the brackish currents of Cedar Bayou winding through the marshy perimeter and the hidden drainage of Water Oak Gully carving slow, dark paths toward the sea. Inland, the flat terrain remains stubborn and quiet, save for the occasional heron rising from the reeds near the distant, protected expanse of Atkinson Island Wildlife Management Area. Light here settles in heavy, golden sheets during the late afternoon, bleaching the tall grasses to a pale, brittle straw while the proximity of the coast keeps the atmosphere perpetually damp and heavy with the scent of brine.

Beach City exists as a sparse, deliberate settlement, its history rooted in the quiet industriousness of those who prefer the edge of the map to the clamor of the interior. The local economy maintains a steady, utilitarian pace, favoring the rhythmic, quiet labor of the coast over the frantic pulse of the city. While Dutton Lake sits seven miles off as a freshwater anchor in an otherwise saline landscape, the lifeblood of the region remains tethered to the navigation of the Cedar Bayou Channel, which serves as a vital artery for the steady movement of commerce. Travelers passing through may notice how the architecture remains humble, built to weather the seasonal surge and the relentless, scouring wind. There is a singular, austere dignity in the way the local residents organize their days around the tides, finding a functional beauty in a landscape that offers little shade but provides an expansive, unobstructed view of the shifting, gray-blue heavens.

Nearby Outdoor Places

McCollum Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 061° NE
Us-Tx-6-1 (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 054° NE
Cove Community Building (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 009° N
Wallisville Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 039° NE
Joseph William Ellender (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 283° W
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 282° W
Hall of Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 321, A. F. & A. M. (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 283° W
Cedar Bayou Stadium (Stadium) — 5.4 mi, 281° W
W. L. Jenkins Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 294° NW
The Crib (Historic Castle / Fort) — 6.2 mi, 240° SW
McCleod Park (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 338° N
Baytown Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 267° W
Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 352° N
Atkinson Island Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 242° SW
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.1 mi, 010° N · 58k acres
Tracey's Theatre (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 276° W
Wallisville Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 047° NE
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 127° SE · 113k acres
Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.9 mi, 161° S
Slocomb Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 251° W
Ingenia Polymers Houston (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 274° W
Bay Area Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 229° SW
Kinder Morgan Coal Terminal (Viewpoint) — 18.3 mi, 272° W
Spiritus Mundi (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 235° SW
7 Starship Gallery (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 229° SW
Mission Briefing Center (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 230° SW
Destiny Theater (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 230° SW
Sheldon Lake State Park & Environmental Learning Center (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 296° NW
Proctor Museum of Natural Science (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 279° W
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 45.4 mi, 334° NW · 163k acres

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