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Riesel Texas Map

Explore Riesel, 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 Riesel, Texas

How to Use This Riesel, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.476112
Longitude	-96.94224
Population	1,062
Density	101.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76682
Area Code	325
County Seat	Waco
School District	Riesel Independent School District

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About Riesel, Texas

Riesel is a locality in McLennan County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,062. The population density is 101.1 people per km². Riesel is located at 31.4761°N, 96.9422°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riesel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76682.

Riesel occupies a stretch of fertile, sun-drenched prairie where the horizon leans wide and unobstructed under a vast, pale dome of sky. It lies 11.3 miles east of Robinson, TX (from Robinson, TX: bearing 87°T), and is situated 14.1 miles east-southeast of Waco. Sandy Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the loam just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of deeper green vegetation that contrasts with the tawny grasses of the surrounding fields. Hesse Lake sits at a similar distance, a quiet basin that reflects the shifting colors of the day, from the bruised purples of dawn to the sharp, clear light of midday. Far to the west, the faint, hazy outline of Honest Ridge occasionally suggests a boundary to the world, though here the terrain favors the flat, honest work of the plains. At the center of the public life in Riesel, City Park provides a small, cultivated space where the air often carries the dry, sweet scent of cured hay and turned earth.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Riesel, its economy tethered to the patient cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this landscape for generations. The legacy of early settlement is etched into the grid of the roads and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that stands against the persistent Texas heat. Farmers and local families navigate the day with a deliberate, steady tempo, moving between the fields and the small commercial nodes that have long served the needs of the surrounding acreage. While the world beyond might shift with frantic velocity, the life here persists in a measured cadence, shaped by the requirements of the soil and the weather. Riesel remains a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of human enterprise, maintaining a quiet dignity that is found in the simple, ongoing labor of sustaining a life on the open land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Riesel (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 096° E
City Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 083° E
Friedens Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 096° E
Friedens Cemetery (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 076° E
Reisel Prairie (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 100° E
Tradinghouse Reservoir County Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 345° N
Maddin Prairie Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 140° SE
Waco Traffic Circle (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 287° W
Getterman Stadium (Stadium) — 12.0 mi, 292° W
Helen Marie Taylor Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 296° NW
Hart-Patterson Track Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.8 mi, 288° W
Waco Independent School District Stadium (Stadium) — 12.9 mi, 280° W
Texas Scottish Rite Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 289° W
Practically Pikasso (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 285° W
Buzzard Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.7 mi, 301° NW
Waco Water Park/Tennis Center (Local Recreation) — 15.1 mi, 302° NW
Waco Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 292° W
Waco Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 292° W
Waco Mammoth National Monument (National Monument) — 16.3 mi, 303° NW · 5 acres
Aquaponics Greenhouse (Aquarium) — 18.0 mi, 318° NW
(16) Horse-farming Demonstration (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 18.1 mi, 316° NW
(14) Animal Pens. Petting Zoo Sheep Shearing (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 18.1 mi, 316° NW
Lake Waco Wetlands (National Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 292° W · 348 acres
Fort Parker State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 070° E
Limestone County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 082° E
Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 265° W
Mother Neff State Park (State Park) — 32.3 mi, 252° W
Historic Bell (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 252° W
CCC Plaque (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 252° W
Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 34.4 mi, 249° W

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