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Chriesman Texas Map

Explore Chriesman, 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 Chriesman, Texas

How to Use This Chriesman, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.599368
Longitude	-96.770811
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	77836, 77838
Area Code	409
County Seat	Caldwell

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About Chriesman, Texas

Chriesman is a locality in Burleson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Chriesman is located at 30.5994°N, 96.7708°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 77836, 77838.

Chriesman occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, muddy flow of Thompson Branch carves a shallow, vital artery through the surrounding prairie. It lies 24.4 miles west-southwest of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 258°T), and is situated 6.6 miles northwest of Caldwell. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Taylor Mountain rising nine miles away to anchor the view. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the dry grasses to shades of pale straw and burnt umber as the heat radiates off the earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land dips into the quiet, brush-choked depression of Rail Hollow, where the shadows grow long and cool well before the sun actually slips behind the plains.

Chriesman persists as a modest testament to the enduring rhythm of rural life, far removed from the bustle of the denser, more populated corridors of the state. Local industry remains tied to the cycles of the soil and the maintenance of the land, with the economy favoring the slow, deliberate pace of agriculture that has defined the region for generations. Residents might spend their weekends at Baseball Park, a space that serves as a focal point for communal gatherings, or perhaps venture out to the quiet banks of Sanders Lake for a moment of stillness. Life in Chriesman is measured not by the ticking of a clock, but by the seasonal turning of the fields and the way the light eventually softens over the scrub oaks at the close of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Alexander Thomson (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 023° NE
Town of Chriesman (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 024° NE
Horatio Chriesman (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 066° NE
Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 146° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 141° SE
Davidson Creek Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 132° SE
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 136° SE
Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 134° SE
Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 179° S
Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 179° S
The Dime Box (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 191° S
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 170° S
Somerville Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 125° SE
Texas A&M University Aquaculture Research Teaching Facility (Recreation Easement) — 19.8 mi, 100° E
Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 165° S
Milam County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 325° NW
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.9 mi, 163° S
The Grand Stafford Theater (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 078° E
Earth Art (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 078° E
StageCenter Community Theatre (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 077° E
Children's Museum of Brazos Valley (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 078° E
MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 088° E
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 088° E
Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 25.7 mi, 086° E
M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 25.9 mi, 087° E
Pecan Grove Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 33.6 mi, 281° W
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 57.2 mi, 093° E · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 60.7 mi, 096° E · 3,956 acres
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.8 mi, 155° SE · 21k acres
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.5 mi, 265° W · 43k acres

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