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Oakwood Texas Map

Explore Oakwood, 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 Oakwood, Texas

How to Use This Oakwood, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.584896
Longitude	-95.849126
Population	389
Density	132.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75855
Area Code	903
County Seat	Centerville
School District	Oakwood Independent School District

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About Oakwood, Texas

Oakwood is a locality in Leon County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 389. The population density is 132.8 people per km². Oakwood is located at 31.5849°N, 95.8491°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75855.

Oakwood anchors itself firmly within the verdant, moisture-heavy expanse of the East Texas timberlands, where the earth gives way to towering hardwoods and dense underbrush. It lies 17.7 miles southwest of Palestine, TX (from Palestine, TX: bearing 226°T), and is situated 29.6 miles northwest of Crockett. Toms Creek carves a winding, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its dark, slow-moving waters providing a constant, rhythmic pulse to the surrounding woodland. Only a mile distant, the still surface of Lipsey Lake Number 2 catches the amber light of late afternoon, reflecting the heavy canopy of oaks that give the region its name. On the far horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of High Ridge suggests a distant boundary to the world, though the immediate reality is one of humid bottomlands and fertile soil. The air here holds a weight of damp loam and pine resin, a scent that seems to deepen as the sun descends toward the western tree line, turning the sky a bruised, hazy violet.

Oakwood emerged from the necessity of the rail line, a junction point where the movement of timber and agricultural goods once dictated the daily tempo of the settlers. The economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet industry of the surrounding plains, where life persists in a slow, deliberate cadence that ignores the frantic pace of the larger world. Not far from the residential quiet, the Big Lake Bottom Wildlife Management Area preserves the integrity of the local ecosystem, providing a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the movement of wildlife through the thicket. There is an unvarnished honesty in the way the architecture clings to the landscape, a mix of weathered wood and brick that has weathered decades of changing seasons. Residents move through their days with a pragmatic focus, acknowledging the history of the soil beneath their feet while the modern world hums quietly in the background, never quite obscuring the fundamental character of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mt. Pisgah Church and Cemetery (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 138° SE
Daniel Memorial Orphanage (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 332° NW
Big Lake Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 022° N
Green Bay High School (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 048° NE
Site of Woodhouse School (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 048° NE
Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 173° S
Myrtle Springs School (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 092° E
Palestine Community Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 16.2 mi, 041° NE
Us-Tx-71-185 (Conservation Area) — 17.8 mi, 343° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 318° NW
Davey Dogwood Park (Local Park) — 18.3 mi, 041° NE
Howard House Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 046° NE
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 041° NE
Rusk / Palestine State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 057° NE
Freestone County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 298° NW
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 276° W
Fort Boggy State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 196° S
McDonald Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 046° NE
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.0 mi, 054° NE · 16k acres
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 130° SE
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 30.0 mi, 103° E · 161k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.0 mi, 101° E · 3,521 acres
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 52.3 mi, 311° NW
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 52.6 mi, 064° NE
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 56.9 mi, 034° NE
Times Square Grand Slam (Cinema) — 58.4 mi, 033° NE
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 60.9 mi, 161° S · 163k acres
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 61.6 mi, 035° NE
Sam Houston Grave (Public Artwork) — 61.9 mi, 163° S
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 73.8 mi, 175° S · 3,956 acres

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