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Riverside Texas Map

Explore Riverside, 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 Riverside, Texas

How to Use This Riverside, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.848298
Longitude	-95.398863
Population	522
Density	100.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	78520, 77320
Area Code	830, 713, 832
County Seat	Huntsville
School District	Huntsville Independent School District

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About Riverside, Texas

Riverside is a locality in Walker County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 522. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Riverside is located at 30.8483°N, 95.3989°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 78520, 77320.

Riverside endures as a quiet convergence of water and earth, where the moisture from Lake Livingston seems to hang permanently in the heavy, humid air. It lies 12.5 miles northeast of Huntsville, TX (from Huntsville, TX: bearing 44°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southwest of Trinity. The terrain shifts from dense thickets of pine and hardwood into the wide, low-lying basin of the Trinity River, which flows only a single mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the subtle rise of Gospel Hill breaks the flatness of the landscape, providing a modest vantage point over the timber-rich plains that define this inland geography. At dusk, the light catches the silt-heavy water of the river, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered copper that feels ancient and indifferent to the slow passage of hours.

Riverside maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, drawing its character from the timber industry and the quiet, persistent labor of those who work the surrounding acreage. The presence of Unknown Park six miles away offers a pocket of undisturbed scrub and brush, a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged state of the region before the arrival of the rail lines that once anchored the local economy. Commerce here is sparse and utilitarian, favoring the practical needs of the field and the forest over the frantic sprawl of larger hubs. Life in Riverside moves with a deliberate, singular weight, reflecting a history of endurance in a place where the proximity to the Trinity River has always dictated the boundaries of growth and the seasonal cycles of the people who reside here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Camp Huntsville, World War II Prisoner of War Camp (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 226° SW
Akin Hill (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 225° SW
Trinity Chapel A.M.E. Church (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 013° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 011° N
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 7.5 mi, 205° SW · 163k acres
Russell - Alligator Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 103° E
Russell - Frogjoy Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 100° E
Eastham-Thomason Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 229° SW
Sam Houston Grave (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 226° SW
Texas Prison Rodeo Stadium (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 225° SW
Gibbs-Powell House Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 227° SW
H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum of Texas (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 235° SW
Huntsville State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 206° SW
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 20.0 mi, 039° NE · 161k acres
Lake Livingston State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 118° SE
Livingston Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 109° E
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.9 mi, 215° SW · 3,956 acres
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 353° N
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation Museum (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 106° E
Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 40.9 mi, 127° SE · 109k acres
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.8 mi, 134° SE · 58k acres
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 45.0 mi, 021° N · 3,521 acres
Nature Center (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 165° S
Performance Stage (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 165° S
Koo Koo Kanoes (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 165° S
Discovery Junction (Attraction) — 46.4 mi, 165° S
Cordovan Art School (Arts Centre) — 47.0 mi, 192° S
21st Century Home Theater & Automation (Theatre) — 48.1 mi, 183° S
Regal Benders Landing Cinema (IMAX, ScreenX, 4DX, RPX & VIP) (Cinema) — 50.2 mi, 178° S
St Andrews Church (Historic Ruins) — 50.6 mi, 342° N

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