Explore Slidell, 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 Slidell, 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 Slidell.
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 | Slidell |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Wise County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.359836 |
| Longitude | -97.391688 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 76267 |
| Area Code | 817 |
| County Seat | Decatur |
Slidell occupies a quiet stretch of North Texas prairie where the landscape yields to the steady, modest carving of North Hickory Creek. It lies 18.0 miles northwest of Denton, TX (from Denton, TX: bearing 304°T), and is situated 12.6 miles west of Sanger. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, defined by the distant, shadowy rise of The Backbone to the west and the subtle depressions of Cove Hollow nearby. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, bleaching the tall grasses to a pale straw color and casting long, sharp silhouettes as the day wanes against the earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land transitions into the managed wilderness of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland, where the scrub and open range suggest a country that has surrendered little of its original, rugged character to the passing years.
Slidell functions as a deliberate point of focus for a local economy rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the land. Generations have worked these fields, their history inscribed not in grand monuments but in the sturdy fences that trace the property lines and the persistent growth of the crops. Life maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic density of urban centers, with the nearby Rucker Pond serving as a solitary anchor for the local hydrology. Whether traversing the road toward the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland or attending to the daily requirements of a rural existence, the people of Slidell move with an awareness of the climate and the soil, recognizing that their endurance is tied to the quiet, unyielding nature of the North Texas plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Slidell, Texas. Coordinates: 33.359836, -97.391688. 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 Slidell includes the ZIP code (76267), telephone area code (817), county seat of Wise County (Decatur), 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. |