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West Tawakoni Texas Map

Explore West Tawakoni, 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 West Tawakoni, Texas

How to Use This West Tawakoni, Texas Map

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

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	West Tawakoni
State	Texas (TX)
County	Hunt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.893733
Longitude	-96.029414
Population	1,895
Density	259.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	75474
Area Code	972, 469
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Quinlan Independent School District

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About West Tawakoni, Texas

West Tawakoni is a locality in Hunt County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,895. The population density is 259.2 people per km². West Tawakoni is located at 32.8937°N, 96.0294°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. West Tawakoni is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 75474.

West Tawakoni commands a quiet expanse of North Texas prairie, where the horizon stretches wide beneath a sky that shifts from pale, dusty blue to the bruised violet of an approaching storm. It lies 17.6 miles south-southeast of Greenville, TX (from Greenville, TX: bearing 164°T), and is situated 18.0 miles northeast of Terrell. The land here leans toward the horizon with a steady, patient grace, marked by the presence of Lake Tawakoni just a short distance away, its waters holding the reflected light of the sun like a burnished silver plate. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hooker Ridge rises as a soft interruption in the flat, fertile plains, while the nearby Sabine River carves a serpentine path through the dense, verdant undergrowth of the surrounding woods. At West Tawakoni City Park, the earth retains the scent of damp soil and sun-warmed grasses, grounding the locality in a landscape defined by the deliberate, slow movement of water and the persistent growth of the local flora.

West Tawakoni carries the quiet legacy of a region defined by its proximity to the water and the rugged endurance of those who first broke this soil. The local economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land and the recreational opportunities afforded by the lake, drawing those who seek a reprieve from the frantic pace of larger, more crowded centers. Residents often walk the Lake Tawakoni State Park Trail, moving through corridors of oak and cedar that have stood long enough to witness the steady evolution of the surrounding farms and homesteads. Life in West Tawakoni moves with a measured, intentional cadence, where the evening quiet is occasionally punctuated by the distant, rhythmic hum of progress or the rustle of wind through the tall, dry stalks of the prairie grass.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West Tawakoni City Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 032° NE
Sabine River Authority Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 085° E
Lake Tawakoni State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 163° S
Judge James Hooker (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 065° NE
Tawakoni Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 208° SW
Wind Point Park (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 027° NE
Ables Springs (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 223° SW
Lone Oak Baptist Church (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 035° NE
Gamescape by Cinemark (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 339° N
Future Abandoned House (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 271° W
Edgewood Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 148° SE
The Attic (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 342° N
Deer Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.1 mi, 342° N
Audie Murphy and Cotton Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 348° N
Royse City Calaboose (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 288° W
SwCC Entrance Sign (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 234° SW
Terrell Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 18.7 mi, 235° SW
Hometown Cinema (Cinema) — 19.8 mi, 228° SW
Military Heritage Collection of North Texas (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 295° NW
Lavon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.2 mi, 298° NW
Rockwall High School Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 24.4 mi, 274° W
Planetarium (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 016° N
Lavon Lake (Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 296° NW
Cooper Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.7 mi, 029° NE
Southwest Dairy Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 054° NE
Wylie Acting Group (Theatre) — 30.8 mi, 285° W
Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 035° NE
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 34.5 mi, 001° N · 18k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 043° NE · 1,438 acres
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.7 mi, 153° SE · 16k acres

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