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South Mountain Texas Map

Explore South Mountain, 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 South Mountain, Texas

How to Use This South Mountain, Texas Map

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

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	South Mountain
State	Texas (TX)
County	Coryell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.439827
Longitude	-97.679265
Population	411
Density	98.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76528
Area Code	254
County Seat	Gatesville
School District	Gatesville Independent School District

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About South Mountain, Texas

South Mountain is a locality in Coryell County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 411. The population density is 98.4 people per km². South Mountain is located at 31.4398°N, 97.6793°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. South Mountain is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76528.

South Mountain defines its own horizon through the persistent, winding presence of South Greenbriar Creek, which cuts a limestone path through the surrounding scrub and sun-bleached earth. It lies 3.9 miles east of Gatesville, TX (from Gatesville, TX: bearing 98°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west of McGregor. The air here holds a dry, singular clarity, particularly in the hours before dusk when the light turns the color of pale honey and stretches the shadows of the twisted oaks across the dry plains. Six miles to the west, the prominence of Langford Mountain breaks the skyline, providing a silent, jagged anchor for a landscape that otherwise favors the quiet expanse of limestone shelves and hardy, drought-resistant grasses. Visitors seeking a reprieve from the heat often gravitate toward the shade provided by the trees at Lions Club Park, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional rustle of brush or the distant, rhythmic hum of insects rising from the creek bed.

South Mountain maintains an economy tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of land management and the maintenance of local trade, reflecting a history of settlement built upon the necessity of navigating the rugged, inland terrain. The daily pace is dictated by the heat and the seasonal demands of the surrounding acreage, leaving little room for the haste found in more densely populated corridors. While the broader region offers the recreational reach of the Angelina National Forest Trail or the expansive waters of Belton Lake, the character of South Mountain remains firmly rooted in its own specific geography and the quiet resilience of those who cultivate it. Life moves with an unadorned precision here, acknowledging the scarcity of water and the strength of the soil, ensuring that the legacy of the place is measured not in monumental architecture, but in the enduring, quiet survival of the homesteads that dot the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 262° W
Lions Club Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 258° W
Graham, Jesse (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 267° W
Dr. John Calhoun Bates (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 265° W
Fort Gates (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 185° S
Coryell County (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 107° E
Mother Neff State Park (State Park) — 13.9 mi, 125° SE
Belton Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.4 mi, 133° SE
Iron Bridge Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.4 mi, 131° SE
Belton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 178° S
Historic Bell (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 122° SE
CCC Plaque (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 122° SE
Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 131° SE
Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 090° E
Old Nazi Villiage Training Site (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 201° S
Showcase Room (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 193° S
Mayborn Science Theater (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 199° S
Clear Creek Park (National Conservation Area) — 23.5 mi, 201° S · 78 acres
On the Banks of the Bosque (Public Artwork) — 24.5 mi, 014° N
219 Artisan Market (Gallery) — 24.5 mi, 014° N
Lake Waco Wetlands (National Conservation Area) — 24.8 mi, 062° NE · 348 acres
Harris Community Center (Arts Centre) — 29.0 mi, 154° SE
Bell County Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 154° SE
Meridian State Park (State Park) — 30.6 mi, 357° N
Practically Pikasso (Gallery) — 30.6 mi, 079° E
Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 139° SE
Waco Mammoth National Monument (National Monument) — 31.8 mi, 069° E · 5 acres
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.6 mi, 201° S · 43k acres

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