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Garwood Texas Map

Explore Garwood, 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 Garwood, Texas

How to Use This Garwood, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.441463
Longitude	-96.413409
Population	510
Density	36.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77442
Area Code	281
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Rice Consolidated Independent School District

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About Garwood, Texas

Garwood is a locality in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 510. The population density is 36.3 people per km². Garwood is located at 29.4415°N, 96.4134°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77442.

Garwood occupies a flat, expansive reach of the Texas plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering swallow. It lies 19.1 miles north-northwest of El Campo, TX (from El Campo, TX: bearing 336°T), and is situated 19.7 miles south-southeast of Columbus. The Colorado River traces a steady, muted path through the landscape, its slow-moving current offering a constant, quiet vitality to the surrounding fields. Here, the air holds a heavy, fertile moisture, and the low light of late afternoon turns the dry grasses into a sea of muted gold. Thirteen miles to the northwest, the silhouette of Middle Brook Hill provides the only meaningful interruption to the level earth, marking the edge of the view against a sky that seems to breathe with the turning seasons.

Garwood exists as a testament to the patient labor of agriculture, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of soil and the harvest of seasonal crops. The economy remains tethered to the land, drawing strength from the rich, dark earth that has supported generations of families who value a quiet, steady output over the frantic pace of the urban centers further north. Ten miles away, the D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area preserves a sanctuary for native species, mirroring the commitment to the natural environment that defines the spirit of the people here. Traces of the past linger in the nearby Old Spanish Trail, a reminder of the early travelers who once navigated these plains long before the modern grid took hold. In Garwood, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the subtle shifts in the agricultural calendar and the deep, enduring connection to the riverbanks that define the geography of the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First Producing Gas Well in Colorado County (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 113° SE
Garwood (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 065° NE
Nada Post Office (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 147° SE
D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 072° E
Eagle Lake Muncipal Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 023° NE
Prairie Edge Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 026° NE
Open Space (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 023° NE
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 104° E
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.4 mi, 033° NE · 21k acres
Us-Tx-132-1 (Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 070° E
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 154° SE
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 18.6 mi, 157° SE
Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 337° NW
Stafford Bank and Opera House (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 337° NW
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 338° N
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 202° S
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 091° E · 193k acres
Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.8 mi, 331° NW
Palmetto Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 185° S
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 042° NE
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 038° NE
Stephen F Austin State Park (State Park) — 31.2 mi, 035° NE
1824 Well (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 037° NE
Stephen F. Austin (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 037° NE
Jordan High School Perfprming Arts Center (Theatre) — 38.8 mi, 060° NE
Xscape Theaters (Cinema) — 38.9 mi, 063° NE
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 39.8 mi, 142° SE
Brazos Bend State Park (State Park) — 46.5 mi, 094° E
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 55.4 mi, 158° S
Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 64.9 mi, 120° SE

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