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Somerset Texas Map

Explore Somerset, 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 Somerset, Texas

How to Use This Somerset, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.22635
Longitude	-98.657798
Population	1,756
Density	339.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78069
Area Code	210, 726
County Seat	San Antonio
School District	Somerset Independent School District

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About Somerset, Texas

Somerset is a locality in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,756. The population density is 339.3 people per km². Somerset is located at 29.2264°N, 98.6578°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Somerset is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78069.

Somerset reveals itself as a quiet expanse of brush and mesquite, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth beneath it. It lies 16.9 miles southwest of San Antonio, TX (from San Antonio, TX: bearing 216°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Lytle. The ground here is hardened by the sun, a dry, clay-rich terrain that gives way to the gentle, winding path of Elm Creek as it cuts through the scrubland. Far to the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau marks the edge of the world, while the local landscape remains defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of prairie grasses that shiver in the afternoon heat. During the golden hour, the air turns a dusty amber, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that make the vast openness feel intimate, as if the land itself were exhaling after a long day of work.

Somerset traces its character to the patient labor of those who settled this arid ground, turning the soil toward an economy shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the steady pulse of industry. Residents find moments of stillness at Von Ormy City Park, a green refuge where the pace of life slows to match the quiet drift of the land, while the nearby presence of Victor Braunig Lake offers a different kind of relief from the inland dryness. Deep fissures like Long Hollow remind observers of the ancient work of water on this terrain, a silent testament to the forces that shaped this region long before the first fence lines were drawn. Life in Somerset moves with the deliberate weight of history, where the legacy of the oil patch and the endurance of the ranching spirit remain etched into the daily habits of its people, creating a culture that values the grit of the present as much as the stillness of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Rock Baptist Church (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 209° SW
Von Ormy City Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 002° N
Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 041° NE
Medina River (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 064° NE
Krause House/Mann's Crossing Post Office (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 355° N
Medina River Greenway (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 077° E
Medina River Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 078° E
Leon Creek Greenway System (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 063° NE
Applewhite House Ruins 1852-1930s (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 079° E
Corn Crib Photographic Exhibit by Ansen Seale (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 079° E
Richard Beene Site (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 076° E
Pearsall Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 025° NE
Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 068° E
Mission Espada Visitor's Center (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 063° NE
Angelica talamantes (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 055° NE
City Base Entertainment (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 055° NE
1906 Gallery (Gallery) — 15.5 mi, 037° NE
San Anto Cultural Arte Center (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 031° NE
San Anto Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 031° NE
Friends Amphitheater (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 300° NW
Great White (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 352° N
Rio Loco (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 351° N
Texas Stingray (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 351° N
El Progresso (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 033° NE
Sea Swinger (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 351° N
Government Canyon State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.0 mi, 346° N
Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 43.7 mi, 012° N
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 53.3 mi, 155° SE

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