Garden Ridge Texas Map
Explore Garden Ridge, 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 Garden Ridge, Texas
How to Use This Garden Ridge, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Garden Ridge, 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 Garden Ridge.
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 | Garden Ridge |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Comal County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.636465 |
| Longitude | -98.292472 |
| Population | 4,186 |
| Density | 226.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78266 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | New Braunfels |
| School District | Comal Independent School District |
About Garden Ridge, Texas
Garden Ridge is a locality in Comal County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,186. The population density is 226.4 people per km². Garden Ridge is located at 29.6365°N, 98.2925°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Garden Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78266.Garden Ridge rises upon the limestone foundations of the Texas plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sunlight catches the pale, porous stone of the earth. It lies 3.5 miles north of Selma, TX (from Selma, TX: bearing 1°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-northwest of Schertz. The air here holds a dry clarity, moving across the landscape with a persistent, steady warmth that defines the seasonal shifts of the interior. Residents often gather at Paul Davis Park, a local green space that anchors the daily rhythm of the neighborhood, providing a quiet vantage point to watch the sky transition from a brilliant, cloudless blue to the soft, bruised violet of dusk. Beyond the immediate residential streets, the terrain slopes toward the nearby Bear Creek, where the riparian vegetation offers a shaded respite from the sun, and the Soil Conservation Service Site 4 Reservoir sits in the distance, a calm body of water that mirrors the vast, expansive sky above.
Garden Ridge maintains a character shaped by its transformation from rural acreage into a quiet, suburban enclave that values the preservation of its natural space and residential privacy. Economic life flows outward toward the regional centers, yet the identity of Garden Ridge remains distinct, rooted in an appreciation for the rugged, inland geography that separates it from the distant, jagged peaks of the Edwards Plateau. While the deep, ancient shifts of the landscape are most visible at sites like Panther Canyon miles away, the immediate surroundings reflect a more settled, cultivated existence. The pace of life here is deliberate, marked by the sound of wind through the live oaks and the sight of long shadows stretching across the lawns as the day concludes, leaving the land to settle into the cool, quiet dark of the inland night.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Paul Davis Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 257° W
- Zions Kirche (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 111° E
- Park Lane Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 284° W
- Belmont Park (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 119° SE
- Davenport Cemetery (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 222° SW
- Harrison and McCulloch Stage Stop (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 192° S
- Olympia Hills Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 197° S
- Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 322° NW
- Bracken Cave (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 314° NW
- Wuest Ranch (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 318° NW
- Taking Flight Bronze Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 222° SW
- EOG Resources (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 262° W
- Wallaceville (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 236° SW
- Cub Cave (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 274° W
- Comal County Rebels Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 065° NE
- Amazing Air (Theme Park) — 11.1 mi, 214° SW
- Ismalia Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 11.3 mi, 223° SW
- Battle of Salado Creek (1842) (Registered Battlefield) — 12.8 mi, 216° SW
- Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 067° NE
- Salado Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 250° W
- United States Army Medical Department Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 216° SW
- Sheldon Vexler Theatre (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 249° W
- James C. Curry Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 mi, 022° N
- Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 321° NW
- Pedernales Falls State Park (State Park) — 44.2 mi, 003° N
- Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.0 mi, 015° N · 43k acres
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About This Garden Ridge Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Garden Ridge, Texas. Coordinates: 29.636465, -98.292472. 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 Garden Ridge includes the ZIP code (78266), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Comal County (New Braunfels), and school district assignment (Comal Independent School District).
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. |
