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Lost Creek Texas Map

Explore Lost Creek, 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 Lost Creek, Texas

How to Use This Lost Creek, Texas Map

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

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	Lost Creek
State	Texas (TX)
County	Travis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.295484
Longitude	-97.844452
Population	1,276
Density	246.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78746
Area Code	512, 737
County Seat	Austin
School District	Eanes Independent School District

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About Lost Creek, Texas

Lost Creek is a locality in Travis County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,276. The population density is 246.6 people per km². Lost Creek is located at 30.2955°N, 97.8445°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78746.

Lost Creek emerges from the limestone bedrock as a series of quiet, sun-drenched canyons defined by the persistent, winding presence of Barton Creek. It lies 6.2 miles south-southeast of Steiner Ranch, TX (from Steiner Ranch, TX: bearing 157°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-northwest of Austin. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, scrub-oak terrain where the light at dusk takes on a pale, buttery quality, softening the sharp edges of the white stone bluffs that overlook the nearby Hebbingston Hollow. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers on the far horizon, the immediate topography remains intimate and fractured, characterized by limestone ledges and a dry, aromatic air that smells faintly of cedar and sun-baked earth. A mile away, the Lost Creek Greenway 1 offers a reprieve of dense, tangled greenery, providing a space where the pace of the day slows to the movement of shifting shadows across the canyon floor.

Lost Creek exists as a residential enclave that grew in the wake of regional expansion, shifting away from the agrarian roots that once marked these limestone-heavy plains. The local economy is tied to the broader professional pulse of the region, yet life here retains a distinct, localized focus on the preservation of the natural corridors that define the neighborhood. Residents often gravitate toward the nearby Red Bud trail for weekend excursions, or find quietude in the proximity of Lake Austin, which serves as a sprawling, liquid anchor just two miles from the neighborhood border. The history of the area is not written in grand monuments but in the slow, deliberate way the houses have been tucked into the hillsides, respecting the jagged geography that insists upon a slower, more observant way of living.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 074° E
Barton Creek Greenbelt (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 138° SE
Eanes-Marshall Ranch (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 115° SE
Wild Basin-Bcp (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 049° NE
Artificial Chimney (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 052° NE
Vireo Research Area (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 041° NE
Hill of Life Falls (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 155° SE
Emma Long Metro Park (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 009° N
Eanes School and Chapel (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 115° SE
Westlake Community Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 2.2 mi, 127° SE
Eanes Cemetery (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 116° SE
Luth BCP Parcel (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 016° N
Sculpture Falls (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 152° SE
Lake Austin (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 085° E
Commons Ford Ranch Metro Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 310° NW
Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 075° E
Abundance (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 107° E
Jolin Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 110° E
Regal Cinema Westgate 11 (Cinema) — 5.2 mi, 149° SE
Wally Workman Gallery (Gallery) — 5.4 mi, 107° E
McLennon Pen Co. Gallery (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 108° E
Flip’N Art (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 280° W
Violet Crown Cinema (Cinema) — 6.1 mi, 110° E
3ten (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 110° E
The Hideout Theater (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 107° E
McKinney Falls State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 135° SE
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.2 mi, 334° NW · 43k acres
Pedernales Falls State Park (State Park) — 22.6 mi, 272° W

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