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Eureka Texas Map

Explore Eureka, 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 Eureka, Texas

How to Use This Eureka, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.006774
Longitude	-96.270567
Population	313
Density	50.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	75481, 76464, 75109
Area Code	254, 214, 469
County Seat	Albany
School District	Mildred Independent School District

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About Eureka, Texas

Eureka is a locality in Shackelford County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 50.6 people per km². Eureka is located at 32.0068°N, 96.2706°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Eureka is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 75481, 76464, 75109.

Eureka sits upon a spread of flat, sun-bleached prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 40.5 miles east-northeast of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 77°T), and is situated 15.0 miles southwest of Breckenridge. Jacks Branch carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth, its banks traced by the silvered skeletons of scrub and cottonwood that thrive in the dust. To the far west, the Palo Pinto Mountains rise as a faint, jagged smudge against the twilight, distant enough to remain a ghost of a range rather than a presence. The air here holds a dry, metallic heat that settles over the fields at dusk, turning the long grasses into a sea of muted bronze under a sun that lingers with a heavy, golden patience. Four miles distant, the waters of Texas Company Reservoir offer a stark, still mirror to the clouds, providing a quiet reprieve from the relentless expanse of the plains.

History in Eureka is measured in the slow accumulation of oil derricks and the weathered husks of early agricultural endeavor, remnants of an economy that once hitched its fortunes to the pull of the ground. The local pace is governed by the persistent, rhythmic labor of extraction and the seasonal turn of the land, where the shadow of industry has long since merged with the quietude of the rural landscape. Residents might travel fourteen miles to the Walking Track to find a brief, defined recreation, but the soul of the place remains fixed in the quietude of the open fields and the narrow, winding course of the creek. Life here persists in the intervals between the distant hum of machinery and the sudden, sharp silence that follows a storm, revealing a character forged by the endurance of those who stay when the boom has quieted and the dust has settled.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Home of Whitney Montgomery, Poet (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 284° W
Midway Cemetery (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 166° S
Winkler (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 147° SE
Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 100° E
Lake Halbert Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 296° NW
Community Park (Local Park) — 13.4 mi, 299° NW
Pioneer Village of Navarro County (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 297° NW
Pearce Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 290° W
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 15.6 mi, 290° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 141° SE
Us-Tx-71-185 (Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 120° SE
Freestone County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 162° S
Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 096° E
Navarro Mills Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.5 mi, 262° W
Navarro Mills Lake (Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 262° W
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 182° S
Ennis Railroad and Cultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 315° NW
Purtis Creek State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 032° NE
Fort Parker State Park (State Park) — 31.8 mi, 211° SW
Green Bay High School (Historic Ruins) — 38.7 mi, 129° SE
Bruco, The Texas Italian Caterpillar (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 290° W
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 39.8 mi, 112° E
Lincoln High School (Historic Ruins) — 40.8 mi, 115° SE
Richard Ellis Statue (Public Artwork) — 42.7 mi, 308° NW
Roundabout Stage (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 304° NW
Hometown Cinema (Cinema) — 48.1 mi, 359° N
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.5 mi, 102° E · 16k acres
Reflections Art Gallery (Gallery) — 50.3 mi, 271° W
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 64.8 mi, 123° SE · 161k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 76.0 mi, 117° SE · 3,521 acres

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