Explore Armstrong, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Armstrong, 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 Armstrong.
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 | Armstrong |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Kenedy County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.924499 |
| Longitude | -97.791384 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 78941, 78338, 78827 |
| Area Code | 830, 512 |
| County Seat | Sarita |
Armstrong occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against the sky, defined by the low, stubborn rise of Tokyo Hill four miles to the west. It lies 30.6 miles north of Raymondville, TX (from Raymondville, TX: bearing 359°T), and is situated 30.1 miles southeast of Falfurrias. The landscape here is a study in patience, characterized by arid plains that shimmer under an unrelenting heat, occasionally broken by the subtle depressions of the Marana Trap ten miles away. Dust motes dance in the amber light of late afternoon, settling over the sparse, hardy scrub that clings to the parched earth with a quiet, persistent tenacity. The air carries a dry, metallic clarity, and when the wind shifts, it brings the faint, earthy scent of baked clay and dormant grasses that have long learned to thrive in the absence of easy rain.
Armstrong remains a testament to the endurance of those who carved a life from the brush, sustaining an economy historically anchored by the rhythm of livestock and the expansive reach of private ranching. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the bustle of the world, punctuated only by the occasional passage of a train or the distant, rhythmic hum of irrigation. While the nearest water is miles away at Cayo Soledad or the more remote Palo Blanco Creek, the people of Armstrong have developed a deep, almost ancestral understanding of the land’s shifting moods. It is a place where the twilight turns the sky a bruised, magnificent violet, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the open range, reminding the observer that existence here is measured not by speed, but by the strength of one’s roots in the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Armstrong, Texas. Coordinates: 26.924499, -97.791384. 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 Armstrong includes the ZIP code (78941, 78338, 78827), telephone area code (830, 512), county seat of Kenedy County (Sarita), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |