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Norton Texas Map

Explore Norton, 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 Norton, Texas

How to Use This Norton, Texas Map

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

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	Norton
State	Texas (TX)
County	Runnels County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.87098
Longitude	-100.126202
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76865
Area Code	325
County Seat	Ballinger

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About Norton, Texas

Norton is a locality in Runnels County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Norton is located at 31.8710°N, 100.1262°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76865.

Norton occupies a stretch of sun-bleached expanse where the low-slung horizon of the prairie meets the steady, winding path of Quarry Creek. It lies 33.6 miles north-northeast of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 33°T), and is situated 13.9 miles northwest of Ballinger. The air here holds a dry clarity that sharpens the edges of the mesquite and prickly pear, casting long, violet shadows across the soil as the afternoon heat relents. Five miles to the west, the subtle depression of Dry Hollow marks a change in the elevation, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers on the far edge of sight, a reminder of the vast, limestone-hewn geography that defines the wider region. Every afternoon, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, illuminating the dust motes that hang suspended in the stillness above the creek bed.

Norton remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, its economy anchored in the quiet persistence of agriculture and the maintenance of the surrounding ranching tracts. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles of the plains, far removed from the bustle of the coast, finding its recreation in the quietude of City Lake Park or the occasional excursion toward the Soil Conservation Service Site 19 Reservoir. The heritage of the area is written in the fences and the weathered barns that dot the landscape, structures that have stood through decades of variable rainfall and relentless sun. Residents here recognize the value of a slow, deliberate pace, where the primary concerns are the condition of the range and the slow, inevitable turning of the seasons across the open ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Norton (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 165° S
Townsite of Marie (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 294° NW
Maverick (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 242° SW
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 277° W
City Lake Park (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 149° SE
Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 058° NE
Chandler Field (Local Recreation) — 12.8 mi, 132° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.9 mi, 132° SE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.5 mi, 328° NW
Wildcat Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 23.1 mi, 271° W
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 27.7 mi, 027° NE
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 029° NE
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 29.1 mi, 030° NE
Hords Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.4 mi, 093° E
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 31.2 mi, 225° SW
The Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 168° S
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 213° SW
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 212° SW
E H Danner Museum of Telephony (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 212° SW
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 34.1 mi, 218° SW
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 214° SW
Red Arroyo Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 36.6 mi, 213° SW
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 40.9 mi, 218° SW
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 45.0 mi, 137° SE
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 46.2 mi, 030° NE
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 47.7 mi, 029° NE
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 47.8 mi, 307° NW
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 47.9 mi, 028° NE
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 48.1 mi, 030° NE
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 73.4 mi, 089° E

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