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Archer City Texas Map

Explore Archer City, 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 Archer City, Texas

How to Use This Archer City, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.595659
Longitude	-98.625613
Population	1,601
Density	282.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76351
Area Code	817
County Seat	Archer City
School District	Archer City Independent School District

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About Archer City, Texas

Archer City is a locality in Archer County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,601. The population density is 282.0 people per km². Archer City is located at 33.5957°N, 98.6256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Archer City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76351.

Archer City sits upon the high, sun-bleached plains of North Texas, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the light of a long afternoon. It lies 23.3 miles south-southwest of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 199°T), and is situated 17.2 miles north-northeast of Olney. The land here is defined by a rigorous, open topography, characterized by flat expanses and the subtle shift of earth toward the South Fork Little Wichita River, which traces its path just two miles from the center. Vegetation clings to the margins of the draws, consisting mostly of hardy scrub and grasses that silver in the wind. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Gap Mountain marks the limit of the view, a distant reminder of the geologic scale that governs this arid country. When the sun hangs low, the sky turns a bruised violet, casting long, thin shadows that emphasize the vastness of the prairie and the quiet permanence of the soil.

Archer City emerged from the hard-scrabble reality of cattle drives and the relentless expansion of the oil patch, a history that remains etched into the character of its streets. The local economy persists in a dialogue with the land, fluctuating with the rhythms of ranching and the extraction of mineral wealth from beneath the surface. Beyond the immediate grid, the presence of Lake Kickapoo provides a still, dark expanse of water that serves as a vital anchor in a landscape defined by its thirst. Residents often find their way toward the expanse of Unknown Park for a reprieve in the open air, a place that captures the spare, unadorned beauty of the region. Life in Archer City moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by a literary legacy that transformed this quiet intersection of roads into a permanent fixture in the American imagination.

Nearby Outdoor Places

A Jesse James Hideout (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 177° S
Archer County Discovery Well (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 177° S
Camp Cureton, C.S.A. (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 172° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 16.7 mi, 016° N
Lake Arrowhead State Park (State Park) — 16.7 mi, 052° NE
Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 17.2 mi, 012° N
Spillway Picnic & Fishing Area (Local Recreation) — 17.8 mi, 017° N
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 18.0 mi, 008° N
Sikes Mall 10 (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 016° N
Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 017° N
Wichita Bluff Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 012° N
Kell House Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 019° N
River Bend Nature Center (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 016° N
Wichita Falls Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 018° N
Wichita Theater Performing Art Centre (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 020° N
Museum of North Texas History (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 019° N
Dinosaur Park (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 060° NE
Newton Field (Stadium) — 34.6 mi, 176° S
Let the Good Times Roll (Public Artwork) — 36.5 mi, 269° W
Baylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 269° W
Fort Richardson State Park & Historic Site (State Park) — 37.5 mi, 135° SE
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.7 mi, 076° E · 1,644 acres
World's Largest Bowie Knife (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 094° E
Throckmorton County Museum (Museum) — 46.9 mi, 233° SW
Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area & WRP (State Conservation Area) — 48.7 mi, 341° N
Horned Frog Lookout (Viewpoint) — 49.7 mi, 170° S
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 49.9 mi, 104° E · 20k acres
Waurika Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 54.8 mi, 028° NE
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.0 mi, 360° N · 118k acres
Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit (Wilderness Area) — 76.4 mi, 357° N · 9,786 acres

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