Explore Hockley, 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 Hockley, 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 Hockley.
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 | Hockley |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Harris County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.026888 |
| Longitude | -95.844396 |
| Population | 4,800 |
| Density | 120.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 77447 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| County Seat | Houston |
Hockley anchors the vast, level expanse of the Texas prairie, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 9.7 miles west-northwest of Cypress, TX (from Cypress, TX: bearing 294°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-southeast of Prairie View. Little Cypress Creek meanders through the landscape, its slow, deliberate current carving a quiet path through the tall grasses and earth that define the local terrain. A mile away, the quiet grounds of Hockley Park provide a green respite for those who walk its paths, while the distant, low silhouette of Hockley Mound offers a singular point of focus against the flat, verdant horizon. When the sun begins to retreat, the air cools rapidly, carrying the scent of dry soil and the faint, earthy sweetness of the creek bed, marking a rhythm of life that favors stillness over the clamor of the modern sprawl.
Hockley retains the quiet character of a place built on agriculture and the steady, patient work of the land. Historically, the area grew from the necessity of its soil, and today that legacy remains visible in the expansive fields and the modest, sturdy structures that dot the vicinity. Beyond the immediate plains, the land dips toward the subtle, sheltered folds of Rock Hollow, a reminder of the geological history that shaped the region long before the modern economy of mining and resource extraction took hold. Life in Hockley moves with the measured pace of a place that understands its own boundaries, where the industry of the day is punctuated by the long, golden shadows of late afternoon stretching across the fields, binding the inhabitants to the simple, enduring fact of the prairie.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hockley, Texas. Coordinates: 30.026888, -95.844396. 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 Hockley includes the ZIP code (77447), telephone area code (281), county seat of Harris County (Houston), and school district assignment.
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. |