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Simms Texas Map

Explore Simms, 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 Simms, Texas

How to Use This Simms, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	35.033393
Longitude	-102.657714
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	79045, 75574
Area Code	806, 972
County Seat	Boston

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About Simms, Texas

Simms is a locality in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Simms is located at 35.0334°N, 102.6577°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 79045, 75574.

Simms emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed interior of East Texas as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient, persistent work of the land. It lies 27.0 miles west of Texarkana, TX (from Texarkana, TX: bearing 259°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southwest of New Boston. Beyond the quiet residential streets, the terrain hums with the vitality of the nearby Dody Branch, a waterway that cuts through the loamy earth just a mile away, feeding the thirsty roots of the surrounding woodland. To the west, the silhouettes of White Oak Ridge rise against the horizon, providing a permanent, jagged anchor to the landscape, while the proximity of Ashford Lake four miles distant offers a glassy, reflective stillness to the humid afternoons. The air here carries a heavy, sweet scent of damp pine needles and turned soil, a sensory reminder that the vast, verdant expanse of the Wright Patman Recreation Area lies only three miles away, acting as a green lung for the region.

Simms maintains an economy deeply tethered to the timber and agricultural cycles that have dictated the pace of life here since the early days of settlement. The social rhythm of the locality is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal transition of the crops and the steady extraction of timber from the surrounding thickets. Residents often traverse the five-mile distance to the open expanse of Little Prairie, a geographical departure from the encroaching forests that reveals the flatter, more expansive character of the local topography. There is a distinct, unadorned integrity to the way Simms organizes its days, where the collective memory of the populace is tied to the enduring strength of the soil and the quietude of the backcountry. Life here remains focused on the immediate, tangible reality of the earth, leaving little room for the clamor of the outside world to penetrate the deep, shaded canopy of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Route 66 Mid Point (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 357° N
Oldham County Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 041° NE
Milburn Price Culture Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 041° NE
DOTS Mini Museum Route 66 (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 041° NE
Magnolia Gas Station (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 041° NE
Site of Old Tascosa (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 041° NE
Home County of Doctor Oscar H. Loyd (1868-1959) (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 041° NE
Aquatic Center Park (Local Recreation) — 19.9 mi, 133° SE
Mothers Park (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 135° SE
County Park (Local Park) — 20.7 mi, 131° SE
Canadian River Cattle Ranch (Conservation Area) — 26.2 mi, 342° N
Carand Collecible Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 291° W
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.9 mi, 106° E · 15k acres
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.0 mi, 155° SE
Cadillac Ranch (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 074° E
San Jon Hill View (Viewpoint) — 39.7 mi, 265° W
Marshall Cator (Public Artwork) — 40.9 mi, 033° NE
Cinergy Movies (Cinema) — 41.1 mi, 078° E
Scene One Westgate Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 42.5 mi, 076° E
John S Stiff Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 42.5 mi, 078° E
Randall Football Stadium (Stadium) — 43.4 mi, 082° E
Ned Houk Park (Local Park) — 44.6 mi, 218° SW
Arts in the Sunset (Gallery) — 45.4 mi, 075° E
Thingology (Gallery) — 45.7 mi, 074° E
Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center (Museum) — 45.8 mi, 078° E
Ute Lake State Park (State Park) — 48.7 mi, 296° NW
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 53.3 mi, 095° E
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 54.3 mi, 057° NE · 41k acres
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Monument) — 66.0 mi, 055° NE · 1,080 acres
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.3 mi, 182° S · 14k acres

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