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Sweet Home Texas Map

Explore Sweet Home, 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 Sweet Home, Texas

How to Use This Sweet Home, Texas Map

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

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	Sweet Home
State	Texas (TX)
County	Lavaca County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.257436
Longitude	-96.821368
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78155, 78942, 77987
Area Code	830, 409
County Seat	Hallettsville

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About Sweet Home, Texas

Sweet Home is a locality in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Sweet Home is located at 30.2574°N, 96.8214°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78155, 78942, 77987.

Sweet Home occupies a quiet expanse of the coastal plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky maintains a vast, unblinking clarity. It lies 37.5 miles north of Victoria, TX (from Victoria, TX: bearing 354°T), and is situated 6.3 miles northeast of Yoakum. The landscape is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Burncamp Creek, which carves a modest path through the earth just a mile away, feeding the thirsty soil of the surrounding pastures. Dry, golden grasses shift under the weight of a warm afternoon wind, while the occasional silhouette of Frederick Mound breaks the distant, flat line of the plains like a dull, earthen punctuation mark. During the golden hour, the light here takes on a heavy, honeyed quality, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that make the fences and silos appear as if they were sketched in charcoal against the amber glow.

Sweet Home maintains an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of agriculture and the methodical labor of the land, reflecting a heritage built by those who first settled these fertile, stubborn stretches. While the pace of life remains tethered to the seasons, the nearby Municipal Park offers a brief reprieve for those seeking the shade of scattered oaks and the quietude of the open air. Further afield, the stillness of Big Tank provides a singular, reflective mirror for the clouds, standing as a quiet anchor in a region otherwise defined by the endless reach of farmland. The character of Sweet Home is found in these simple, repetitive rhythms—the hum of machinery at harvest, the dust rising from a gravel road, and the enduring connection to a landscape that demands both patience and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Somerville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 030° NE
Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 031° NE
Lake Somerville Trailway State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 051° NE
The Dime Box (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 359° N
City Golf Course (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 202° S
City Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 229° SW
Old Evergreen Tree (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 276° W
First United Methodist Church of Giddings (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 229° SW
Edward R. Sinks House (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 231° SW
Lee County Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 233° SW
Somerville Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 068° E
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 074° E
Cooper Farm (Recreation Easement) — 11.8 mi, 168° S
Center for American History Winedale Historical Center (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 165° S
Round Top Area History Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 165° S
Rifle Association Hall (Registered Battlefield) — 15.0 mi, 148° SE
Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 022° N
Burleson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 022° N
Argosy Stage (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 265° W
Villagers' Square (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 265° W
Sherwood Forest Faire (Theme Park) — 20.7 mi, 265° W
Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp (Park) — 22.9 mi, 260° W
Brenham Fine Arts League & Gallery (Gallery) — 26.0 mi, 104° E
Back Lot Gallery (Gallery) — 26.1 mi, 104° E
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 27.3 mi, 229° SW
CCC Water Fountain (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 249° W
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.5 mi, 139° SE · 21k acres
Sam Houston National Forest (National Forest) — 62.9 mi, 075° E · 163k acres
Little Lake Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 65.8 mi, 074° E · 3,956 acres
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.5 mi, 139° SE · 193k acres

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