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Hooks Texas Map

Explore Hooks, 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 Hooks, Texas

How to Use This Hooks, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.466233
Longitude	-94.288531
Population	2,518
Density	466.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75561
Area Code	972
County Seat	Boston
School District	Hooks Independent School District

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About Hooks, Texas

Hooks is a locality in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,518. The population density is 466.1 people per km². Hooks is located at 33.4662°N, 94.2885°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hooks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75561.

Hooks occupies a flat, quiet stretch of land where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by the distant, hazy silhouette of White Oak Ridge. It lies 14.2 miles west-northwest of Texarkana, TX (from Texarkana, TX: bearing 282°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of New Boston. The air here holds the heavy, damp warmth of the inland plains, a stillness that seems to gather in the low ground of Black Bottom just a few miles away. Jones Creek meanders through the landscape, its slow, dark water carving a path through the dense vegetation that defines the local terrain. At dusk, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, casting long shadows across the fields and reflecting off the surface of Caney Creek Reservoir, where the reeds sway in the cooling evening breeze.

Hooks grew from the necessity of the rail line, serving as a steady point of commerce where the rhythm of work is dictated by the passage of trains and the requirements of the surrounding timber and agricultural lands. Residents often find their way to Noble E Sheppard Park, a place where the shade provides a brief respite from the humid afternoons that define the regional climate. The local economy maintains a steady, modest pace, grounded in the practicalities of a life lived away from the frantic centers of industry. There is a particular endurance in the way the people of Hooks go about their days, a quiet persistence that mirrors the slow, inevitable movement of the creek as it drains the surrounding woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pecan Point Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 359° N
Noble E Sheppard Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 269° W
Mcarthur Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 075° E
Red Lick Methodist Church (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 089° E
Bowie County (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 274° W
Wright Patman Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 150° SE
3 Bostons Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 266° W
Wright Patman Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 171° S
Crossties (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 102° E
Elk Meadow Game Ranch (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 255° W
Foreman Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 17.7 mi, 340° N
Sulphur River (State Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 133° SE
White Oak Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.9 mi, 230° SW
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 22.0 mi, 324° NW · 1.8M acres
Millwood State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 050° NE
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 007° N · 55k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 290° W · 1,438 acres
Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 27.2 mi, 121° SE
Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana tri-state marker (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 155° SE
Jackson's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 39.6 mi, 217° SW
Museum of the Red River (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 313° NW
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 45.1 mi, 283° W
Jefferson Playhouse (Theatre) — 49.1 mi, 184° S
Texas History Museum (Museum) — 49.2 mi, 184° S
North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted (Museum) — 50.9 mi, 231° SW
Jet Boat Joe's (Attraction) — 55.2 mi, 331° NW
Hay Ride (Attraction) — 59.2 mi, 153° SE
Brickstreet Art Gallery (Gallery) — 63.5 mi, 217° SW
Caney Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.6 mi, 012° N · 14k acres
Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 75.8 mi, 129° SE · 607k acres

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