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Cross Roads Texas Map

Explore Cross Roads, 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 Cross Roads, Texas

How to Use This Cross Roads, Texas Map

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

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	Cross Roads
State	Texas (TX)
County	Denton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.220449
Longitude	-96.995808
Population	1,744
Density	99.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77864, 75925, 75662, 76227
Area Code	903, 817
County Seat	Denton
School District	Denton Independent School District

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About Cross Roads, Texas

Cross Roads is a locality in Denton County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,744. The population density is 99.9 people per km². Cross Roads is located at 33.2204°N, 96.9958°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cross Roads is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77864, 75925, 75662.

Cross Roads emerges from the flat, expansive plains of North Texas where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the jagged shadows of distant geology. It lies 6.0 miles northwest of Little Elm, TX (from Little Elm, TX: bearing 322°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Denton. The air here holds a dry, sun-baked clarity, and the landscape is defined by a subtle geometry of open fields punctuated by stands of native trees. Only twenty-six miles away, the faint, hazy silhouette of The Backbone marks the edge of the world, though the immediate terrain remains dominated by the quiet drainage of Cantrell Slough. A mile from the center of the residential grid, the surface of Lake Lewisville reflects the vast, shifting colors of the sky, serving as a steady, blue anchor in a region otherwise defined by the endless reach of the prairie. Residents often gather at the Cross Roads Town Park, where the late afternoon light turns the tall grasses to a pale, burnished gold, softening the edges of the land as the heat of the day recedes into a cooling, starlit silence.

Economic life in Cross Roads reflects a transition from the agrarian roots of the northern plains toward a modern, suburban rhythm that prioritizes space and connectivity. While the area retains the echoes of its rural past, the local character is now shaped by families who seek the quietude of the outskirts, finding a measured pace that exists far removed from the dense urban centers to the south. The nearby Rail Trail offers a linear path through the landscape, tracing the old corridors of commerce that once dictated the movement of goods and people across the region. Life here is measured in the steady passage of the seasons, where the primary industry has shifted from the plow to the professional services that support a growing population. Though the demands of the modern economy are constant, the people of Cross Roads maintain a deliberate stillness, tethered to the land by the simple, enduring presence of the nearby water and the expansive, uninterrupted sweep of the Texas sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roark-Griffith Pottery Site (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 193° S
Lewisville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 197° S
Cross Roads Town Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 026° NE
Oak Grove Methodist Church (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 088° E
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 078° E
William Edmunds Bates (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 088° E
Lewisville Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 207° SW
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 306° NW
Carrico Stadium (Stadium) — 4.1 mi, 091° E
Hartlee Field Road Bike Trail Property (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 309° NW
Little Elm Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 127° SE
Leo the Lion (Public Artwork) — 5.8 mi, 220° SW
Agora Commons (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 218° SW
Lake Dallas Stadium (Stadium) — 6.9 mi, 194° S
Redbud Theater Complex (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 273° W
Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 274° W
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 267° W
Sky Theater Planetarium (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 267° W
Explorium (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 283° W
Thegallery8680 (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 114° SE
Corral (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 348° N
Play Street Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 103° E
Crayola Experience (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 144° SE
Moviehouse & Eatery McKinney (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 112° E
Space Shuttle VR (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 189° S
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 31.0 mi, 292° W · 20k acres
Cedar Hill State Park (State Park) — 40.0 mi, 179° S
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 56.5 mi, 076° E · 18k acres

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