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Tenaha Texas Map

Explore Tenaha, 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 Tenaha, Texas

How to Use This Tenaha, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.94378
Longitude	-94.244086
Population	989
Density	102.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75974
Area Code	903
County Seat	Center
School District	Tenaha Independent School District

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About Tenaha, Texas

Tenaha is a locality in Shelby County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 989. The population density is 102.0 people per km². Tenaha is located at 31.9438°N, 94.2441°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tenaha is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75974.

Tenaha sits amidst the dense, tangled greenery of the East Texas piney woods, where the earth holds the damp, iron-rich scent of clay and decaying needles. It lies 33.7 miles northeast of Nacogdoches, TX (from Nacogdoches, TX: bearing 46°T), and is situated 15.7 miles south-southeast of Carthage. Hilliard Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy timber near the outskirts, its dark waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that defines the local topography. Beyond the tree line, the land levels into muted, verdant horizons, far removed from the jagged peaks of the Matlock Hills, which linger only as a faint, gray suggestion of elevation thirty-one miles to the west. A mile away, the quiet surface of Valmac Lake reflects the heavy, humid sky, acting as a mirror for the stillness that settles over the landscape when the afternoon light turns thick and gold.

Tenaha developed as a junction of iron rails, its identity forged by the steady pulse of commerce that once moved timber and freight through the deep woods. While the economy has shifted over the generations, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the patient labor of the land and the quiet endurance of those who work the rural tracts. Hunters still frequent the nearby Public Hunting Land Panola County Unit #630, drawn by the same thickets that have defined the region since its founding. There is a distinct, unhurried gravity here, where the sound of a distant train whistle or the cooling shift of the evening air carries more weight than the clamor of the outside world, grounding the residents in a long, unbroken continuity of place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First United Methodist Church of Tenaha (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 064° NE
Ramah Cemetery (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 070° E
Woods New Hope Baptist Church (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 357° N
Public Hunting Land Panola County Unit #630 (Local Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 060° NE
Center Municipal Park (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 167° S
Center Softball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 168° S
Shelby County Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 159° S
Sabine National Forest (National Forest) — 11.5 mi, 101° E · 161k acres
Pickering Lumber Company mill? (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 083° E
North Toledo Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 099° E
Panola County Historical Museum and Library (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 339° N
Jim Reeves Statue and Grave (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 353° N
Chimp Haven (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 27.8 mi, 039° NE
Martin Creek Lake State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 321° NW
San Augustine County Historical Foundation Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 164° S
Ezekiel Cullen Home Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 164° S
Tatum on the Santa Fe Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 328° NW
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 187° S · 154k acres
Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House (Gallery) — 33.7 mi, 226° SW
Turkey Hill Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.7 mi, 177° S · 5,536 acres
North Toledo Bend State Park (State Park) — 38.9 mi, 132° SE
Red River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 076° E · 30k acres
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 46.8 mi, 268° W
SUSLA Sign (Attraction) — 47.8 mi, 030° NE
Indian Mounds Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.0 mi, 146° SE · 12k acres
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.5 mi, 006° N · 15k acres
Old Railroad Equitment (Attraction) — 48.7 mi, 037° NE
Imminent Doom Haunted House (Theme Park) — 48.7 mi, 314° NW
Track Speeder (Attraction) — 48.8 mi, 036° NE
Shreveport Aquarium (Aquarium) — 49.2 mi, 036° NE

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