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Lake Bryan Texas Map

Explore Lake Bryan, 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 Lake Bryan, Texas

How to Use This Lake Bryan, Texas Map

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

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.

CityLake Bryan
StateTexas (TX)
CountyBrazos County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude30.718
Longitude-96.4669
Population2,060
Density105.2 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code77807
Area Code409
County SeatBryan
School DistrictBryan Independent School District

About Lake Bryan, Texas

Lake Bryan is a locality in Brazos County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,060. The population density is 105.2 people per km². Lake Bryan is located at 30.7180°N, 96.4669°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77807.

Lake Bryan serves as a sprawling, man-made reservoir that anchors the surrounding Brazos Valley landscape with its expansive, sun-drenched surface. It lies 6.5 miles west-northwest of Bryan, TX (from Bryan, TX: bearing 298°T), and is situated 10.0 miles northwest of College Station. The terrain unfolding around Lake Bryan consists of sun-bleached grasses and post oak motts that transition into the quiet, dry earth of the region, situated 102 miles from the nearest coastline. To the north, the topography dips toward the winding path of Elm Creek, while six miles away, the subtle depression of Dry Hollow marks the regional geology. Visitors often traverse the Lake Bryan Trail to navigate the perimeter, finding a sense of scale that is defined by the open, uninterrupted sky rather than any distant elevation; even the silhouette of Red Hill, twelve miles away, remains a faint, hazy suggestion against the horizon.

Economic activity in the vicinity is tethered to the power generation and utility infrastructure that necessitates the existence of the water body, lending an industrial, utilitarian grit to the otherwise pastoral scenery. The Lake Bryan Recreation Area functions as a primary point of engagement for those seeking a reprieve from the heat, offering a stark contrast to the more manicured surroundings of Country Club Lake, which lies eight miles to the east. Daily life here reflects the pragmatic rhythm of the valley, where the heat of the afternoon often distorts the view of the power station’s cooling towers, turning the concrete into shimmering, translucent ghosts. This landscape does not ask for admiration but offers a steady, unyielding utility, where the scent of warm dust and dry brush defines the air and the expansive water provides a necessary, reflective stillness for the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lake Bryan Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 175° S
  • Staggers Point (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 020° N
  • El Camino Real (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 020° N
  • Bryan Regional Athletic Complex (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 093° E
  • Ibarra Elementary School (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 119° SE
  • StageCenter Community Theatre (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 118° SE
  • Square One Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 119° SE
  • The Grand Stafford Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Earth Art (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 119° SE
  • Children's Museum of Brazos Valley (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 119° SE
  • City Course At The Phillips Event Center (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 116° SE
  • Moran (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 129° SE
  • Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 130° SE
  • M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 131° SE
  • J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 134° SE
  • MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 134° SE
  • Texas A&M University Aquaculture Research Teaching Facility (Recreation Easement) — 11.3 mi, 167° S
  • Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 226° SW
  • Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 226° SW
  • Somerville Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 186° S
  • Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 202° S
  • Star of the Republic Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 152° SE
  • Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 31.2 mi, 201° S
  • Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.3 mi, 202° S
  • Miller's Theater (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 135° SE
  • Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 40.6 mi, 106° E · 163k acres
  • Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.5 mi, 108° E · 3,956 acres
  • Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 72.7 mi, 063° NE · 161k acres

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About This Lake Bryan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Bryan, Texas. Coordinates: 30.718, -96.4669. 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 Lake Bryan includes the ZIP code (77807), telephone area code (409), county seat of Brazos County (Bryan), and school district assignment (Bryan Independent School District).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.