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Freer Texas Map

Explore Freer, 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 Freer, Texas

How to Use This Freer, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	27.882796
Longitude	-98.617793
Population	2,461
Density	230.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78357
Area Code	830
County Seat	San Diego
School District	Freer Independent School District

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About Freer, Texas

Freer is a locality in Duval County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,461. The population density is 230.5 people per km². Freer is located at 27.8828°N, 98.6178°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Freer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78357.

Freer occupies a sun-bleached expanse of South Texas brush country where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky of pale, enduring blue. It lies 34.7 miles west-northwest of Alice, TX (from Alice, TX: bearing 285°T), and is situated 13.2 miles west-northwest of Rosita. The landscape is defined by the subtle rise of Piedritos Hill, which breaks the monotony of the flat, scrub-dotted plains and serves as a quiet sentinel over the surrounding chaparral. Rainfall is a rare, precious visitor to this thirsty soil, yet the earth maintains a rugged, resilient beauty in the silver-green leaves of mesquite and the persistent reach of cactus. When the heat of the afternoon begins to wane, the light softens into a deep amber, casting long, lean shadows that emphasize the stark, clean lines of the arid terrain. Nearby, the water-carved path of Government Wells Creek winds through the brush, a testament to the infrequent but powerful currents that occasionally pulse through this dry, persistent basin.

Freer emerged from the deep, subterranean promise of the oil patch, a history that still hums beneath the surface of daily life. The economy remains tethered to the extraction of resources and the rhythms of the petroleum industry, which dictate the ebb and flow of the local pulse. Residents move with a deliberate, pragmatic grace, accustomed to the demands of a climate that requires both grit and patience. While Biel Lake remains a distant, quiet presence sixteen miles away, the identity of Freer is forged primarily by the hard-working character of its people and the enduring legacy of the ranching culture that preceded the derricks. It is a place of singular, unadorned honesty, where the identity of the land and the labor of those who inhabit it are inextricably, quietly bound together in the vast, open silence of the brush.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Felipe Valerio Store and Garage (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 113° SE
Stringfield Massacre (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 003° N
Merchants Exchange Bank (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 147° SE
San Diego City Park (Local Park) — 24.4 mi, 108° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 24.4 mi, 110° E
Lake Findley (Local Conservation Area) — 33.6 mi, 099° E
West Park (Local Recreation) — 34.3 mi, 103° E
South Texas Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 105° E
Alice Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 34.8 mi, 102° E
McMullen County Historical Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 006° N
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 40.5 mi, 010° N
Grace Armantrout Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 046° NE
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 43.1 mi, 022° N
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 46.4 mi, 074° E
San Patricio Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 49.2 mi, 083° E
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 50.6 mi, 096° E
John E Conner Museum (Museum) — 51.6 mi, 119° SE
1904 Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 52.3 mi, 119° SE
South Pasture Research Facility (Recreation Easement) — 52.5 mi, 122° SE
Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 52.9 mi, 304° NW
Rio 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 54.3 mi, 119° SE
Dive into an Active Day (Public Artwork) — 55.3 mi, 250° W
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 60.4 mi, 244° SW
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 60.9 mi, 246° SW
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 61.1 mi, 245° SW
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 63.9 mi, 056° NE
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 73.6 mi, 077° E
Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 73.9 mi, 078° E
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 74.9 mi, 093° E
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 74.9 mi, 094° E

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