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Higgins Texas Map

Explore Higgins, 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 Higgins, Texas

How to Use This Higgins, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	36.120995
Longitude	-100.027432
Population	356
Density	123.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77705, 79046
Area Code	281, 806
County Seat	Beaumont
School District	Canadian Independent School District

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About Higgins, Texas

Higgins is a locality in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 356. The population density is 123.9 people per km². Higgins is located at 36.1210°N, 100.0274°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Higgins is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77705, 79046.

Higgins sits upon a flat, humid expanse where the air holds the heavy salt-scent of the tide from the nearby open coastline. It lies 2.2 miles south-southeast of Beaumont, TX (from Beaumont, TX: bearing 153°T), and is situated 8.0 miles northwest of Nederland. Moisture clings to the tall grasses of Jacobs Park, where the horizon dissolves into the low, gray haze of the Gulf atmosphere. Only a mile away, the Neches River carves a slow, dark path through the earth, winding past the dense silhouettes of Harbor Island. To the north, the elevation rises slightly toward the rounded crest of Spindletop Hill, while the depression of Brakes Bayou captures the runoff of a landscape defined by its proximity to the water.

History in Higgins is written in the industrial rhythm of the extraction trade and the quiet persistence of those who work the margins of the salt-water marshes. The local economy remains anchored to the flow of resources, mirroring the steady, purposeful current of the McFadden Bend Cutoff five miles to the east. Travelers looking to ground themselves in the geography of the region often walk the Sprott Park Trail, keeping an eye on the shifting light that reflects off the distant surface of Sabine Lake. Life here moves with the tide, a steady, unadorned existence where the sound of the wind through the reeds matters more than the clamor of the world beyond the wetlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Higgins (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 218° SW
Will Rogers (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 218° SW
Lipscomb County (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 065° NE
Ellis County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 120° SE
Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 289° W
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 18.1 mi, 208° SW · 31k acres
City Park (Local Park) — 23.5 mi, 235° SW
Hemphill County Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 23.5 mi, 235° SW
River Valley Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 235° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 24.6 mi, 233° SW
Packsaddle Fee (Conservation Area) — 29.8 mi, 102° E
Wolf Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 34.7 mi, 281° W
Fort Supply Lake (Recreation Area) — 36.8 mi, 043° NE
Cast Away Intersection (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 215° SW
Boiling State Parkrings State Park (State Park) — 45.5 mi, 060° NE
Mobeetie Jail Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 209° SW
Museum of the Plains (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 295° NW
Black Smith (Public Artwork) — 50.6 mi, 358° N
Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 54.3 mi, 309° NW
Foss State Park (State Park) — 57.3 mi, 131° SE
National Route 66 and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 59.1 mi, 146° SE
Flix On 6 (Cinema) — 61.3 mi, 145° SE
U-Drop Inn (Museum) — 63.0 mi, 191° S
City meat market (erick) (Attraction) — 63.3 mi, 172° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 66.0 mi, 233° SW
Murals (Attraction) — 69.3 mi, 208° SW
Phillips 66 (Attraction) — 69.3 mi, 208° SW
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 77.3 mi, 217° SW · 1,402 acres

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