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Burke Texas Map

Explore Burke, 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 Burke, Texas

How to Use This Burke, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.231854
Longitude	-94.768541
Population	691
Density	94.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75941
Area Code	903
County Seat	Lufkin
School District	Diboll Independent School District

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About Burke, Texas

Burke is a locality in Angelina County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 691. The population density is 94.7 people per km². Burke is located at 31.2319°N, 94.7685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burke is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75941.

Burke emerges from the damp, shaded timberland of East Texas, defined by the persistent, dark passage of White Oak Creek as it winds through the heavy soil. It lies 7.7 miles south-southwest of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 198°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Hudson. The landscape remains defined by dense thickets and the quiet, persistent growth of pines that catch the amber quality of the afternoon sun, casting long, lean shadows across the earth. Three miles away, Old Orchard Park offers a sanctuary of unmanicured greenery, while five miles to the north, the still surface of Brushy Lake reflects the shifting clouds of the horizon. In the distance, the faint, rounded silhouette of Bill Hill marks the edge of the sky, serving as a silent sentinel over the plains that stretch toward the interior.

Burke carries the quiet endurance of a settlement born from the intersection of rail lines and the timber industry, where the economy once relied on the steady rhythm of the sawmills and the transit of goods. The local character is forged by the intersection of these industrial roots and the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life, where the land is worked with a focus on patience rather than haste. Life here maintains a grounded, modest texture, marked by the occasional hum of traffic and the persistent presence of the surrounding woods. There is a specific, melancholy beauty in the way the local light settles over the fields at dusk, turning the graying wood of older structures into silver and reminding those who remain that the history of Burke is written in the timber harvested and the soil turned by generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burke Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Burke School (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 287° W
Ryan Chapel (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 228° SW
Old Orchard Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 189° S
Naranjo Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 032° NE
Whispering Pines Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 193° S
Forest Fitness Trail (Park) — 4.4 mi, 026° NE
Angelina College Roadrunner (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 030° NE
Alabama Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 261° W
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 5.4 mi, 260° W · 161k acres
Carmike Cinema Lufkin Mall 9 (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 025° NE
Boggy Slough (Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 296° NW
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 8.5 mi, 006° N · 154k acres
Sam Rayburn Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 16.0 mi, 008° N
Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 007° N
Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 028° NE
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.3 mi, 109° E · 13k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.9 mi, 310° NW · 3,521 acres
Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House (Gallery) — 26.5 mi, 015° N
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 184° S
Heritage Village Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 149° SE
Livingston Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 196° S
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 41.3 mi, 278° W
Jasper Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 49.6 mi, 115° SE
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 50.0 mi, 341° N
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 51.5 mi, 150° SE
St Andrews Church (Historic Ruins) — 56.8 mi, 293° NW
Texas Prison Rodeo Stadium (Historic Ruins) — 58.0 mi, 233° SW
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 64.3 mi, 307° NW
Burr's Ferry (Registered Battlefield) — 74.8 mi, 098° E

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