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Golinda Texas Map

Explore Golinda, 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 Golinda, Texas

How to Use This Golinda, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.367886
Longitude	-97.071091
Population	618
Density	59.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76655
Area Code	325
County Seat	Marlin
School District	Chilton Independent School District

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About Golinda, Texas

Golinda is a locality in Falls County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 618. The population density is 59.4 people per km². Golinda is located at 31.3679°N, 97.0711°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Golinda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76655.

Golinda anchors itself within a landscape of expansive, sun-bleached plains where the horizon remains vast and largely unobstructed. It lies 6.5 miles south-southeast of Robinson, TX (from Robinson, TX: bearing 163°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southeast of Hewitt. Bull Hide Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its banks often lined with dense thickets that trap the heat of the afternoon. Twelve miles to the west, the subtle rise of Hubby Hill breaks the flatness of the terrain, offering a faint, jagged silhouette against the wide Texas sky. Residents often look toward the distant presence of Soil Conservation Service Site 7 Reservoir, a quiet basin of water five miles away that serves as a mirror for the shifting cloud formations. Even the air here carries a specific weight, smelling of dry earth and dormant grass during the long, shimmering stretches of summer.

Golinda functions as a steady, quiet point in a region long defined by the quiet labor of agriculture and the slow passage of trains. The rhythm of daily life moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles of the surrounding fields, where the economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil. Beyond the cultivated rows, the nearby expanse of Youngblood Park offers a protected space where the native grasses and scrub oak reclaim a portion of the prairie. History in Golinda is not found in grand monuments but in the persistent survival of local homesteads and the modest, enduring structures that have weathered decades of unpredictable weather. The character of the place is marked by a deliberate stillness, a preference for the familiar, and an awareness of the land that demands a patient, observant way of living.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of North Prairie School (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 201° S
Cedar Grove Baptist Church (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 121° SE
Cottonwood Baptist Church (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 249° W
Evans Field (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 276° W
Warren Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 306° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.8 mi, 110° E
Waco Independent School District Stadium (Stadium) — 11.1 mi, 332° NW
Waco Traffic Circle (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 342° N
Hart-Patterson Track Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.2 mi, 337° NW
Practically Pikasso (Gallery) — 12.4 mi, 332° NW
Getterman Stadium (Stadium) — 12.5 mi, 343° N
Texas Scottish Rite Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 337° NW
Helen Marie Taylor Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 344° N
Waco Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 320° NW
Waco Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 320° NW
Buzzard Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 342° N
Waco Mammoth National Monument (National Monument) — 17.5 mi, 340° N · 5 acres
Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 284° W
Lake Waco Wetlands (National Conservation Area) — 20.7 mi, 320° NW · 348 acres
(16) Horse-farming Demonstration (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.1 mi, 347° N
(14) Animal Pens. Petting Zoo Sheep Shearing (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.2 mi, 347° N
Aquaponics Greenhouse (Aquarium) — 21.3 mi, 348° N
Mother Neff State Park (State Park) — 23.3 mi, 264° W
Historic Bell (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 263° W
CCC Plaque (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 263° W
Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 221° SW
Old Arcadia Theater (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 220° SW
Fort Parker State Park (State Park) — 33.7 mi, 063° NE
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.3 mi, 226° SW · 43k acres

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