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Afton Texas Map

Explore Afton, 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 Afton, Texas

How to Use This Afton, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.76286
Longitude	-100.8168
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79220
Area Code	806
County Seat	Dickens

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About Afton, Texas

Afton is a locality in Dickens County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Afton is located at 33.7629°N, 100.8168°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79220.

Afton occupies a stretch of high, scrub-dotted plains where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the land exposed to the vast, unblinking eye of the sun. It lies 58.7 miles east-southeast of Plainview, TX (from Plainview, TX: bearing 120°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east of Wake. Cottonwood Creek carves a shallow, vein-like path through the local clay, its presence marked by the rhythmic thinning of brush and the occasional stand of twisted, thirsty timber. To the west, the distant profile of Mackenzie Peak breaks the absolute flatness of the plains, a singular landmark in a landscape defined by its austere, horizontal reach. At dusk, the light here thickens, turning the dusty earth into a bruised shade of violet that clings to the ground long after the heat has begun to withdraw from the air.

Afton remains a place tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the soil, where the economy is written in the geometry of fence lines and the resilience of dry-land farming. History here is quiet, measured not in monuments but in the persistence of families who have worked the surrounding acreage for generations, finding a stubborn sustenance in the soil near Sanders Hollow. While the stillness of the afternoon might suggest a town caught in amber, the proximity of Patton Springs Lake provides a vital, cooling anchor for those who look toward the water for relief from the summer intensity. Travelers seeking a wider perspective on the regional ecology often venture toward the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, yet the true character of Afton resides in the way the wind moves across the fallow fields, carrying the scent of parched grass and the steady, quiet endurance of a life lived far from the clamor of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roaring Spring (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 336° NW
Dickens Springs (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 183° S
Dickens Cemetery (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 182° S
Dickens County Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 187° S
Motley County Jail Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 359° N
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.4 mi, 197° S · 14k acres
Arrow Sculture (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 187° S
River Crest Road Park (Local Park) — 25.6 mi, 216° SW
White River Marina (Local Recreation) — 26.1 mi, 217° SW
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.2 mi, 036° NE
Ralls Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 260° W
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 37.3 mi, 332° NW
Bob Wills Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 354° N
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 46.2 mi, 344° N
Oriana Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 46.5 mi, 152° SE
Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 47.3 mi, 196° S
O S Ranch Museum (Museum) — 51.0 mi, 219° SW
Sam Wahl Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 51.3 mi, 197° S
Texas Tech University New Deal Farm - Beef Unit (Recreation Easement) — 51.6 mi, 269° W
Engine 1809 (Attraction) — 52.6 mi, 245° SW
Council Ring (Theatre) — 53.5 mi, 220° SW
East Lubbock Art House (Arts Centre) — 58.8 mi, 259° W
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Attraction) — 58.9 mi, 263° W
Santa Land (Attraction) — 59.5 mi, 258° W
J. V. Hilliard Filed (Stadium) — 60.2 mi, 300° NW
Tornado Gallery (Gallery) — 60.5 mi, 258° W
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.1 mi, 031° NE · 15k acres
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 62.1 mi, 259° W
Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 64.6 mi, 069° E
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 78.0 mi, 001° N

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