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Crystal Beach Texas Map

Explore Crystal Beach, 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 Crystal Beach, Texas

How to Use This Crystal Beach, Texas Map

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

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	Crystal Beach
State	Texas (TX)
County	Galveston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.457177
Longitude	-94.639638
Population	1,800
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77650
Area Code	281
County Seat	Galveston

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About Crystal Beach, Texas

Crystal Beach is a locality in Galveston County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Crystal Beach is located at 29.4572°N, 94.6396°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77650.

Crystal Beach stretches along the narrow, salt-sprayed edge of the coastline where the horizon dissolves into the rhythmic pulse of the tides. It lies 14.4 miles northeast of Galveston, TX (from Galveston, TX: bearing 41°T), and is situated 3.9 miles west-southwest of Bolivar Peninsula. The landscape is defined by the steady presence of Freshwater Bayou, which carves a path through the low-lying terrain, its brackish waters reflecting the vast, unbroken expanse of the sky. To the north, the salt-marsh grasses bend under the weight of a constant breeze, while the sandy expanse of the beach itself remains a shifting canvas, marked by the debris of storms and the delicate tracks of shorebirds. In the quiet hours before noon, the light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, softening the edges of the dunes and lending a ghostly clarity to the distant silhouette of Goat Island as it rises from the water like a dark, submerged spine.

Economic life in Crystal Beach remains tethered to the seasonal ebb and flow of visitors who arrive to claim a temporary piece of the sand, yet the rhythm of the place is dictated by the endurance of those who stay when the summer heat recedes. The local character is forged by the necessity of resilience, shaped by decades of weathering the heavy Atlantic storms that reshape the shoreline with indifferent force. Travelers seeking a deeper engagement with the wilder geography often look toward the Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area or venture out to traverse the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Trail, where the dense, tangled ecosystems offer a stark contrast to the open beach. Further inland, the stillness of Lake Surprise provides a sanctuary for those who prefer the quietude of freshwater over the restless energy of the coast, anchoring a region that balances the fragility of its border with the sea against a persistent, rugged independence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Crenshaw Family Cemetery (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 236° SW
The Breakers Building (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 068° E
Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 8.6 mi, 303° NW
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.0 mi, 028° NE · 113k acres
Rollover Island (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 067° NE
Fort Travis Seashore Park (Park) — 9.3 mi, 228° SW
Bolivar Point (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 229° SW
Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 229° SW
Point Bolivar (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 234° SW
Big Reef Nature Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 210° SW
Old Fort San Jacinto (Park) — 10.3 mi, 213° SW
Rich Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 347° N
Galveston Historic Seaport (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 220° SW
Dolphin Tree Sculpture (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 219° SW
Galveston County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 220° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 13.9 mi, 220° SW
Galveston Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 222° SW
The Studio Experience (Gallery) — 14.2 mi, 221° SW
Shark Attack 5D Theatee (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 218° SW
Pier Pileup (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 218° SW
Texas City Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 253° W
Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.2 mi, 060° NE · 178k acres
Carolyn Ehman Dance Academy (Arts Centre) — 18.5 mi, 222° SW
The Crib (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.2 mi, 313° NW
Jack Brooks Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 257° W
Galveston Island State Park (State Park) — 25.2 mi, 229° SW
Bay Area Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 287° W
Cedar Bayou Stadium (Stadium) — 27.1 mi, 319° NW
7 Starship Gallery (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 283° W
J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 39.0 mi, 064° NE

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