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Magnolia Beach Texas Map

Explore Magnolia Beach, 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 Magnolia Beach, Texas

How to Use This Magnolia Beach, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Magnolia Beach, 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 Magnolia Beach.

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	Magnolia Beach
State	Texas (TX)
County	Calhoun County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	28.560276
Longitude	-96.542754
Population	217
Density	82.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77979
Area Code	409
County Seat	Port Lavaca
School District	Calhoun County Independent School District

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About Magnolia Beach, Texas

Magnolia Beach is a locality in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 217. The population density is 82.1 people per km². Magnolia Beach is located at 28.5603°N, 96.5428°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77979.

Magnolia Beach occupies a flat, expansive stretch of coastline where the salt-heavy air clings to the skin like a damp veil. It lies 6.3 miles southeast of Port Lavaca, TX (from Port Lavaca, TX: bearing 127°T), and is situated 32.7 miles east-southeast of Victoria. A pale, sun-bleached light defines the horizon, illuminating the shallows of Old Town Lake that bleed into the surrounding marshy terrain with quiet persistence. Four miles to the east, the waters of Chocolate Bay shimmer under a relentless sky, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Old Red Bluff anchors the far-off western view. Travelers who wander toward the nearby Magic Ridge find a quiet refuge of coastal scrub, a sharp contrast to the open, wind-swept expanses that define the immediate geography of Magnolia Beach.

Economic life here remains tethered to the moods of the water, a rhythm dictated by the tides and the seasonal migration of those who seek the solace of the shore. History lingers in the quietude, echoing the currents that once flowed toward Indianola Island, a place now defined more by its ghost-tide legacy than by the bustle of industry. While Little Chocolate Bayou meanders six miles away, the daily existence of the locals remains centered on the immediate, tactile experience of the beach and the patience required to live beside an unpredictable sea. Life moves with the deliberate, unforced cadence of a place that has long ago traded the urgency of the modern world for the steady, salt-crusted endurance of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Zimmerman Cemetery (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 184° S
Magic Ridge (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 135° SE
Old Town Cemetery (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 132° SE
Judge Henry Joseph Huck (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 127° SE
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.1 mi, 166° S · 298k acres
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 138° SE
Miramar Pointe (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 067° NE
Wilson Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 301° NW
Powderhorn West Conservation Easement (Park) — 6.1 mi, 187° S
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 306° NW
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 308° NW
Lighthouse Beach Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 320° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 293° NW
Welder Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 198° S
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 251° W
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 17.3 mi, 017° N
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 257° W
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 21.2 mi, 060° NE
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.0 mi, 221° SW
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 28.9 mi, 079° E
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 31.5 mi, 053° NE
Nave Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 301° NW
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 43.5 mi, 047° NE
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 222° SW
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 46.3 mi, 019° N
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.9 mi, 072° E · 193k acres
Refugio County Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 249° W
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 019° N
Texas Maritime Museum (Museum) — 48.0 mi, 220° SW
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 50.2 mi, 056° NE

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