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Old Ocean Texas Map

Explore Old Ocean, 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 Old Ocean, Texas

How to Use This Old Ocean, Texas Map

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

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	Old Ocean
State	Texas (TX)
County	Brazoria County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.079973
Longitude	-95.749673
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	77480, 77463
Area Code	281
County Seat	Angleton

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About Old Ocean, Texas

Old Ocean is a locality in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Old Ocean is located at 29.0800°N, 95.7497°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 77480, 77463.

Old Ocean occupies a quiet expanse of flat, sun-drenched prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky. It lies 14.9 miles east-northeast of Bay City, TX (from Bay City, TX: bearing 63°T), and is situated 7.7 miles southwest of West Columbia. Low-slung grasses and clusters of stubborn hardwoods define the view, interrupted only by the slow, meandering path of Little Linnville Bayou, which cuts through the soil a mile away. The light here has a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust of unpaved roads and casting long, sharp shadows across the fields that slope toward the damp, wooded periphery of the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. To the northwest, the distant silhouette of Damon Mound breaks the absolute flatness of the earth, providing a solitary landmark that anchors the gaze in an otherwise featureless expanse of plains.

Industrial infrastructure defines the economic pulse of Old Ocean, as the presence of major refining facilities has long shaped the rhythm of daily life and labor. The land carries the weight of a history tied to the extraction and processing of natural resources, a legacy that sits in quiet tension with the nearby quietude of Flag Pond and the deeper drainage of Cannon Gully. Life in Old Ocean moves with the deliberate, measured pace of those who work the land and the machinery, far removed from the frantic motion of denser urban centers. Here, the hum of heavy industry provides a constant, low-frequency background to a landscape that remains fundamentally defined by the subtle, enduring textures of the surrounding brush and the persistent, slow movement of the regional watershed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sweeny Plantation (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 298° NW
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 221° SW · 193k acres
Styner Tract (Park) — 1.5 mi, 253° W
Thomas Jefferson Sweeny (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 136° SE
Sweeny Cemetery (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 136° SE
Backyard Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 138° SE
Community Center Park (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 136° SE
Hanson Riverside County Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 063° NE
Palapa Table for James Richard Marmion (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 113° SE
Columbia Historical Museum Association (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 055° NE
Wgp (Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 063° NE
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 218° SW
Nannie M. Stringfellow Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 146° SE
Matagorda County Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 240° SW
Spread Oaks Ranch (Park) — 16.0 mi, 263° W
AMC Classic Brazos 14 (Cinema) — 17.7 mi, 097° E
Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 17.8 mi, 117° SE
Alden B. Dow Office Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 098° E
Sea Center Texas (Aquarium) — 18.8 mi, 103° E
Mamoth Lake Basin (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 100° E
Brazos Bend State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 020° N
Fairgrounds Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 20.7 mi, 075° E
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 193° S · 13k acres
Hopper Stadium (Stadium) — 24.1 mi, 110° E
Freeport Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 110° E
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 312° NW
Fort Velasco (Historic Castle / Fort) — 28.8 mi, 109° E
1930s George Cattle Complex (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 008° N
Cowboy Barns and Working Pens (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 008° N
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 30.8 mi, 211° SW

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