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Burkett Texas Map

Explore Burkett, 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 Burkett, Texas

How to Use This Burkett, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.995976
Longitude	-99.225618
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76828
Area Code	325
County Seat	Coleman

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About Burkett, Texas

Burkett is a locality in Coleman County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Burkett is located at 31.9960°N, 99.2256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76828.

Burkett defines the quiet tension between the persistent Pecan Bayou and the vast, sun-bleached plains of the interior. It lies 24.1 miles northwest of Brownwood, TX (from Brownwood, TX: bearing 325°T), and is situated 16.6 miles northeast of Coleman. The landscape here is characterized by the low, arid incline of the earth as it stretches toward the distant Edwards Plateau, a silhouette that haunts the western horizon like a fading memory. Burkett Lake mirrors the pale, expansive sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the subtle drift of dust and the persistent heat that turns the air into a shimmering veil. Five miles away, the descent into Wolf Hollow provides a brief, shaded reprieve where the dry winds lose their edge, grounding the vastness of the prairie in the intimate geometry of limestone and scrub oak.

History in Burkett survives in the weathered grain of old rail ties and the fading paint of structures that once served the rhythm of a burgeoning agricultural trade. The local economy persists through the patience of ranching and the slow, seasonal cycles of the land, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here is measured by the quality of the light as it dips below the horizon, casting a long, amber glow over the pastures that reach toward the distant boundary of Thrifty Park. While the world beyond moves with a different velocity, the residents of Burkett maintain a connection to the soil that is both pragmatic and deeply felt, finding a quiet, enduring beauty in the resilience of the buffalo grass and the steady, unhurried flow of the Pecan Bayou.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ruins of Camp Colorado (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 197° S
Home of Robert E. Howard (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 020° N
Cross Plains Cemetery (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 020° N
Thrifty Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 154° SE
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 133° SE
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 16.2 mi, 229° SW
Fabis Park (Local Park) — 20.6 mi, 138° SE
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 107° E
Hords Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.5 mi, 239° SW
Hords Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.5 mi, 241° SW
Regal Heartland (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 139° SE
Brown County Museum of History (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 143° SE
Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 23.8 mi, 143° SE
Muse Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 108° E
Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 143° SE
Camp Bowie Family Aquatic Center (Local Recreation) — 27.0 mi, 148° SE
Callahan County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 340° N
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 100° E
Santa Anna (Conservation Area) — 35.7 mi, 186° S
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 040° NE
Ol' Rip (Attraction) — 36.8 mi, 040° NE
Longhorn Cattle Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.1 mi, 100° E
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 41.5 mi, 294° NW
CCC Stonework (Historic Ruins) — 41.6 mi, 294° NW
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 41.9 mi, 293° NW
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 43.4 mi, 319° NW
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 44.6 mi, 318° NW
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 45.2 mi, 318° NW
Roger R Fawcett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 67.6 mi, 053° NE

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