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University Park Texas Map

Explore University Park, 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 University Park, Texas

How to Use This University Park, Texas Map

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

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	University Park
State	Texas (TX)
County	Harris County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.848624
Longitude	-96.79525
Population	25,278
Density	2647.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	75205, 77058, 75225
Area Code	713, 832, 281, 346, 214, 469
County Seat	Houston
School District	Highland Park Independent School District

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About University Park, Texas

University Park is a locality in Harris County, Texas, United States. It has a population of 25,278. The population density is 2647.8 people per km². University Park is located at 32.8486°N, 96.7952°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. University Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 75205, 77058, 75225.

University Park emerges from the flat, low-lying coastal plains where the heavy, salt-tinged air of Nassau Bay drifts inland to temper the afternoon heat. It lies 1.6 miles northeast of Clear Lake Area, TX (from Clear Lake Area, TX: bearing 56°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Pasadena. The landscape here is defined by a subtle, damp humidity, where the land barely rises above the tide and the horizon remains a wide, unbroken line of sky. A short distance away, the quiet, meandering waters of Horsepen Bayou carve through the earth, offering a slow, dark current that mirrors the shifting clouds. Visitors often wander the Armand Bayou Nature Center, where the dense, tangled vegetation provides a sanctuary for coastal wildlife, and the Armand Bayou Nature Center Trail offers a path through the humid, verdant thickets that define this reach of the basin. The terrain is marked by the presence of Spring Gully, a shallow depression that channels the occasional heavy rains toward the bay, while the faint, distant profile of Barbers Hill serves as the only relief in an otherwise level expanse.

University Park carries the weight of a history rooted in the expansion of the surrounding coastal industry, where the economy has long been shaped by the proximity to the water and the reach of the nearby shipping channels. The rhythms of daily life here are dictated by the interplay between the quiet residential streets and the persistent, industrial hum that defines the broader region’s prosperity. Life in University Park reflects a blend of modern suburban stability and the raw, natural persistence of the coastal marshes that once blanketed the entire territory. Even as the town grows, the nearby Galveston County Industrial Water Reservoir remains a silent, artificial anchor in the landscape, a reminder of the engineering required to sustain life in this thirsty, salt-heavy environment. Far from the busy, crowded centers of commerce, the people here maintain a steady, measured pace, finding a peculiar beauty in the way the light fades over the bay at dusk, turning the marsh grasses into a deep, bruised shade of gold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Martin Luther King Jr. at SMU (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 118° SE
Dallas Hall (SMU) (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 111° E
Daniel Family Cemetery (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 090° E
Figure with Raised Arms (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 138° SE
Katy Trail (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 143° SE
Angelika Film Center (Cinema) — 1.4 mi, 122° SE
Inwood Theater (Cinema) — 1.4 mi, 275° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 153° SE
Second Thought Theatre (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 186° S
Kalita Humphreys (Frank Lloyd Wright) Theater Center (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 187° S
Frank H. Caven Memorial Garden (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 196° S
Legacy of Love Monument (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 196° S
Fair Oaks Park (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 059° NE
White Rock Lake & Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 104° E
Slick City Action Park (Theme Park) — 4.0 mi, 025° NE
Economy in Action (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 185° S
The Samurai Collection (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 190° S
Play Street Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 062° NE
Dog Launch (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 087° E
Dallas Visual Art Center (Arts Centre) — 4.2 mi, 173° S
Concrete Hamburger (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 212° SW
Perspective Art (Gallery) — 4.5 mi, 171° S
Cedar Hill State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 216° SW
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (State Park) — 30.0 mi, 334° NW

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