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La Ward Texas Map

Explore La Ward, 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 La Ward, Texas

How to Use This La Ward, Texas Map

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

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	La Ward
State	Texas (TX)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	28.843877
Longitude	-96.464139
Population	176
Density	83.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77970
Area Code	409
County Seat	Edna
School District	Industrial Independent School District

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About La Ward, Texas

La Ward is a locality in Jackson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 83.7 people per km². La Ward is located at 28.8439°N, 96.4641°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Ward is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77970.

La Ward emerges from the flat, expansive coastal plain as a quiet convergence of golden grasses and sudden, humid gusts that carry the salt-tinged memory of the distant tide. It lies 18.6 miles north-northeast of Port Lavaca, TX (from Port Lavaca, TX: bearing 32°T), and is situated 14.4 miles southeast of Edna. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, drawing the eye toward the distant silhouette of Old Red Bluff, which rises with a stoic, weathered patience above the surrounding prairie. Nearby, the banks of Keller Creek provide a verdant, shadowed respite where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate grace, carving subtle lines through the silt before eventually winding toward the brackish reaches of Smugglers Bayou. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised ribbons of violet and ochre, casting an antique glow that softens the sharp edges of the fence lines and the distant, cooling surface of Lake Texana.

La Ward maintains a tether to the slow, mechanical pulse of the oil patch and the enduring labor of the surrounding agricultural lands, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the steady turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of modern industry. The legacy of the region lingers in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, who find recreation in the shaded stillness of the Lake Texana or traverse the paths of the Lake Texana State Park Trail to witness the seasonal migration of birds against the wide, unobstructed sky. Life in La Ward favors the modest and the authentic, where the economy remains grounded in the soil and the subterranean energy that has long fueled the local spirit. Even as the modern world encroaches, the locale retains a distinctive, spare clarity, defined by the interplay between the deep, dark earth and the relentless, open expanse of the Texas canopy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 176° S
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 316° NW
Palmetto Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 330° NW
Brackenridge Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 325° NW
South Ramp Public Access Facility (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 308° NW
Site of the Old Town of Texana (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 297° NW
Texana Park & Campground (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 330° NW
Mustang Recreation Area (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 343° N
Site of Camp Independence (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 297° NW
Olivia Cemetery (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 177° S
Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 14.9 mi, 145° SE
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 16.4 mi, 124° SE
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 212° SW
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 211° SW
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 20.4 mi, 092° E
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.9 mi, 188° S · 298k acres
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Public Artwork) — 22.0 mi, 187° S
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 25.6 mi, 113° SE
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 023° NE
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 023° NE
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 29.0 mi, 070° E
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.5 mi, 223° SW
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 32.5 mi, 224° SW
Nave Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 265° W
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 37.9 mi, 077° E
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.9 mi, 096° E · 193k acres
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 021° N
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 033° NE
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 41.9 mi, 208° SW
Shiner Gaslight Theater (Theatre) — 58.9 mi, 314° NW

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