Explore Trinidad, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trinidad, 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 Trinidad.
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 | Trinidad |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Henderson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.160015 |
| Longitude | -96.109524 |
| Population | 860 |
| Density | 22.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 75163 |
| Area Code | 214, 469 |
| County Seat | Athens |
| School District | Malakoff Independent School District |
Trinidad occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile plains of East Texas begin to yield to the encroaching shadows of dense woodland. It lies 14.4 miles west-southwest of Athens, TX (from Athens, TX: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southeast of Tool. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy quality, casting long, amber-hued silhouettes across the tall grasses that sway in the humid afternoon breeze. The landscape is defined by the steady, winding presence of the Trinity River, which carves a deliberate path through the earth just a mile from the center of Trinidad. Nearby, the still, glassy expanse of Flag Lake acts as a mirror for the broad, open sky, providing a sanctuary for wildlife that moves through the brush with an instinctual, unhurried grace.
Industry has long been the pulse of Trinidad, defined by its historical ties to the power generation that once anchored the local economy and shaped the way residents occupied their hours. The legacy of these operations remains etched into the skyline, standing as a quiet reminder of an era when the town served as a vital engine for the surrounding region. Beyond the industrial remnants, life maintains an unpretentious pace, where the proximity to the natural silence of Kilmanfield Park offers a stark contrast to the hum of human endeavor. Residents often venture toward the horizon where the distant rise of Melton Rock provides a singular, jagged point of reference, grounding the otherwise expansive and level horizon in a landscape that values substance over spectacle.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trinidad, Texas. Coordinates: 32.160015, -96.109524. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Trinidad includes the ZIP code (75163), telephone area code (214, 469), county seat of Henderson County (Athens), and school district assignment (Malakoff Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |