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Waelder Texas Map

Explore Waelder, 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 Waelder, Texas

How to Use This Waelder, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.693287
Longitude	-97.299157
Population	933
Density	281.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78959
Area Code	830
County Seat	Gonzales
School District	Waelder Independent School District

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About Waelder, Texas

Waelder is a locality in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 933. The population density is 281.7 people per km². Waelder is located at 29.6933°N, 97.2992°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Waelder is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78959.

Waelder occupies a stretch of level earth where the moisture of the land seems to pull the sky down close to the horizon. It lies 25.9 miles east-southeast of Lockhart, TX (from Lockhart, TX: bearing 121°T), and is situated 16.1 miles northeast of Gonzales. Baldridge Creek carves a shallow, verdant artery through the soil nearby, its banks fringed with thickets that catch the morning light in a haze of pale gold and muted green. To the west, the subtle rise of Pin Oak Mound breaks the flatness of the prairie, a lonely elevation that marks the transition toward the deeper, limestone-streaked terrain of the interior. The air here holds a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the dry rustle of grass and the occasional, sharp call of birds moving between the fence lines that partition the vast, open pasture.

Waelder maintains a quiet persistence, a rhythm defined by the cycles of agriculture and the long, slow passage of the sun over the fields. The economy remains tethered to the land, an extension of the ranching and farming traditions that have long dictated the pace of life in this corner of the state. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape opens toward the deeper depressions of Chalk Hollow, while the proximity of the Kestner Double D Ranch serves as a reminder of the quiet, expansive nature of the surrounding territory. History here is felt in the fading paint of older structures and the way the shadows grow long and violet across the road as the evening settles, marking a place that exists entirely for its own sake, indifferent to the noise of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Town of Waelder (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 121° SE
Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M. (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 071° E
Ralph Bunche High School (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 130° SE
Kestner Double D Ranch (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 310° NW
E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 092° E
Flatonia Rail Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 092° E
Lyric Theater (Cinema) — 11.5 mi, 092° E
Gonzales Memorial Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 214° SW
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 215° SW
Independance Park (Local Park) — 16.4 mi, 214° SW
Palmetto State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 253° W
J. B. Wells Park (Local Park) — 17.1 mi, 211° SW
Lake Wood Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 18.9 mi, 220° SW
Shiner Gaslight Theater (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 157° SE
Central Texas Oil Patch Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 268° W
Tiger Stadium (Stadium) — 22.4 mi, 021° N
M. O. Neasloney Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.5 mi, 247° SW
Bastrop State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 008° N
CCC Water Fountain (Attraction) — 28.5 mi, 003° N
Lake Bastrop Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 30.5 mi, 002° N
Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp (Park) — 32.1 mi, 004° N
Mayhem Wall (Public Artwork) — 33.7 mi, 286° W
Washing Well Stage (Theatre) — 37.8 mi, 012° N
Sherwood Forest Faire (Theme Park) — 38.0 mi, 012° N
The SPOT Cinema Eatery (Cinema) — 39.7 mi, 290° W
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 40.1 mi, 290° W
Columbus Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 40.8 mi, 083° E
Family Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 41.0 mi, 329° NW
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 089° E · 21k acres
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.8 mi, 325° NW · 43k acres

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