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Blessing Texas Map

Explore Blessing, 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 Blessing, Texas

How to Use This Blessing, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.871373
Longitude	-96.218021
Population	856
Density	162.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77419
Area Code	281
County Seat	Bay City
School District	Tidehaven Independent School District

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About Blessing, Texas

Blessing is a locality in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 856. The population density is 162.7 people per km². Blessing is located at 28.8714°N, 96.2180°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77419.

Blessing anchors itself upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse of coastal prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 16.9 miles west-southwest of Bay City, TX (from Bay City, TX: bearing 243°T), and is situated 11.3 miles north of Palacios. Cashs Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the tall grasses, its dark waters providing a slow, cooling pulse that sustains the local flora and fauna. To the southeast, the salt-heavy air carries the faint, briny suggestion of Tres Palacios Bay, an influence that softens the edges of the heat and dictates the temperament of the long afternoons. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape remains largely level, though the silhouette of Pepper Hill rises ten miles away to break the monotony of the plains, and the Cooling Water Reservoir sits eleven miles distant, a quiet mirror reflecting the expansive Texas light.

Blessing carries the weight of a frontier heritage, shaped by the convergence of rail lines and the ambition of early cattlemen who sought to tame the wilder reaches of the coast. The local economy persists as a quiet synthesis of agriculture and service, where the labor of the soil remains an honest, if demanding, occupation. Life here operates with an unforced cadence, far removed from the frantic noise of urban centers, yet connected to the broader world through the steady movement of goods and people. Visitors occasionally wander toward South House Park to witness the untamed brush and native birds, finding in the silence a rare clarity. In the evenings, when the light turns the color of harvested wheat, Blessing settles into a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present, holding fast to the quiet dignity of its origins.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Masonic Lodge #411 (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 289° W
St. Peter's Catholic Church (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 229° SW
Blessing Library Association (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 284° W
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 115° SE
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 11.1 mi, 186° S
Us-Tx-132-2 (Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 031° NE
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 074° E
Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve (Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 152° SE
Spread Oaks Ranch (Park) — 14.1 mi, 043° NE
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 058° NE
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.8 mi, 144° SE
Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 15.2 mi, 202° S
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 252° W
Metal Rooster (Public Artwork) — 17.5 mi, 064° NE
Palmetto Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 312° NW
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 306° NW
Texana Park & Campground (Local Recreation) — 20.0 mi, 287° W
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 22.7 mi, 349° N
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 23.0 mi, 074° E
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 350° N
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.5 mi, 103° E · 193k acres
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.7 mi, 217° SW · 298k acres
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 234° SW
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 234° SW
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 013° N
20th Century Technology Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 013° N
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 36.4 mi, 360° N
Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 44.5 mi, 083° E
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 45.1 mi, 236° SW
AMC Classic Brazos 14 (Cinema) — 47.5 mi, 075° E

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