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Ore City Texas Map

Explore Ore City, 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 Ore City, Texas

How to Use This Ore City, Texas Map

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

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	Ore City
State	Texas (TX)
County	Upshur County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.800135
Longitude	-94.720763
Population	1,108
Density	198.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75683
Area Code	903
County Seat	Gilmer
School District	Ore City Independent School District

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About Ore City, Texas

Ore City is a locality in Upshur County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,108. The population density is 198.1 people per km². Ore City is located at 32.8001°N, 94.7208°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ore City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75683.

Ore City emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed horizon of East Texas as a quiet confluence of timberland and clay-rich soil. It lies 20.7 miles north of Longview, TX (from Longview, TX: bearing 3°T), and is situated 13.8 miles east-northeast of Gilmer. The landscape leans into a subdued relief, where the earth hums with the slow, persistent respiration of the woodlands and the moisture rising from Ferguson Lake. A mile away, the dark, winding artery of Meddlin Creek carves a path through the brush, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid light that lingers over the canopy. Beyond the immediate periphery, the elevation shifts toward the distant rise of Brown Mountain, while the terrain dips into the quiet, forgotten shadows of Coal Mine Hollow. The air here holds the scent of damp needles and cooling earth, a sensory weight that anchors the spirit to the dense, verdant floor of the region.

Economic life in Ore City retains the tempered pulse of an industry built upon the land’s raw, subterranean offerings and the steady stewardship of the surrounding timber. Travelers often find their way to the Lake O' The Pines Recreation Area, where the stillness of the woods provides a counterpoint to the persistent, pragmatic labor that sustains the local economy. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the slow accumulation of decades spent working the iron-heavy soil and navigating the seasonal shifts of the nearby waterways. The rhythm of daily existence is dictated by the transition of the light across the pines, a cycle that remains indifferent to the haste of the wider world. Life in Ore City persists with a deliberate, quiet clarity, defined by the enduring intersection of the woods and the people who have long called this landscape their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Colonel L.P. Featherstone Memorial statue (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 116° SE
Lake O' The Pines Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 045° NE
Lake O' The Pines (Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 057° NE
Tarver's Ferry (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 004° N
Old Coffeeville, C. S. A. (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 323° NW
Camp Talley (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 323° NW
Kelsey Creek Sanctaury (Local Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 264° W
Historic Upshur Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 249° W
Brickstreet Art Gallery (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 250° W
Daingerfield State Park (State Park) — 13.9 mi, 005° N
Jackson's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 14.3 mi, 006° N
Lake Gilmer (Local Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 259° W
North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 314° NW
Longview Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 183° S
Jefferson Playhouse (Theatre) — 21.9 mi, 098° E
Texas History Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 098° E
Imminent Doom Haunted House (Theme Park) — 26.4 mi, 196° S
Harrison County Historical Museum - Memorial City Hall Galleries (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 131° SE
Lake Bob Sandlin State Park (State Park) — 27.4 mi, 311° NW
White Oak Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.5 mi, 012° N
Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 31.2 mi, 100° E
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.7 mi, 102° E · 15k acres
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.0 mi, 239° SW
Apache Adult Theater (Cinema) — 41.0 mi, 222° SW
Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana tri-state marker (Attraction) — 42.1 mi, 069° E
Elk Meadow Game Ranch (Attraction) — 42.2 mi, 011° N
Southwest Lifestyle Art Gallery (Gallery) — 42.5 mi, 270° W
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 62.8 mi, 004° N · 1.8M acres
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.2 mi, 112° E · 30k acres
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 72.7 mi, 147° SE · 161k acres

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