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Richards Texas Map

Explore Richards, 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 Richards, Texas

How to Use This Richards, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.534429
Longitude	-95.849764
Population	184
Density	39.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77873
Area Code	409
County Seat	Anderson
School District	Richards Independent School District

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About Richards, Texas

Richards is a locality in Grimes County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 39.1 people per km². Richards is located at 30.5344°N, 95.8498°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77873.

Richards exhales the quiet, humid breath of the piney woods, anchored by the slow, deliberate pulse of Lake Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant undergrowth. It lies 21.4 miles southwest of Huntsville, TX (from Huntsville, TX: bearing 233°T), and is situated 18.0 miles northeast of Navasota. The landscape here is defined by a persistent, heavy-aired stillness, where the canopy of the Sam Houston National Forest, mere miles away, shadows the earth in shades of deep, mossy emerald. Beyond the tree line, the terrain rises toward the distant, softened silhouette of Blue Bonnet Hill, which marks the horizon like a thumbprint against the pale, bleached sky. When the afternoon sun catches the tall grasses, the light turns a brittle, metallic gold, illuminating the way the land slopes toward the water’s edge. Even on days when the heat presses down, the air retains a sharp, pine-scented clarity that feels ancient and undisturbed, grounding Richards in a geography that belongs entirely to the interior plains.

Richards retains the weathered character of a place built on the promise of timber and the stubborn endurance of agriculture, its history inscribed in the fading paint of old storefronts and the rusted skeletons of rail-side structures. The economy has long mirrored the rhythm of the surrounding woods and fields, shifting from the industry of the past to a current, slower pace that prioritizes the quiet maintenance of land and home. Visitors occasionally find their way to the nearby Red Loop I, seeking the solitude of the forest, or they linger near the distant, expansive waters of Lake Conroe, yet Richards remains largely untouched by the frenetic movement of the wider world. The social life of Richards unfolds in the modest intervals between chores, defined by the sound of trucks rattling over gravel and the long, amber shadows that stretch across the fields at dusk. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal deepening of the soil and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the insects rising in the tall grass as night finally settles over the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 063° NE · 163k acres
Anthony Drew Kennard (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 287° W
Bay's Chapel Methodist Church (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 025° NE
Bay's Chapel Cemetery (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 031° NE
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.7 mi, 102° E · 3,956 acres
Buffalo Ridge Preserve Amendment (Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 153° SE
West Montgomery County Park (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 129° SE
Miller's Theater (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 235° SW
Huntsville State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 074° E
Henrys Hideout Historical Pub (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 174° S
H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum of Texas (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 049° NE
Lick Creek Park (Local Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 274° W
The Raven (Public Artwork) — 21.7 mi, 055° NE
Gibbs-Powell House Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 053° NE
Texas Prison Rodeo Stadium (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 054° NE
The La Bahia Pecan (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 232° SW
Historic Magnolia Depot (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 165° S
Star of the Republic Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 238° SW
Oil Jack (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 177° S
Hay Ride (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 177° S
Indian Village (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 177° S
M. Benz Gallery of Floral Art (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 281° W
Rudder Theater (Theatre) — 29.7 mi, 281° W
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries (Gallery) — 29.7 mi, 281° W
Fort Boggy State Park (State Park) — 44.6 mi, 349° N
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 53.4 mi, 032° NE · 161k acres
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.7 mi, 103° E · 58k acres
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.1 mi, 202° S · 21k acres
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 59.7 mi, 092° E · 109k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 76.8 mi, 034° NE · 3,521 acres

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