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Seadrift Texas Map

Explore Seadrift, 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 Seadrift, Texas

How to Use This Seadrift, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.415281
Longitude	-96.713593
Population	995
Density	300.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77983
Area Code	409
County Seat	Port Lavaca
School District	Calhoun County Independent School District

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About Seadrift, Texas

Seadrift is a locality in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 995. The population density is 300.1 people per km². Seadrift is located at 28.4153°N, 96.7136°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Seadrift is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77983.

Seadrift persists as a flat, salt-scrubbed expanse where the heavy air of the coastline clings to the low-slung horizon. It lies 14.8 miles south-southwest of Port Lavaca, TX (from Port Lavaca, TX: bearing 201°T), and is situated 32.2 miles south-southeast of Victoria. The landscape here is defined by the unrelenting reach of the tides, which pull at the edges of the marsh and turn the sky into a mirror of bruised, shifting gray. Beyond the immediate waterfront, the terrain opens into a vast, grassy flatness that stretches toward the distant, undulating silhouette of The Sand Mounds, which rise like ghosts against the clouds. At Seadrift Memorial Park, the wind carries a sharp, briny clarity, scouring the edges of the shoreline and grounding the senses in the raw, elemental weight of the salt spray.

Economic life in Seadrift has long been tethered to the harvest of the water, a rhythm dictated by the seasonal migrations of shrimp and the patient work of the local fleet. The proximity of Cast Net Bayou provides a vital artery for the small vessels that navigate the shallow, murky channels, their wakes cutting temporary scars across the surface. While the calm waters of Storm Harbor serve as the primary gateway for those who work the tides, the inland stillness of Operating Basin Number 5 offers a quiet contrast to the industrious noise of the docks. Farther out, the presence of Kenyon Island serves as a silent sentinel, marking the boundary where the familiar, managed coastline begins to dissolve into the deeper, unpredictable currents of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Seadrift Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 115° SE
AD Powers Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 185° S
Seadrift Cemetery (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 064° NE
Harbor Gate at Seadrift (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 330° NW
Powderhorn West Conservation Easement (Park) — 5.7 mi, 046° NE
Welder Flats Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 146° SE
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 316° NW
Preston Rose Austin (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 257° W
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.7 mi, 214° SW
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.7 mi, 214° SW · 298k acres
Green Lake (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 327° NW
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 310° NW
Hog and Schwing Bayou Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 305° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 13.2 mi, 018° N
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 021° N
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 058° NE
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 021° N
Goose Island State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 221° SW
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 220° SW
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 30.7 mi, 030° NE
Nave Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 326° NW
Texas Maritime Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 217° SW
Refugio County Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 258° W
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 35.4 mi, 054° NE
Presidio la Bahia Museum (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 292° W
CCC Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 44.2 mi, 293° NW
WWII Bunker Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 45.1 mi, 207° SW
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 48.8 mi, 246° SW
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 58.5 mi, 225° SW
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.2 mi, 066° NE · 193k acres

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