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Sour Lake Texas Map

Explore Sour Lake, 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 Sour Lake, Texas

How to Use This Sour Lake, Texas Map

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

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	Sour Lake
State	Texas (TX)
County	Hardin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.140212
Longitude	-94.411024
Population	1,773
Density	297.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77659
Area Code	281
County Seat	Kountze
School District	Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District

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About Sour Lake, Texas

Sour Lake is a locality in Hardin County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,773. The population density is 297.4 people per km². Sour Lake is located at 30.1402°N, 94.4110°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sour Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77659.

Sour Lake emerges from the flat, pine-heavy horizon as a quiet settlement defined by the dense, humid embrace of the surrounding woods. It lies 15.3 miles southwest of Lumberton, TX (from Lumberton, TX: bearing 236°T), and is situated 18.9 miles west-northwest of Beaumont. Thick stands of loblolly and longleaf pine dominate the landscape, their needles filtering the heavy, golden sunlight into long, amber shafts that settle upon the forest floor. Jackson Creek winds through the low-lying terrain just a mile from the center, its tea-colored waters moving with a lethargic, deliberate patience through the undergrowth. To the west, the topography dips into the subtle depressions of Pignut Gully, while the sprawling, untamed expanse of the Big Thicket National Preserve lies only three miles away, acting as a verdant sentinel over the local ecosystem. The air here carries a weight of moisture and the faint, earthy scent of damp pine needles and decaying loam, marking a rhythm of life that aligns with the slow growth of the timber and the seasonal shifts of the southern plains.

Industrial ambition once transformed Sour Lake when the discovery of oil turned the quiet earth into a frantic center of derrick-building and commerce. Where the land was once marked by small-scale agriculture, the arrival of the petroleum industry introduced a permanent mechanical pulse to the local economy, forever altering the pace of development. While Hawkins Hill stands twenty miles off as a distant silhouette, the immediate history of the region is written in the steel and grit of the oil patch, a legacy that remains visible in the steady hum of pumps and the weathered storefronts of the older districts. Residents maintain a life shaped by this blend of resource extraction and the encroaching wilderness, where the proximity to vast, protected tracts of forest keeps the modern world at a distance. Even the nearby Blue Hole, seventeen miles away, serves as a reminder of the quiet, deep-seated water tables that have long sustained this patch of Texas, grounding the daily routine in a landscape that values resilience over the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Thicket National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 353° N · 109k acres
Site of World War ll Prisoner of War Camp (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 139° SE
Opelousas Trail (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 153° SE
Teel Cemetery (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 324° NW
Lance Rosier Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 328° NW
Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 109° E
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 064° NE
John Jay French Historic House Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 097° E
Wildwood Heritage Society Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 011° N
Gator Country Wildlife Adventure Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.7 mi, 151° SE
Tyrrell Park (Local Recreation) — 17.2 mi, 115° SE
Purple Stadium (Stadium) — 17.5 mi, 104° E
Beaumont Art League (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 098° E
McFaddin-Ward House Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 102° E
Mildred Buildings (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 102° E
Art Museum of Southeast Texas (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 102° E
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.3 mi, 261° W · 58k acres
Winnie-Stowell Horse Arena (Stadium) — 22.7 mi, 175° S
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 23.1 mi, 179° S
J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 25.5 mi, 131° SE
Davis Hill State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 297° NW
Mcfaddin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 153° SE · 178k acres
B&B Port Arthur Central Mall 10 (Cinema) — 28.6 mi, 118° SE
Sims House (Historic Ruins) — 40.3 mi, 095° E
Heritage House of Orange County (Historic Ruins) — 40.4 mi, 095° E
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 092° E
Texas Star (Public Artwork) — 41.7 mi, 091° E
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 43.1 mi, 300° NW · 163k acres
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 61.0 mi, 001° N · 154k acres
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 61.2 mi, 001° N · 13k acres

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