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Blue Texas Map

Explore Blue, 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 Blue, Texas

How to Use This Blue, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.391875
Longitude	-97.147489
Population	491
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78947
Area Code	830
County Seat	Giddings

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About Blue, Texas

Blue is a locality in Lee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 491. Blue is located at 30.3919°N, 97.1475°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78947.

Blue emerges from the undulating prairie as a quiet confluence of earth and sky, defined by the persistent, winding path of Burns Branch as it cuts through the local topography. It lies 13.6 miles east-northeast of Elgin, TX (from Elgin, TX: bearing 78°T), and is situated 19.9 miles southeast of Taylor. The landscape here is characterized by the modest elevation of Clay Hill, which interrupts the flat horizon and offers a vantage point over the dry, sun-baked grasses that stretch toward the distant silhouette of The Yegua Knobbs Preserve. In the height of summer, the air over Blue turns thick and heavy with the scent of parched soil and wild sage, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised ribbons of violet and gold across the fields. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land falls away into the quiet, shadowed depression of Big Hollow, where the silence is as deep as the loam itself.

Agriculture and the slow, deliberate work of the land have long dictated the pace of life in Blue, where the rhythm of the seasons remains the primary clock. While the Soil Conservation Service Site 21 Reservoir waits eleven miles away to catch the runoff of a rainy season, the local economy continues to lean on the resilience of cattle grazing and the stubborn productivity of small-scale farming. History here is written in the rusted wire of old fences and the weathered timber of structures that have stood against the wind for generations, marking a legacy of endurance rather than expansion. Blue maintains a character defined by this isolation, a place where the modern world feels like a distant hum, leaving the inhabitants to contend only with the shifting patterns of the clouds and the steady, unyielding growth of the brush.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Adina Cemetery (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 324° NW
Knobbs Springs Baptist Church (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 235° SW
The Yegua Knobbs Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 210° SW
Lawhon Springs Cemetery (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 283° W
Lexington City Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 076° E
Tanglewood Prairie (Park) — 10.9 mi, 058° NE
Argosy Stage (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 185° S
Sherwood Forest Faire (Theme Park) — 11.1 mi, 186° S
Greenwoode Theatre (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 186° S
Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp (Park) — 12.5 mi, 204° SW
Coupland Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 316° NW
Bastrop State Park (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 193° S
Lake Bastrop Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 207° SW
Lee County Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 139° SE
The Dime Box (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 097° E
The Dan Moody Museum Home & Garden (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 309° NW
CCC Water Fountain (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 201° S
Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.4 mi, 102° E
Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 101° E
Granger Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 335° NW
Pecan Grove Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.4 mi, 333° NW
San Gabriel Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.1 mi, 320° NW
Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 179° S
Sweet Eats Adventure Farm & Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.3 mi, 312° NW
Walter E. Long Metro Park (Local Recreation) — 26.1 mi, 256° W
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 27.4 mi, 182° S
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 070° E
Mobile Loaves & Fishes (Cinema) — 29.3 mi, 255° W
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 279° W · 43k acres
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.8 mi, 132° SE · 21k acres

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