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Wells Texas Map

Explore Wells, 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 Wells, Texas

How to Use This Wells, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.491559
Longitude	-94.947319
Population	853
Density	172.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	79351, 75976
Area Code	806, 903
County Seat	Rusk
School District	Wells Independent School District

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About Wells, Texas

Wells is a locality in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 853. The population density is 172.0 people per km². Wells is located at 31.4916°N, 94.9473°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wells is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 79351, 75976.

Wells emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed horizon where the Red Bayou carves a slow, muddy ribbon through the dense clay of the East Texas landscape. It lies 16.2 miles northwest of Lufkin, TX (from Lufkin, TX: bearing 310°T), and is situated 18.5 miles west-southwest of Nacogdoches. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the skin, cooling only when the sun dips low enough to cast long, spindly silhouettes of loblolly pines across the unpaved tracks. Only eleven miles away, the singular rise of The Island breaks the monotony of the plain, standing as a quiet sentinel over a terrain that otherwise favors the subtle, rhythmic shifts of woodland and scrub. Within six miles, the perimeter of Davy Crockett National Forest offers a sprawling, verdant expanse, its dense canopy acting as a lung for the surrounding countryside, while the nearby waters of Lake Nacogdoches provide a deep, placid contrast to the shifting silt of the local creek beds.

Wells grew from the iron-willed necessity of the timber and rail industries, maintaining a character defined by the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its original settlement. The economic pulse of the region remains tied to the land, where the labor of the harvest and the management of timber tracts continue to dictate the seasonal cadence of the streets. There is a specific, muted dignity in the way the light catches the weathered siding of older structures at dusk, reflecting a history built on the sheer persistence of those who worked the soil and the forests. Residents navigate their days with a deliberate, measured pace, finding a quiet satisfaction in the routine maintenance of their homes and the preservation of a local identity that resists the encroaching blur of modern transit. The social fabric of Wells thrives on this continuity, honoring a heritage that values the weight of a handshake and the enduring stability of the surrounding pine thickets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Falvey Memorial United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 117° SE
Mt. Hope Cemetery (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 353° N
John Joseph Bowman (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 353° N
Davy Crockett National Forest (National Forest) — 6.2 mi, 239° SW · 161k acres
Boggy Slough (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 190° S
Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 095° E
Big Slough Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.7 mi, 259° W · 3,521 acres
Angelina National Forest (National Forest) — 9.0 mi, 091° E · 154k acres
Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 9.0 mi, 091° E
Sam Rayburn Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 099° E
Mission Tejas State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 283° W
Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 098° E
Carmike Cinema Lufkin Mall 9 (Cinema) — 18.0 mi, 133° SE
Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 066° NE
Angelina College Roadrunner (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 138° SE
Alabama Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 165° S
Naranjo Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 142° SE
Norman Memorial Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 330° NW
Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 349° N
Houston County Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 248° W
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 307° NW · 16k acres
Upland Island Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.4 mi, 128° SE · 13k acres
McDonald Museum (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 309° NW
St Andrews Church (Historic Ruins) — 42.1 mi, 275° W
Myrtle Springs School (Historic Ruins) — 43.2 mi, 278° W
Howard House Museum (Museum) — 44.3 mi, 296° NW
Fairy Garden Trail (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 297° NW
Carmike Cinemas (Cinema) — 57.7 mi, 339° N
Cowan Center (Theatre) — 59.9 mi, 343° N
Imminent Doom Haunted House (Theme Park) — 65.3 mi, 005° N

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