Walnut Bend Texas Map

About Walnut Bend, Texas

Walnut Bend is a locality in Harris County, Texas, United States. Walnut Bend is located at 29.7549°N, 95.5697°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 76273, 77042, 76310.

Walnut Bend occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, winding course of the Buffalo Bayou defines the topography. It lies 3.4 miles north-northeast of Alief, TX (from Alief, TX: bearing 28°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northwest of Missouri City. The earth here holds a moisture that sustains thickets of native vegetation, creating a verdant corridor that feels distinct from the surrounding sprawl. To the west, the subtle rise of Wolf Hill punctuates the horizon, while the terrain dips toward the drainage of Piney Point Gully, carving a gentle, persistent path through the heavy clay soil. Residents often find their way to the Askew Elementary SPARK Park Trail, a singular ribbon of pavement that invites a slow pace as the afternoon light filters through the canopy, illuminating the fine dust motes caught in the humid, still air.

Walnut Bend persists as a residential pocket that owes its character to the deliberate preservation of green space within Terry Hershey Park, which anchors the local landscape and buffers the neighborhood from the relentless pulse of the wider region. While the local economy is tied to the broader professional vitality of the metropolitan interior, the daily rhythm remains tethered to the shade of mature trees and the quietude of inland life. Far from the reach of the distant coast, the collective memory of the neighborhood is shaped by the presence of the Buffalo Bayou, a waterway that serves as both a physical boundary and a silent witness to the steady, incremental changes in the built environment. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the gradual transition from open land to a settled, leafy refuge that looks toward Old River for the nearest expanse of still water.

About This Walnut Bend Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Walnut Bend, Texas. Coordinates: 29.7549, -95.5697. 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 Walnut Bend includes the ZIP code (76273, 77042, 76310), telephone area code (713, 832, 281, 346, 817), county seat of Harris County (Houston), and school district assignment.

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.