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Hillcrest Texas Map

Explore Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest, Texas

How to Use This Hillcrest, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.748844
Longitude	-96.601084
Population	705
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78934, 78943
Area Code	830
County Seat	Columbus

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About Hillcrest, Texas

Hillcrest is a locality in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 705. Hillcrest is located at 29.7488°N, 96.6011°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78934, 78943.

Hillcrest emerges from the flat, scrub-brushed plains as a modest gathering of limestone foundations and weather-beaten timber that marks the slow transition between the dense thickets to the east and the open, sun-baked expanse of the interior. It lies 31.3 miles south-southwest of Brenham, TX (from Brenham, TX: bearing 203°T), and is situated 4.7 miles northwest of Columbus. Yupon Creek winds its way through the periphery, cutting a thin, verdant ribbon through the parched soil where the light at dusk turns the tall grasses into a sea of muted copper. To the west, the subtle rise of Rocky Hill breaks the horizon, serving as a silent, stony sentinel over a landscape that is otherwise defined by the wide, indifferent pull of the prairie. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of sun-warmed iron and dust, a stillness that seems to gather in the shadows of the oaks as the heat of the afternoon finally begins to retreat.

Hillcrest remains anchored to a rhythm dictated by the harvest cycles and the quiet maintenance of the land, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger transit corridors. The economic life of the region pulses through the nearby agricultural spreads and the modest commerce that supports the labor of the plains, while the proximity to Lake Fayette provides a rare, shimmering reprieve from the relentless dry heat. Residents often find their way toward the Columbus Golf Course to navigate the manicured greens, a stark contrast to the wild, unkempt beauty of the distant Buzzard Prairie. History in Hillcrest is written not in grand monuments, but in the persistent endurance of the fences and the way the local families have organized their lives around the seasonal shifts of the wind, maintaining a stubborn, quiet connection to a geography that demands both patience and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.8 mi, 312° NW
Glidden (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 165° S
Olive Branch Baptist Church and Rocky Chapel School (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 176° S
Colorado County (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 125° SE
Columbus Golf Course (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 141° SE
Community Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 142° SE
Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 131° SE
Stafford Bank and Opera House (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 130° SE
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 128° SE
The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 253° W
Fayetteville Area Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 337° NW
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.9 mi, 102° E · 21k acres
Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 303° NW
Mill Creek Mitigation Bank - Shelby Property (Park) — 19.3 mi, 005° N
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 23.0 mi, 347° N
D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.9 mi, 130° SE
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 086° E
1824 Well (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 082° E
Stephen F. Austin (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 082° E
Lyric Theater (Cinema) — 30.7 mi, 262° W
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 089° E
Back Lot Gallery (Gallery) — 31.3 mi, 023° NE
Brenham Fine Arts League & Gallery (Gallery) — 31.3 mi, 023° NE
Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 35.5 mi, 353° N
Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 36.0 mi, 347° N
Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 36.3 mi, 003° N
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 37.4 mi, 352° N
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.5 mi, 121° SE · 193k acres
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 70.1 mi, 043° NE · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.0 mi, 047° NE · 3,956 acres

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