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Point Venture Texas Map

Explore Point Venture, 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 Point Venture, Texas

How to Use This Point Venture, Texas Map

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

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	Point Venture
State	Texas (TX)
County	Travis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.379367
Longitude	-97.996124
Population	1,260
Density	565.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78645
Area Code	512, 737
County Seat	Austin
School District	Lago Vista Independent School District

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About Point Venture, Texas

Point Venture is a locality in Travis County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,260. The population density is 565.7 people per km². Point Venture is located at 30.3794°N, 97.9961°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Point Venture is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78645.

Point Venture occupies a rugged, limestone-ribbed expanse where the deep, serpentine waters of Lake Travis define the western edge of the horizon. The landscape rises in broken, rocky tiers above the Colorado River, which carves a deliberate path through the earth less than a mile away. Ancient oaks and resilient scrub cedar cling to the uneven ground, their limbs twisted by the dry, searing breath of summer afternoons. Sunlight here carries a particular weight, turning the pale stone to a soft, flickering gold as the day wanes, casting long shadows that stretch across the uneven terrain toward the quiet descent of Cox Hollow.

Point Venture serves as a deliberate retreat for those drawn to the slow, deliberate pace of the interior, standing as a testament to the quietude found far from the clamor of the coast. The local economy relies on the steady rhythm of the land and the visitors who seek out the nearby Hamilton Pool Nature Trail or find stillness in the shade of Sailfin Park. Though the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau marks the limit of the western view, the life of the place remains anchored to the immediate, sun-bleached beauty of the limestone bluffs and the slow, steady movement of the water. History here is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of the flora and the steady, quiet persistence of those who call this particular stretch of the riverbank home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rebel Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
Dragon Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 195° S
Hurst Creek Rd Greenbelt (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 120° SE
Activity Center (Park) — 1.4 mi, 140° SE
Hamilton Greenbelts (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 133° SE
Burton C. Barnes (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 092° E
Lohmans Crossing (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 114° SE
Canyonlands Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 195° S
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 125° SE
TexARTS (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 153° SE
Schramm Ranch BCP Parcel (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 141° SE
Lake Travis Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 155° SE
Hudson Bend (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 065° NE
Shield-Ayres (Private) (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 183° S
Flip’N Art (Gallery) — 5.7 mi, 146° SE
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 007° N · 43k acres
Texas paintball (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 031° NE
Artificial Chimney (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 115° SE
Hill of Life Falls (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 127° SE
AMC Lakeline 9 (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 061° NE
Westlake Community Performing Arts Center (PAC) (Arts Centre) — 12.9 mi, 123° SE
Austin Aquarium (Aquarium) — 13.1 mi, 068° E
Sculpture Falls (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 128° SE
Pound House Historical Farmstead (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 202° S
Protected Promise (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 050° NE
Laguna Gloria Art Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 109° E
Pedernales Falls State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 252° W
Jolin Lookout (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 119° SE
Regal Cinema Westgate 11 (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 131° SE
McKinney Falls State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 129° SE

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