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New Ulm Texas Map

Explore New Ulm, 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 New Ulm, Texas

How to Use This New Ulm, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Ulm, 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 New Ulm.

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	New Ulm
State	Texas (TX)
County	Austin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.883039
Longitude	-96.49599
Population	285
Density	20.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78950
Area Code	830
County Seat	Bellville
School District	Columbus Independent School District

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About New Ulm, Texas

New Ulm is a locality in Austin County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 285. The population density is 20.5 people per km². New Ulm is located at 29.8830°N, 96.4960°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78950.

New Ulm emerges from the undulating landscape of the Texas plains as a quiet intersection of open fields and stubborn, resilient earth. It lies 19.8 miles south-southwest of Brenham, TX (from Brenham, TX: bearing 196°T), and is situated 14.5 miles west-southwest of Bellville. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the distant, muted silhouette of Rocky Hill rising ten miles away to anchor the view. Sunlight here carries a heavy, golden quality that lingers over the grasses, while the nearby flow of Sandy Creek provides a subtle, rhythmic pulse to the land. During the long afternoons, the air feels thick and still, smelling faintly of dried earth and the encroaching shadows of oaks that find purchase in the heavy soil.

New Ulm holds a character forged by the deliberate, steady hands of early settlers who recognized the value in this deep, fertile ground. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, sustained by agriculture and the slow, methodical pace of rural commerce that favors tradition over haste. Farther afield, the ecological integrity of the region is preserved in pockets like the Mill Creek Mitigation Bank - Shelby Property, while the waters of Lake Fayette offer a rare, reflective stillness to the surrounding topography. Life in New Ulm moves with the measured cadence of a place that understands its own geography, maintaining a focus on the simple, vital connection between the residents and the soil they cultivate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of Town of New Ulm (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 026° NE
Frnka Family Cemetery (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 015° N
Josef Lidumil Leshikar (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 016° N
Fayetteville Area Heritage Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 278° W
Mill Creek Mitigation Bank - Shelby Property (Park) — 10.9 mi, 335° NW
Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.1 mi, 224° SW
Mill Creek Mitigation Bank - Kenney Property (Park) — 11.3 mi, 052° NE
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 192° S
Stafford Bank and Opera House (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 192° S
Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 193° S
Columbus Golf Course (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 196° S
Oak Thicket Park (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 287° W
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 132° SE · 21k acres
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 17.5 mi, 319° NW
Round Top Area History Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 307° NW
Center for American History Winedale Historical Center (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 307° NW
Back Lot Gallery (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 017° N
Brenham Fine Arts League & Gallery (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 017° N
Stephen F Austin State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 100° E
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 107° E
1824 Well (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 102° E
Stephen F. Austin (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 102° E
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 110° E
Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 27.0 mi, 352° N
Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 27.2 mi, 351° N
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 339° N
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 30.2 mi, 341° N
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.3 mi, 136° SE · 193k acres
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 59.0 mi, 044° NE · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 61.5 mi, 047° NE · 3,956 acres

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