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Van Texas Map

Explore Van, 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 Van, Texas

How to Use This Van, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.524861
Longitude	-95.637184
Population	2,664
Density	343.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75790
Area Code	903
County Seat	Canton
School District	Van Independent School District

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About Van, Texas

Van is a locality in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,664. The population density is 343.9 people per km². Van is located at 32.5249°N, 95.6372°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Van is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75790.

Van occupies a stretch of East Texas where the horizon flattens into a persistent, quiet expanse of piney woods and sandy loam. It lies 23.0 miles west-northwest of Tyler, TX (from Tyler, TX: bearing 302°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west of Garden Valley. Big Sandy Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its banks shaded by oaks that hold the morning dampness long after the sun has climbed high. Tunnell Pond sits nearby, a still mirror reflecting the shifting clouds of an inland sky, while the silhouette of Mount Sinai rises in the distance like a muted suggestion against the hazy blue. The air here carries the scent of dry earth and pine needles, a persistent reminder of the vast, landlocked miles that separate Van from any coastline.

Van grew from the rugged necessity of the oil patch, its economy once defined by the deep, pressurized secrets of the earth that brought sudden industry to these quiet plains. Today, the pace of life maintains a steady, measured cadence, shifting from the bustle of the Van Sports Complex to the solitary work of maintaining the fences and fields that border the town. The legacy of the wells remains in the quiet, industrial rhythm of the local economy, where the heritage of extraction has slowly mellowed into a grounded, self-reliant existence. People here move with the awareness of a landscape that does not hurry, where the light at dusk turns the dusty roads a deep, bruised copper, grounding the residents in a place that feels entirely, and unapologetically, its own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

C.S. Nicks (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 254° W
Van United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 269° W
Van School, 1929-1947 (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 083° E
Van Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 084° E
Van City Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 275° W
Canoe Beach Ampatheater (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 049° NE
Burleson Wetlands Forest Legacy Project (Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 042° NE
Mineola Nature Preserve on the Sabine River (Local Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 055° NE
West Mineola Mitigation Bank (Park) — 10.8 mi, 017° N
Wildlife Viewing Station #3 (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 057° NE
Mineola Civic Center and RV Park (Local Recreation) — 13.6 mi, 042° NE
Old Sabine Bottom Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 068° E
Cherry Creek Park (Local Park) — 14.2 mi, 279° W
Edgewood Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 310° NW
Tyler State Park (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 098° E
Southwest Lifestyle Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.5 mi, 030° NE
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.7 mi, 090° E
Purtis Creek State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 242° SW
Discovery Science Place (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 121° SE
Smith County Historical Society (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 122° SE
Tyler Museum of Art (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 122° SE
Times Square Grand Slam (Cinema) — 25.2 mi, 130° SE
Henderson County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 210° SW
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 133° SE
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 122° SE
Tree of Life (Public Artwork) — 30.0 mi, 063° NE
SwCC Entrance Sign (Attraction) — 40.4 mi, 291° W
Terrell Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 41.0 mi, 291° W
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.5 mi, 164° S · 16k acres
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 71.2 mi, 157° SE · 161k acres

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