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Lowry Crossing Texas Map

Explore Lowry Crossing, 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 Lowry Crossing, Texas

How to Use This Lowry Crossing, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lowry Crossing, 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 Lowry Crossing.

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	Lowry Crossing
State	Texas (TX)
County	Collin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.169279
Longitude	-96.544985
Population	1,689
Density	251.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75069
Area Code	214, 469, 972
County Seat	McKinney
School District	McKinney Independent School District

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About Lowry Crossing, Texas

Lowry Crossing is a locality in Collin County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,689. The population density is 251.5 people per km². Lowry Crossing is located at 33.1693°N, 96.5450°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lowry Crossing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75069.

Lowry Crossing anchors itself upon the quiet, silt-heavy banks where the East Fork Trinity River carves a slow path through the northern Texas plains. It lies 3.3 miles west-southwest of Princeton, TX (from Princeton, TX: bearing 238°T), and is situated 4.9 miles southeast of McKinney. The land here holds a flat, expansive quality, defined by tall grasses that turn the color of dried wheat under the weight of a summer sun. To the north, the horizon remains unobstructed, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Graham Point rising twenty-two miles away like a bruise against the sky. Within the sprawling boundaries of the Lavon Recreation Area, the earth feels reclaimed by a wilder, unmanicured rhythm, where the air hangs thick and still, smelling of damp soil and the slow decay of river-bottom timber.

Lowry Crossing grew from the steady, patient labor of those who recognized the value of fertile, river-adjacent acreage long before the encroaching grid of suburban development arrived. The local economy relies on the quiet persistence of small-scale industry and the maintenance of a landscape that serves as a corridor for wildlife, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger metropolitan centers. Residents often find their way toward the water at McKinney Club Lake for a moment of reprieve, or they traverse the paths at Sister Grove Park Trail, six miles away, to witness the shifting light move across the brush. Life in Lowry Crossing moves with a deliberate, unassuming grace, defined by the way the evening shadows stretch across the fields and the persistent, low hum of insects that signals the end of another day in the interior of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lavon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 257° W
Fairview Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 253° W
Community Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 064° NE
Lavon Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 184° S
Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 064° NE
City Park Land (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 309° NW
Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 256° W
Heard Science Museum and Sanctuary (Park) — 3.3 mi, 253° W
Old Settlers Park (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 299° NW
Bird blind (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 259° W
Saint Mark Baptist Church (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 286° W
Collin County Central Museum at the Old Post Office (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 297° NW
Last Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.5 mi, 295° NW
Oak Hollow Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 313° NW
Allen Contemporary Theatre (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 229° SW
Allen Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 238° SW
Duck and Ducklings (Public Artwork) — 9.8 mi, 235° SW
Moviehouse & Eatery McKinney (Cinema) — 10.7 mi, 255° W
Play Street Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 270° W
Top Fun Ranch (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 018° N
Heritage Farmstead Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 226° SW
Thegallery8680 (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 265° W
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 133° SE
Naaman Community (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 198° S
Liberty Park Tank (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 227° SW
SP/N Gallery (Gallery) — 17.0 mi, 225° SW
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (State Park) — 28.0 mi, 281° W
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 33.5 mi, 059° NE · 18k acres
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 56.8 mi, 285° W · 20k acres

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