Explore Crabbs Prairie, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Crabbs Prairie, 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 Crabbs Prairie.
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 | Crabbs Prairie |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Walker County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.754082 |
| Longitude | -95.649112 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 77320, 77363 |
| Area Code | 713, 832 |
| County Seat | Huntsville |
Crabbs Prairie occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon settles into a flat, deliberate line against the sky. It lies 6.2 miles west-northwest of Huntsville, TX (from Huntsville, TX: bearing 290°T), and is situated 32.6 miles north-northwest of Conroe. Crabb Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the landscape, its presence marked by the thick growth of timber that clings to the banks and offers shade to the local wildlife. To the west, the subtle rise of Smith Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, providing a singular landmark that anchors the view. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and tall grasses, especially in the cooling hours of late afternoon when the light turns a soft, pale gold, illuminating the textures of the soil and the swaying stalks of the prairie. Four miles away, the managed green spaces of NorthGate Meadows Park offer a contrast to the wilder brush, serving as a reminder of how the land is carefully partitioned between cultivation and preservation.
History in Crabbs Prairie remains quiet, held in the memories of those who have worked the surrounding acreage for generations. The economy persists through the steady rhythm of land management and the influence of nearby regional growth, keeping the pace of life measured and deliberate. While Lake Livingston sits nine miles to the northeast, its influence is felt more as a distant promise of water than a direct feature of the immediate terrain, which remains stubbornly inland and defined by the quiet labor of the fields. Education and local industry provide the framework for daily existence, grounding the people in the soil and the seasons. There is a distinct, understated beauty in the way Crabbs Prairie maintains its own character, indifferent to the rush of the world beyond, favoring instead the persistence of its own long-standing traditions.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crabbs Prairie, Texas. Coordinates: 30.754082, -95.649112. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Crabbs Prairie includes the ZIP code (77320, 77363), telephone area code (713, 832), county seat of Walker County (Huntsville), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |