Explore Hearne, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hearne, 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 Hearne.
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 | Hearne |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Robertson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.878524 |
| Longitude | -96.593026 |
| Population | 4,544 |
| Density | 425.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 77859 |
| Area Code | 409 |
| County Seat | Franklin |
| School District | Hearne Independent School District |
Hearne occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Brazos Valley where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the dark, fertile soil of the prairie. It lies 19.3 miles northwest of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 317°T), and is situated 13.4 miles northwest of Lake Bryan. The land here carries the weight of a long summer, with the air often shimmering in the heat that rises from the flat expanse of earth and scrub. A mile away, the quiet passage of Lost Creek marks the low point of the terrain, while the distant, subtle prominence of Red Hill provides the only real interruption to the vast, open view. In the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust stirred up by the wind and casting long, thin shadows across the fields that extend toward the distant, hazy geography of Dry Hollow.
Hearne grew from the convergence of iron rails, cementing its identity as a vital junction where the rhythmic clatter of freight remains the steady pulse of the local economy. At the center of this activity, Railroad Park serves as a quiet meeting ground, a place where the legacy of steam and steel is honored amidst the shade of mature trees. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the slow, deliberate work of agriculture and the maintenance of the lines that once connected this place to the wider world. While the modern world moves with a different urgency, Hearne maintains a distinct, measured character, shaped by the intersection of rural industry and the enduring, quiet persistence of those who call the plains home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hearne, Texas. Coordinates: 30.878524, -96.593026. 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 Hearne includes the ZIP code (77859), telephone area code (409), county seat of Robertson County (Franklin), and school district assignment (Hearne 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. |