Explore Satin, 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 Satin, 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 Satin.
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 | Satin |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Falls County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.346563 |
| Longitude | -97.031661 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 76685 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| County Seat | Marlin |
Satin occupies a stretch of fertile blackland prairie where the horizon bows under the weight of an expansive, cloud-strewn sky. It lies 9.7 miles south-southeast of Robinson, TX (from Robinson, TX: bearing 150°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-northwest of Marlin. The earth here is heavy and dark, a deep, mineral-rich loam that dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. Cow Bayou carves a quiet, meandering path just a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled roots of hardwoods that drink deeply from the clay. In the distance, the silhouette of Bald Hill rises like a muted suggestion against the haze, while the air carries the faint, dry scent of sun-baked grass and turning soil, a stillness that feels as though the land is holding its breath in anticipation of the evening heat.
Satin maintains a quiet dignity born from generations of agrarian labor and the persistent rhythm of the harvest. While the bustle of larger centers remains a distant concern, the local economy keeps its focus on the fields, where the sun-drenched crops define the daily cycle of work. Residents often look toward Marlin City Park for their seasonal gatherings, or perhaps find a solitary respite near the waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 7 Reservoir, where the light hits the surface in flat, silver plates at dusk. History in Satin is not written in grand monuments but in the endurance of fences and the steady, unadorned maintenance of the land, preserving a way of life that values the weight of a handshake and the quiet virtue of staying put.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Satin, Texas. Coordinates: 31.346563, -97.031661. 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 Satin includes the ZIP code (76685), telephone area code (325), county seat of Falls County (Marlin), and school district assignment.
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. |