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Kountze Texas Map

Explore Kountze, 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 Kountze, Texas

How to Use This Kountze, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.371598
Longitude	-94.312412
Population	1,981
Density	192.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77625
Area Code	281
County Seat	Kountze
School District	Kountze Independent School District

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About Kountze, Texas

Kountze is a locality in Hardin County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,981. The population density is 192.3 people per km². Kountze is located at 30.3716°N, 94.3124°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kountze is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77625.

Kountze emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed floor of the East Texas landscape, where the earth holds the heavy, resinous scent of needles and damp soil. It lies 9.9 miles northwest of Lumberton, TX (from Lumberton, TX: bearing 317°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west of Silsbee. The horizon remains low and level, interrupted only by the vertical reach of timber that marks the edge of the Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary. Sunlight here filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts, illuminating the quiet passage of Cypress Creek as it carves a slow, meandering path through the terrain. To the west, the subtle rise of Caney Head provides a modest anchor to the view, while the distant, hidden waters of Blue Hole remain tucked away from the main thoroughfares. Life in Kountze moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, defined by the shifting humidity and the way the light turns a deep, bruised amber during the final hours of the afternoon.

Kountze traces its roots to the expansion of the lumber industry, a heritage that lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unpretentious character of the streets. The local economy maintains its connection to the surrounding woodland and the regional commerce that has sustained the area since the days of early rail expansion. Residents often find their way toward the Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary Trail, a corridor of quietude that highlights the unique botanical diversity of the region, including rare orchids and carnivorous plants that thrive in the sandy, nutrient-poor soil. Nearby, the minor topography of Tenmile Gully underscores the geological subtleties of a land that rarely yields to dramatic elevation. In the daily rhythm of work and neighborly exchange, Kountze retains a sense of seclusion, grounded firmly in the interior plains and the enduring presence of the forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

General Braxton Bragg, C. S. A. (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 242° SW
Pine Lodge # 642, A. F. & A. M. (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 230° SW
First United Methodist Church of Kountze (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 152° SE
Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 079° E
Wildwood Heritage Society Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 273° W
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 048° NE · 109k acres
Turkey Creek Forest Legacy Project (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 020° N
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 137° SE
Forest Legacy Project Turkey Creek Phase I (Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 356° N
Lance Rosier Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 243° SW
John Jay French Historic House Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 151° SE
Beaumont Art League (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 147° SE
McFaddin-Ward House Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 149° SE
Purple Stadium (Stadium) — 23.1 mi, 151° SE
Mildred Buildings (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 149° SE
Art Museum of Southeast Texas (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 147° SE
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.3 mi, 266° W · 58k acres
Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.6 mi, 176° S
Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 30.9 mi, 137° SE
J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 34.7 mi, 156° SE
B&B Port Arthur Central Mall 10 (Cinema) — 35.1 mi, 146° SE
Winnie-Stowell Horse Arena (Stadium) — 38.9 mi, 186° S
Sims House (Historic Ruins) — 39.4 mi, 119° SE
Heritage House of Orange County (Historic Ruins) — 39.5 mi, 119° SE
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 116° SE
Texas Star (Public Artwork) — 39.7 mi, 115° SE
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.6 mi, 131° SE · 374k acres
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 277° W · 163k acres
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 44.6 mi, 003° N · 154k acres
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.4 mi, 355° N · 13k acres

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