Explore Lake View, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake View, 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 View.
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 View |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Rusk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.45908 |
| Longitude | -100.953361 |
| Population | 197 |
| Density | 149.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 75766, 75652, 78840 |
| Area Code | 903, 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Henderson |
| School District | San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District |
Lake View emerges from the flat, arid expanse of the Texas plains, defined primarily by the slow, steady movement of Hardy Creek as it carves a path through the sun-baked earth. The light here possesses a singular, bleached intensity at midday, casting sharp shadows across the grasses before softening into a bruised violet as the sun dips behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Elkins Mountains. At the center of this landscape sits Lake Forrest, a quiet basin that gathers the regional runoff and provides a necessary anchor for the local ecology. Within the boundaries of Lake Forest Park, the ground is marked by the rugged, unyielding resilience of scrub brush and deep-rooted perennials that have adapted to the persistent, dry heat characteristic of this inland terrain.
Lake View carries the quiet weight of generations who settled this territory to work the soil and navigate the seasonal fluctuations of the local water tables. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of agricultural cycles and regional trade, reflecting a pragmatic approach to life that favors utility over ornamentation. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring layout of the streets and the collective memory of families who have managed the land for decades. On quiet evenings, the air carries a faint, earthy scent of dry loam and the subtle vibration of trains moving through the distance, underscoring the steady, unremarkable pace that defines the character of Lake View.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake View, Texas. Coordinates: 29.45908, -100.953361. 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 View includes the ZIP code (75766, 75652, 78840), telephone area code (903, 512, 830), county seat of Rusk County (Henderson), and school district assignment (San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |