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Somerville Texas Map

Explore Somerville, 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 Somerville, Texas

How to Use This Somerville, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.346043
Longitude	-96.528302
Population	1,312
Density	170.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77879
Area Code	409
County Seat	Caldwell
School District	Somerville Independent School District

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About Somerville, Texas

Somerville is a locality in Burleson County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,312. The population density is 170.3 people per km². Somerville is located at 30.3460°N, 96.5283°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Somerville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77879.

Somerville maintains a quiet presence upon the flat, wide expanse of the Texas landscape, defined by the persistent flow of Thompson Creek as it carves through the surrounding earth. It lies 14.6 miles north-northwest of Brenham, TX (from Brenham, TX: bearing 328°T), and is situated 16.1 miles southeast of Caldwell. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land lifts toward the modest rise of Green Mountain, a steady silhouette against the expansive, cloud-dappled sky. The air here holds the dry, heavy scent of sun-baked prairie grass and post oak, punctuated by the stillness that settles over the region when the heat intensifies. Only a mile away, the waters of Somerville Lake offer a reflective surface that shifts from deep slate to blinding silver as the sun arcs overhead, providing a cooling anchor for the dry, inland terrain.

Somerville emerged from the expansion of rail lines, leaving behind the vestiges of a time when the rhythmic clatter of iron wheels signaled the pulse of local commerce. Today, the economy leans into the quiet utility of the land, drawing travelers who seek the open silence of the Somerville Recreation Area or the hushed, winding paths of the Yegua Creek Park Nature Trail. Life moves with an unforced cadence, governed by the seasonal migrations of birds and the slow, deliberate turn of agricultural cycles. The legacy of those early tracks remains in the town’s character, a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, honest weight of the soil and the enduring patience of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hood's Texas Brigade, 1906 Reunion (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 337° NW
Site of Harvey House (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 341° N
First United Methodist Church of Somerville (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 287° W
Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 189° S
Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 201° S
Lake Somerville State Park - Birch Creek (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 249° W
Somerville Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 015° N
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 251° W
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 247° SW
Texas A&M University Aquaculture Research Teaching Facility (Recreation Easement) — 12.3 mi, 026° NE
Hohlt Park (Local Recreation) — 12.9 mi, 147° SE
Giddings-Wilkin House Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 146° SE
Brenham Fine Arts League & Gallery (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 148° SE
Back Lot Gallery (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 148° SE
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 322° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.2 mi, 321° NW
Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 323° NW
The Dime Box (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 273° W
Star of the Republic Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 093° E
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 21.2 mi, 207° SW
MSC Forsyth Galleries (Gallery) — 21.5 mi, 031° NE
Rudder Theater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 031° NE
Star Cinema Grill (Cinema) — 22.3 mi, 030° NE
The La Bahia Pecan (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 093° E
Moran (Local Park) — 22.7 mi, 027° NE
The Theatre Company of Bryan & College Station (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 027° NE
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.2 mi, 162° S · 21k acres
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 44.4 mi, 077° E · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.4 mi, 076° E · 3,956 acres
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.8 mi, 153° SE · 193k acres

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