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Indianola Texas Map

Explore Indianola, 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 Indianola, Texas

How to Use This Indianola, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.511945
Longitude	-96.487475
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77979
Area Code	409
County Seat	Port Lavaca

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About Indianola, Texas

Indianola is a locality in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Indianola is located at 28.5119°N, 96.4875°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77979.

Indianola rests where the salt-heavy breath of the coast meets the flat, unyielding reach of the Texas prairie. It lies 11.0 miles southeast of Port Lavaca, TX (from Port Lavaca, TX: bearing 130°T), and is situated 33.6 miles south-southeast of Edna. The landscape is defined by the shifting tides of Powderhorn Bayou, which bleed into the marshes and turn the earth into a porous, dark sponge. Only a mile away, the quiet presence of Indianola Island sits like a low, grassy sentinel against the horizon, while the brackish waters of LaSalle Bayou wind through the scrub brush two miles inland to nourish the coastal grasses. At dusk, the light here thins into a pale, bruised violet, casting long shadows across the reeds that seem to vibrate with the hum of hidden life, while the vast expanse of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge stretches nearby, guarding the silent, wild edges of the coast.

Indianola carries the ghost of a grander ambition, a place where the tides and the tempests eventually reclaimed the industry of earlier generations. While Old Town Lake lies four miles distant, offering a placid contrast to the volatile salt water, the economy of the region has long since drifted away from the bustling docks of its founding. Today, the pace is dictated by the slow migration of birds and the seasonal rhythms of the water, far removed from the frantic commerce of more crowded ports. The character of Indianola is etched into the stillness of the abandoned shoreline, where the air tastes of brine and memory, and the land remains indifferent to the structures that men once labored to build upon its shifting, saline floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ed Bell (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 206° SW
Site of the Town of Indianola (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 310° NW
The Chihuahua Road (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 310° NW
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.3 mi, 273° W · 298k acres
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 310° NW
Magic Ridge (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 318° NW
Miramar Pointe (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 018° N
Powderhorn West Conservation Easement (Park) — 4.9 mi, 235° SW
King Fisher Beach Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 129° SE
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 310° NW
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 311° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 302° NW
Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 13.3 mi, 048° NE
Welder Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 215° SW
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 264° W
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 20.0 mi, 005° N
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 20.5 mi, 047° NE
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 268° W
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.2 mi, 233° SW
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 26.5 mi, 071° E
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 31.2 mi, 044° NE
Nave Museum (Museum) — 37.4 mi, 303° NW
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 43.5 mi, 041° NE
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 066° NE · 193k acres
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 228° SW
Texas Maritime Museum (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 226° SW
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 48.6 mi, 014° N
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 49.5 mi, 051° NE
Refugio County Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 254° W
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 50.2 mi, 014° N

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