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Pettus Texas Map

Explore Pettus, 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 Pettus, Texas

How to Use This Pettus, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.615594
Longitude	-97.812093
Population	449
Density	29.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78146
Area Code	210
County Seat	Beeville
School District	Pettus Independent School District

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About Pettus, Texas

Pettus is a locality in Bee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 449. The population density is 29.8 people per km². Pettus is located at 28.6156°N, 97.8121°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78146.

Pettus emerges from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a relentless blue sky. It lies 15.4 miles north-northwest of Beeville, TX (from Beeville, TX: bearing 348°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south-southeast of Karnes City. Medio Creek carves a shallow, verdant artery through the sun-baked earth, its banks offering a rare reprieve of shade where the grasses grow tall and silver in the wind. The land here possesses a quiet gravity, defined by the subtle depression of Live Oak Hollow and the distant, hazy silhouette of Odom Hill that breaks the monotony of the scrub-brush prairie. As the light wanes, the heat radiates upward from the caliche soil, turning the atmosphere into a shimmering veil that softens the sharp edges of the fence lines and the skeletal silhouettes of pump jacks standing guard over the brush.

Pettus carries the indelible marks of the oil patch, a legacy built upon the deep, pressurized secrets of the earth that once ignited a sudden, fevered prosperity. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the steady, mechanical heartbeat of the energy industry, which remains the primary engine of the local economy and the quiet arbiter of the neighborhood's fortunes. Beyond the industrial sprawl, the pace is measured by the slow turn of seasons and the occasional traveler moving toward the distant Soil Conservation Service Site 2 Reservoir or returning from a brief excursion to the grounds of Ball Park. Life here is lived in the intervals between the machinery, a persistent endurance defined by the stubborn vitality of the mesquite and the shared recognition of a landscape that demands both labor and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bee County (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 076° E
First Christian Church of Pettus (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 063° NE
Town of Pettus (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 355° N
Kenedy Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 352° N
Joe Gulley Park (Local Park) — 13.9 mi, 347° N
Northwest Area Park (Local Park) — 14.7 mi, 169° S
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 165° S
Runge Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 018° N
Nordheim Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 038° NE
Saint Joseph School Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 352° N
Old Market House Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 082° E
CCC Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 083° E
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.3 mi, 251° W
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 251° W
Us-Tx-142-12 (Conservation Area) — 30.0 mi, 126° SE
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 37.9 mi, 186° S
Coleto Creek Fields (Local Conservation Area) — 38.6 mi, 077° E
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 40.9 mi, 147° SE
Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 41.1 mi, 146° SE
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 41.4 mi, 129° SE
San Patricio Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 44.3 mi, 180° S
Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 48.0 mi, 301° NW
Eagle Stadium (Stadium) — 48.0 mi, 300° NW
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 54.5 mi, 098° E
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 55.8 mi, 179° S
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 118° SE · 298k acres
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 60.0 mi, 097° E
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 60.1 mi, 128° SE
Giant milk bottle (Public Artwork) — 60.3 mi, 154° SE
Richard Beene Site (Historic Ruins) — 60.8 mi, 316° NW

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