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Celeste Texas Map

Explore Celeste, 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 Celeste, Texas

How to Use This Celeste, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.294279
Longitude	-96.194698
Population	809
Density	232.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75423
Area Code	972, 469
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Celeste Independent School District

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About Celeste, Texas

Celeste is a locality in Hunt County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 809. The population density is 232.4 people per km². Celeste is located at 33.2943°N, 96.1947°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Celeste is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75423.

Celeste anchors itself upon the blackland prairie, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to possess more depth than the earth beneath it. It lies 11.8 miles north-northwest of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 336°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Leonard. Hickory Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer a cool reprieve from the relentless summer heat. To the east, the tallgrass of the Clymer Meadow Preserve ripples in the wind, a remnant of the wild, unplowed expanse that once defined this region. On clear days, the distant rise of Snow Hill marks the limit of the view, a subtle break in the otherwise level plains that pulls the eye toward the edge of the world. The air here holds the scent of dry soil and curing hay, a sensory signature that deepens as the sun dips low, casting long, violet shadows across the fields.

Celeste emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, its layout still reflecting the utilitarian logic of a depot town built to move grain and cattle across the vast interior. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the persistent demands of agriculture, with silos and metal barns serving as the primary architecture of the landscape. History here is kept in the quiet maintenance of storefronts and the collective memory of families who have worked the surrounding acreage for generations. Though the bustle of larger hubs hums miles away, life in Celeste moves with a deliberate cadence, punctuated by the seasonal shift of crops and the occasional movement of water toward Lavon Lake. It is a place where the work of the day is visible in the calloused hand and the dust on a truck’s bumper, grounding the identity of Celeste in the honest, heavy labor of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First Baptist Church of Celeste (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 221° SW
Audie Murphy (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 140° SE
Birthplace of Mack Harrell (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 274° W
Clymer Meadow Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 294° NW
Parkhill Prairie (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 261° W
Lavon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 246° SW
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 12.1 mi, 045° NE · 18k acres
Caddo National Grassland-Ladonia (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 045° NE
Deer Statue (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 160° S
The Attic (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 160° S
Southlake Park (Local Park) — 13.5 mi, 220° SW
Gamescape by Cinemark (Cinema) — 14.5 mi, 163° S
Skydive Spaceland Dallas (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 315° NW
Lavon Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 236° SW
Top Fun Ranch (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 280° W
Adventure Camp (Local Recreation) — 16.7 mi, 289° W
Planetarium (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 102° E
Bonham State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 010° N
Fort Inglish Village (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 001° N
Cooper Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.0 mi, 094° E
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 205° SW
Royse City Calaboose (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 200° S
Van Alstyne Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 292° W
Collin County Central Museum at the Old Post Office (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 255° W
Last Art Gallery (Gallery) — 25.3 mi, 255° W
Bird blind (Viewpoint) — 25.9 mi, 249° W
Wylie Acting Group (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 226° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 267° W
Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 091° E
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.2 mi, 060° NE · 1,438 acres

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