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Sheridan Texas Map

Explore Sheridan, 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 Sheridan, Texas

How to Use This Sheridan, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.51133
Longitude	-96.672979
Population	520
Density	37.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77475
Area Code	281
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Rice Consolidated Independent School District

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About Sheridan, Texas

Sheridan is a locality in Colorado County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 520. The population density is 37.5 people per km². Sheridan is located at 29.5113°N, 96.6730°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77475.

Sheridan stretches across a landscape of quiet, sun-drenched plains where the Urmey Branch cuts a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 31.7 miles northwest of El Campo, TX (from El Campo, TX: bearing 310°T), and is situated 16.7 miles south-southwest of Columbus. The light here has a weight to it, particularly in the late afternoon when the shadows of oak trees stretch long and thin, darkening the grass into a deep, velvet gray. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Middle Brook Hill lingering eighteen miles away like a memory of rising ground. Air moves across the fields with the scent of dry soil and native grasses, undisturbed by the rush of distant tides or the turbulence of the coast.

Sheridan maintains a steady, internal focus, tethered to a history of land stewardship and the quiet persistence of rural industry that has defined the region for generations. Residents look toward the expanse of Long Hollow ten miles to the west as a marker of the shifting terrain, while the proximity of Hill Memorial Park, fifteen miles distant, offers a sanctuary of preserved wild space for those who seek the shade of deeper woods. The local rhythm is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the soil, a cycle that prizes endurance over velocity. Life in Sheridan possesses a deliberate clarity, where the primary concerns are the health of the pastures and the slow, rhythmic passage of the sun across an expansive, inland sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Marshall and Malinda Mitchell (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 285° W
Geiger Cemetery (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 269° W
Zion Lutheran Church (Hallettsville) (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 254° W
Hill Memorial Park (Local Park) — 14.1 mi, 338° N
The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 336° NW
Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 030° NE
Stafford Bank and Opera House (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 031° NE
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 031° NE
Lavaca Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 257° W
Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.9 mi, 009° N
Schulenburg Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 313° NW
Open Space (Local Park) — 20.7 mi, 074° E
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 058° NE · 21k acres
D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.8 mi, 093° E
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 27.4 mi, 166° S
Lyric Theater (Cinema) — 28.8 mi, 295° NW
Shiner Gaslight Theater (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 260° W
Palmetto Bend (Local Conservation Area) — 30.8 mi, 171° S
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 31.8 mi, 134° SE
San Felipe de Austin (Attraction) — 38.6 mi, 061° NE
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 38.8 mi, 359° N
St Mary's Grotto (Attraction) — 38.9 mi, 064° NE
Stephen F Austin State Park (State Park) — 39.5 mi, 057° NE
1824 Well (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 059° NE
Stephen F. Austin (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 059° NE
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 097° E · 193k acres
Bastrop State Park (State Park) — 51.4 mi, 323° NW
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 66.9 mi, 147° SE

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