Enter your search query in the box below.

Smiley Texas Map

Explore Smiley, 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 Smiley, Texas

How to Use This Smiley, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.267743
Longitude	-97.635828
Population	475
Density	352.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78159
Area Code	210
County Seat	Gonzales
School District	Nixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School District

🌦 Goto Smiley Weather Page: Smiley, Texas — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Smiley, Texas

Smiley is a locality in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 475. The population density is 352.0 people per km². Smiley is located at 29.2677°N, 97.6358°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smiley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78159.

Smiley anchors the wide, sun-drenched plains of South Texas, where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a sky that seems to weigh heavily upon the earth. It lies 28.7 miles southeast of Seguin, TX (from Seguin, TX: bearing 136°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Nixon. The landscape around Smiley is defined by the subtle, persistent presence of Elm Creek, which carves a modest path through the brush, and the distant, singular silhouette of Rocky Mound rising five miles away to break the flat monotony of the horizon. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain shifts into the depressions of Long Hollow, where the soil holds the heat of the day long after the light has begun to fail. In these open spaces, the air feels vast and uncontained, carrying the scent of dry grass and the occasional, sharp tang of red clay baking in the afternoon sun.

Agriculture and the quiet persistence of rural industry define the pulse of Smiley, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the changing seasons. The local character is forged by a history of resilience, where the labor of generations has been poured into these fields, leaving an imprint on the fences, barns, and the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. While the quietude of the plains suggests a stillness, the area remains connected to the broader region through the nearby Lake Wood Recreation Area, which offers a rare pocket of shade and water for those seeking a reprieve from the heat. Life here moves with a steady, unsentimental gravity, characterized by the persistent work of maintaining a livelihood in a landscape that demands both patience and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First Baptist Church of Smiley (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 021° N
Smiley United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 285° W
Old Smiley Lake and Townsite (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 207° SW
Lake Wood Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 032° NE
Yorktown Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 166° S
J. B. Wells Park (Local Park) — 17.9 mi, 038° NE
Independance Park (Local Park) — 18.7 mi, 037° NE
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 034° NE
M. O. Neasloney Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 353° N
Gonzales Memorial Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 035° NE
Palmetto State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 008° N
DeWitt Wildflower Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 120° SE
Saint Joseph School Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 215° SW
Martin Luther Statue (Public Artwork) — 29.5 mi, 315° NW
Shiner Gaslight Theater (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 068° E
Calaveras Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 39.5 mi, 272° W
Lockhart State Park (State Park) — 40.0 mi, 355° N
Comal County Rebels Art Gallery (Gallery) — 42.1 mi, 316° NW
Lyric Theater (Cinema) — 43.0 mi, 048° NE
CCC Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 44.7 mi, 160° S
The SPOT Cinema Eatery (Cinema) — 46.1 mi, 338° N
Learning Tree (Attraction) — 46.3 mi, 335° NW
Wetland Wonders (Viewpoint) — 46.3 mi, 335° NW
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 46.5 mi, 338° N
Grandmother's tree (Attraction) — 47.4 mi, 334° NW
Amazing Air (Theme Park) — 48.6 mi, 290° W
Canyon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 52.3 mi, 321° NW
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 63.7 mi, 217° SW
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 72.7 mi, 162° S
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 78.8 mi, 148° SE · 298k acres

Latest News: Smiley

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News