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Orchard Texas Map

Explore Orchard, 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 Orchard, Texas

How to Use This Orchard, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.603362
Longitude	-95.968876
Population	313
Density	332.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	77546, 77464
Area Code	281
County Seat	Galveston
School District	Brazos Independent School District

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About Orchard, Texas

Orchard is a locality in Galveston County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 332.0 people per km². Orchard is located at 29.6034°N, 95.9689°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Orchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 77546, 77464.

Orchard sits upon a low, humid expanse where the persistent dampness of the Gulf air clings to the skin like a damp woolen blanket. Marys Creek slices through the flat, clay-heavy earth, its sluggish waters carving a boundary that dictates the slow drainage of the surrounding prairie. A mile to the east, the depression of Cedar Gully marks a subtle shift in the terrain, while the horizon remains stubbornly unbroken by any rise or peak. At the very center of this landscape, 1776 Memorial Park offers a quiet clearing where the tall, bleached grasses bow under the weight of an unrelenting sun. The light here at dusk possesses a bruised, violet quality, turning the distant reeds into dark, serrated silhouettes against a sky that seems to stretch forever toward the salt-heavy horizon of Nassau Bay.

Orchard maintains a deliberate, quiet economy that has long been tethered to the slow pulse of the land and the quiet movement of goods toward the coast. The local rhythm is dictated not by the hurried pace of modern industry, but by the maintenance of the ground and the maintenance of the fences that hold the prairie at bay. While the Galveston County Industrial Water Reservoir lies fifteen miles away, the presence of water—both in the air and in the slow, dark channels of the local creeks—remains the primary architect of the region’s character. Those who live here often find their way to the Armand Bayou Nature Center Trail, walking the paths that lead away from the grid of roads and into the dense, tangled thickets that define the coastal plain. Orchard survives as a place of quiet endurance, where the history of the soil is written in the deep, dark furrows of the fields and the way the wind carries the faint, briny scent of the sea across the open plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Orchard Cemetery (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 284° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 032° NE
Krasna Settlement (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 258° W
Simonton School (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 358° N
Xscape Theaters (Cinema) — 10.2 mi, 050° NE
Jordan High School Perfprming Arts Center (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 040° NE
Seabourne Creek Nature Park (Local Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 119° SE
Fort Bend County Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 122° SE
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 186° S · 193k acres
Mirabeau Lamar (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 097° E
Us-Tx-132-1 (Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 243° SW
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 326° NW
Barker Cypress (Local Park) — 13.7 mi, 060° NE
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 325° NW
Johnny Nelson Katy Heritage Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 033° NE
Monster Storms (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 039° NE
Stephen F Austin State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 330° NW
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.4 mi, 305° NW · 21k acres
D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 242° SW
Monkey Joe's (Theme Park) — 17.8 mi, 047° NE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 083° E
20th Century Technology Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 203° SW
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 202° S
Addicks Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 051° NE
Egypt Plantation Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 227° SW
Dept. of Wonder (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 092° E
Art Museum Tx (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 091° E
Brazos Bend State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 127° SE
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 60.4 mi, 014° N · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 60.6 mi, 015° N · 3,956 acres

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