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Smith Point Texas Map

Explore Smith Point, 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 Smith Point, Texas

How to Use This Smith Point, Texas Map

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

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	Smith Point
State	Texas (TX)
County	Chambers County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.536896
Longitude	-94.760475
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	77514
Area Code	281
County Seat	Anahuac

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About Smith Point, Texas

Smith Point is a locality in Chambers County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Smith Point is located at 29.5369°N, 94.7605°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 77514.

Smith Point marks the terminus of a narrow peninsula, where the low-lying coastal prairie yields to the shifting moods of the tidewater. It lies 13.6 miles northeast of Texas City, TX (from Texas City, TX: bearing 39°T), and is situated 16.4 miles north of Galveston. The landscape here is defined by an expansive horizon, where the sky seems to press against the salt-crusted earth, and the light at dusk bleeds into shades of bruised violet and pale amber across the Trinity River Channel. Within the boundaries of the Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area, the tangled brush and coastal grasses provide a sanctuary for migratory birds, their wings beating against the humid air as they navigate the currents moving toward the Vingt-et-un Islands. The terrain remains stubbornly level, a broad expanse of sediment and silt that feels perpetually suspended between the firm ground and the encroaching tide.

Smith Point preserves a quiet, rugged endurance, having long sustained itself through the seasonal harvest of the water and the deliberate pace of the cattlemen who graze their herds on the open range. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the estuary, where generations have looked to the bounty of the shoreline for their livelihood, maintaining a connection to the land that is as deep as the silt-heavy waters of Lone Oak Bayou. While Lake Surprise sits a few miles inland, the life of Smith Point is dictated by the salt air and the brackish wind that rolls across the flats. There is a singular, unadorned beauty in the way the local life organizes itself around the tides, a persistence that remains indifferent to the frantic speed of the world beyond the peninsula’s edge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 234° SW
Smith Point Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 187° S
Robbins Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 282° W
Rich Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 028° NE
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.4 mi, 044° NE · 113k acres
Lone Oak Spoil & Shell (Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 021° N
Crenshaw Family Cemetery (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 151° SE
La Salle Park (Local Recreation) — 10.5 mi, 254° W
Walter-Jenschke Sunday House (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 256° W
Point Bolivar (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 183° S
Bolivar Point (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 179° S
Bay Street Park (Local Park) — 11.7 mi, 221° SW
Texas City Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 220° SW
The Breakers Building (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 101° E
The Crib (Historic Castle / Fort) — 15.1 mi, 316° NW
Galveston Historic Seaport (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 185° S
Galveston Railroad Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 188° S
Dolphin Tree Sculpture (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 184° S
Galveston County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 186° S
The Studio Experience (Gallery) — 16.3 mi, 187° S
Shark Attack 5D Theatee (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 186° S
Pier Pileup (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 186° S
Wallisville Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 354° N
Cedar Bayou Stadium (Stadium) — 18.3 mi, 325° NW
Baytown Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 317° NW
Carolyn Ehman Dance Academy (Arts Centre) — 19.9 mi, 195° S
Jack Brooks Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 236° SW
7 Starship Gallery (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 273° W
Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 081° E · 178k acres
Galveston Island State Park (State Park) — 24.9 mi, 208° SW

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