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Golden Texas Map

Explore Golden, 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 Golden, Texas

How to Use This Golden, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.729573
Longitude	-95.563013
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	75773, 75444
Area Code	903, 972, 469
County Seat	Quitman

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About Golden, Texas

Golden is a locality in Wood County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Golden is located at 32.7296°N, 95.5630°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75773, 75444.

Golden reveals itself through the slow, deliberate movement of Lankford Creek, which carves a quiet path through the moisture-heavy soil of the East Texas landscape. It lies 28.3 miles south of Sulphur Springs, TX (from Sulphur Springs, TX: bearing 176°T), and is situated 6.3 miles northwest of Mineola. The land here leans into an expansive, verdant stillness where the air holds the scent of damp earth and pine, especially as the late afternoon sun stretches long, amber shadows across the fields. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon remains flat and unassuming, though the distant silhouette of Hooker Ridge occasionally catches the light on the clearest of days, grounding the perspective of the plains. Only two miles distant, the waters of Cedar Lake mirror the changing sky, providing a steady, reflective surface that anchors the surrounding woods and pastures in a perpetual state of calm.

Golden maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, defined by its legacy as a crossroads for agriculture and the quiet persistence of those who work the soil. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons, a tradition that persists alongside the local interest in the nearby Lake Holbrook Park, where the recreation grounds offer a reprieve from the demands of the harvest. Life here is measured by the passage of cattle or the seasonal shift in the color of the grasses, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. While Overcup Flat sits eleven miles away as a reminder of the region’s subtle, depressed topography, the focus in Golden stays fixed on the immediate horizon, where the work of the day is always visible and the weight of history is carried in the simple, weathered architecture of the rural landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Reuben Leon and Fairess (Clark) Simmons (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 082° E
Lake Holbrook Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 160° S
West Mineola Mitigation Bank (Park) — 2.9 mi, 187° S
Sand Springs Cemetery (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 119° SE
Mineola Masonic Lodge No. 502, A.F. & A.M. (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 133° SE
Burleson Wetlands Forest Legacy Project (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 168° S
Mineola Civic Center and RV Park (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 128° SE
Mineola Recreation Area (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 121° SE
Mineola Nature Preserve on the Sabine River (Local Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 145° SE
Southwest Lifestyle Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 055° NE
Sabine River Authority W.C. Swearingen Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 009° N
Wildlife Viewing Station #3 (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 141° SE
Canoe Beach Ampatheater (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 187° S
Old Sabine Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 135° SE
Edgewood Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 264° W
Tyler State Park (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 139° SE
Tree of Life (Public Artwork) — 22.4 mi, 091° E
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.5 mi, 129° SE
Lake Tawakoni State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 288° W
Hopkins County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 356° N
Southwest Dairy Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 353° N
Discovery Science Place (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 150° SE
Smith County Historical Society (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 150° SE
Apache Adult Theater (Cinema) — 33.6 mi, 140° SE
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 147° SE
Times Square Grand Slam (Cinema) — 33.7 mi, 153° SE
Brickstreet Art Gallery (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 090° E
The Attic (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 310° NW
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.7 mi, 006° N · 1,438 acres
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.5 mi, 172° S · 16k acres

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