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Surfside Beach Texas Map

Explore Surfside Beach, 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 Surfside Beach, Texas

How to Use This Surfside Beach, Texas Map

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

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	Surfside Beach
State	Texas (TX)
County	Brazoria County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	28.953071
Longitude	-95.283757
Population	640
Density	155.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77541
Area Code	281
County Seat	Angleton
School District	Brazosport Independent School District

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About Surfside Beach, Texas

Surfside Beach is a locality in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 640. The population density is 155.5 people per km². Surfside Beach is located at 28.9531°N, 95.2838°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Surfside Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77541.

Surfside Beach stretches thin and resilient against the salt-heavy air, a narrow finger of sand separating the relentless surge of the open coastline from the quiet, brackish interiors. It lies 1.6 miles east of Brazosport, TX (from Brazosport, TX: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.7 miles southeast of Clute. The landscape here is defined by the low, swaying grasses of Russell Tract, where the ground shifts under the weight of the tides and the light at dusk turns the horizon into a bruised, shimmering violet. Near the northern edges, the water of Brazos Harbor remains still and shadowed, while the nearby Freeport Harbor Channel acts as a deep, industrial artery that pulses with the steady movement of tankers and tugs. Beyond the immediate dunes, the land flattens into an expanse that feels perpetually exposed, where the wind carries the scent of brine and the low, distant hum of the Gulf.

History in Surfside Beach is measured not in monuments, but in the slow reclamation of the shoreline by the encroaching salt and the enduring presence of those who work the water. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the docks and the seasonal migration of visitors who come to witness the stark beauty of the coast, often venturing toward the marshy banks of Oyster Creek or observing the distant rise of Hoskins Mound. Life here moves with the tide, indifferent to the frantic pace of the interior, finding its own stability in the shadow of the nearby industrial works and the quiet isolation of Cone Island. Even the deepest depressions in the earth, such as the distant Mud Pit, seem to acknowledge the dominance of the sea, which dictates the character of every house and street, ensuring that Surfside Beach remains a place defined by its fragile, temporary hold upon the edge of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Freeport LNG Mitigation Tract (Park) — locality lies within
Sinking Site of the Blockade Runner "Acadia" (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 225° SW
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 222° SW
Velasco (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 221° SW
Russell Tract (Park) — 0.6 mi, 247° SW
Thunder Drive Boat Ramp (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 237° SW
Fort Velasco (Historic Castle / Fort) — 1.3 mi, 233° SW
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.6 mi, 009° N · 140k acres
Quintana Beach County Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 219° SW
Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 228° SW
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.5 mi, 328° NW · 193k acres
Freeport Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 266° W
Follet's Island Coastal Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 044° NE
Hopper Stadium (Stadium) — 5.5 mi, 274° W
Christmas Bay Coastal Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 042° NE
Justin Hurst Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 6.5 mi, 269° W
Mamoth Lake (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 303° NW
Texas Flag Mural (Public Artwork) — 10.1 mi, 298° NW
Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 300° NW
Sea Center Texas (Aquarium) — 10.8 mi, 294° NW
Alden B. Dow Office Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 301° NW
AMC Classic Brazos 14 (Cinema) — 12.5 mi, 302° NW
Fairgrounds Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 330° NW
Galveston Island State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 24.9 mi, 048° NE
Columbia Historical Museum Association (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 301° NW
Alvin Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 005° N
Bayou Safari Wildlife Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 33.7 mi, 012° N
Carolyn Ehman Dance Academy (Arts Centre) — 33.8 mi, 051° NE
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 34.4 mi, 271° W
Pier Pileup (Attraction) — 37.7 mi, 052° NE

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