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Lake Cherokee Texas Map

Explore Lake Cherokee, 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 Cherokee, Texas

How to Use This Lake Cherokee, Texas Map

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

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	Lake Cherokee
State	Texas (TX)
County	Rusk County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.3569
Longitude	-94.6513
Population	2,980
Density	93.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	75652, 75603
Area Code	903
County Seat	Henderson
School District	Tatum Independent School District

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About Lake Cherokee, Texas

Lake Cherokee is a locality in Rusk County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,980. The population density is 93.6 people per km². Lake Cherokee is located at 32.3569°N, 94.6513°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75652, 75603.

Lake Cherokee reflects the heavy, humid stillness of the East Texas piney woods, its surface a dark mirror for the towering loblolly and shortleaf pines that crowd the water’s edge. It lies 11.2 miles south-southeast of Longview, TX (from Longview, TX: bearing 152°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east of Kilgore. The landscape surrounding Lake Cherokee is defined by the slow, rhythmic transition of forest into pasture, where the earth is stained a deep, iron-rich red and the air carries the scent of damp loam and cooling resin. Six miles away, the landscape finds a quiet sanctuary at Martin Creek Lake State Park, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Holland Mountain marks the horizon, a reminder of the vast, varied terrain that stretches across this inland expanse.

Economic life around Lake Cherokee is tethered to the quiet persistence of the timber industry and the deep, subterranean rhythms of the oil patch, which have long dictated the pace of the local working day. The community thrives in the shadow of this extraction and growth, supported by the proximity of Cherokee Bayou, which meanders through the landscape just one mile away as a vital, slow-moving artery. Residents often venture toward the Martin Creek Lake State Park Trail to navigate the thick underbrush, finding a sense of order in the dense, shaded corridors of the woods. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift in the quality of the light, which turns a sharp, metallic gold as it filters through the canopy, illuminating a region where the weight of history is felt in the steady hum of mechanical pumps and the enduring, silent growth of the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chalk Hill Community Church (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 158° S
Elderville Cemetery (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 284° W
Pleasant Green Baptist Church (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 300° NW
Martin Creek Lake State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 142° SE
Tatum on the Santa Fe Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 110° E
Longview Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 332° NW
Served with Honor (Public Artwork) — 10.9 mi, 332° NW
Lear Park (Local Park) — 11.5 mi, 323° NW
Paul G. Boorman Trail (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 329° NW
Imminent Doom Haunted House (Theme Park) — 12.4 mi, 295° NW
Harrison County Historial Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 066° NE
Harrison County Historical Museum - Memorial City Hall Galleries (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 052° NE
Panola County Historical Museum and Library (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 127° SE
Lake O' The Pines Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.8 mi, 011° N
Lake O' The Pines (Recreation Area) — 26.4 mi, 011° N
Brickstreet Art Gallery (Gallery) — 30.9 mi, 327° NW
Apache Adult Theater (Cinema) — 31.4 mi, 270° W
Jefferson Playhouse (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 033° NE
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 35.1 mi, 266° W
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.3 mi, 052° NE · 15k acres
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.5 mi, 288° W
Tyler State Park (State Park) — 37.7 mi, 283° W
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 217° SW
Times Square Grand Slam (Cinema) — 38.4 mi, 264° W
Chimp Haven (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 41.9 mi, 100° E
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 46.6 mi, 131° SE · 161k acres
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.5 mi, 234° SW · 16k acres
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 58.4 mi, 186° S · 154k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.4 mi, 205° SW · 3,521 acres
Turkey Hill Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.0 mi, 159° S · 5,536 acres

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