Explore Pine Forest, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pine Forest, 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 Pine Forest.
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 | Pine Forest |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Harris County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.175055 |
| Longitude | -94.035253 |
| Population | 499 |
| Density | 68.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 77493, 75471, 77662 |
| Area Code | 972, 469, 281 |
| County Seat | Houston |
| School District | Vidor Independent School District |
Pine Forest stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of the Texas plains, where the horizon meets the sky in a long, unbroken line. It lies 1.8 miles north of Katy, TX (from Katy, TX: bearing 5°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Fulshear. The ground here holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun begins its descent, casting a bronze glow over the flat, open expanses that define the regional character. A mile away, Cane Island Branch cuts a subtle, meandering path through the earth, its presence marked by the thickening of brush and the sudden, rhythmic chorus of insects as twilight descends. Six miles to the north, the rise of Wolf Hill provides the only meaningful interruption to the level plane, a modest elevation that catches the first pale light of dawn before the rest of the land stirs. The air carries a dry, earthen scent, grounded in the resilience of grasses that lean into the prevailing winds, unbothered by the passage of time.
Pine Forest maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of land stewardship and the industrious spirit of those who first cleared these tracts for settlement. Mary Jo Peckham Park For All Children serves as a focal point for the daily lives of residents, offering a green sanctuary where the architecture of play and community unfolds under the shade of mature trees. While the economy has shifted away from the early agricultural cycles that once governed the seasons, the legacy of that labor remains evident in the careful layout of the neighborhood streets and the pride taken in local maintenance. The distant, nine-mile stretch toward Rock Hollow feels like a different world, a basin that holds the memory of ancient water flows and geologic shifting. Whether traveling the short distance toward the sixteen-mile mark of Old River Lake or simply navigating the local thoroughfares, one senses a place that values its own quiet autonomy, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine Forest, Texas. Coordinates: 30.175055, -94.035253. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Pine Forest includes the ZIP code (77493, 75471, 77662), telephone area code (972, 469, 281), county seat of Harris County (Houston), and school district assignment (Vidor Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |