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Brownwood Texas Map

Explore Brownwood, 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 Brownwood, Texas

How to Use This Brownwood, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.712856
Longitude	-98.977053
Population	18,862
Density	486.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77520, 77522, 77630, 76801
Area Code	281, 325
County Seat	Orange
School District	Brownwood Independent School District

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About Brownwood, Texas

Brownwood is a locality in Orange County, Texas, United States. It has a population of 18,862. The population density is 486.6 people per km². Brownwood is located at 31.7129°N, 98.9771°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Brownwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77520, 77522, 77630.

Brownwood emerges from the damp, low-lying earth where the Little Cypress Bayou carves a dark, silt-heavy path through the landscape. It lies 1.5 miles north of Orange, TX (from Orange, TX: bearing 3°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northeast of Bridge City. The air here holds the salt-heavy weight of the nearby coastline, only seven miles distant, where the tides of Black Bayou push against the flat, marshy horizon. To the west, the subtle depression of Coopers Gulley drains the heavy rains, while West Cane Island rises slightly from the mire like a stubborn, mud-slicked spine. Brownwood Park anchors the immediate geography, offering a quiet green space where the humidity clings to the reeds and the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, metallic violet, reflecting the shallow, brackish waters that define the character of this humid, coastal fringe.

Economic life in Brownwood remains tethered to the slow, rhythmic extraction of resources from the marsh and the nearby expanse of Sabine Lake. History here is written in the shift of the shoreline and the persistent, encroaching damp that dictates the architecture of every porch and foundation. The local pace is set by the seasonal migration of water and the quiet, industrious hum of those working the edges of the bayou, far removed from the distant, hazy silhouette of High Hill. Residents who seek a longer path often head toward the Pirogue Trail, moving through the thick, tangled greenery that separates the firm ground from the sea. Brownwood persists as a place of water-stained wood and resilient, salt-weathered patience, where the boundary between the land and the tide is rarely a line, but a slow, liquid blurring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dr. Mollie W. Armstrong (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 235° SW
Daniel Baker College (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 198° S
Brownwood Harvey House (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 323° NW
Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 338° N
Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 0.6 mi, 330° NW
Sharp Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 031° NE
Coggin Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 158° S
Brown County Museum of History (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 340° N
Regal Heartland (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 027° NE
Camp Bowie Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 180° S
Camp Bowie Family Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 180° S
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 337° NW
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 027° NE
Muse Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.8 mi, 034° NE
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 054° NE
Santa Anna (Conservation Area) — 24.2 mi, 226° SW
Longhorn Cattle Statue (Public Artwork) — 25.4 mi, 060° NE
Proctor Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.5 mi, 055° NE
Proctor Lake (Recreation Area) — 31.2 mi, 055° NE
San Saba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 156° SE
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 42.8 mi, 239° SW
Ol' Rip (Attraction) — 48.5 mi, 011° N
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 011° N
Colorado Bend State Park (State Park) — 52.7 mi, 150° SE
Art Briles Stadium (Stadium) — 55.3 mi, 051° NE
Pontotoc Winery (Attraction) — 55.5 mi, 180° S
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 56.2 mi, 052° NE
John Tarleton Ranch House (Attraction) — 57.6 mi, 052° NE

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