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Arroyo City Texas Map

Explore Arroyo 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 Arroyo City, Texas

How to Use This Arroyo City, Texas Map

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

CityArroyo City
StateTexas (TX)
CountyCameron County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude26.333127
Longitude-97.439426
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code78583
Area Code830
County SeatBrownsville

About Arroyo City, Texas

Arroyo City is a locality in Cameron County, Texas, United States. Arroyo City is located at 26.3331°N, 97.4394°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78583.

Arroyo City draws its essential character from the slow, deliberate movement of the Arroyo Colorado, which carves a path through the flat, sun-drenched landscape before meeting the reach of the tide. It lies 18.3 miles northeast of San Benito, TX (from San Benito, TX: bearing 41°T), and is situated 18.7 miles east-northeast of Harlingen. The air here carries a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, a reminder that the open coastline waits only two miles away, while the horizon is punctuated by the low, subtle rise of Goose Hill. To the south, the terrain flattens into the protected expanse of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, where the scrub brush and coastal grasses form a muted, monochromatic quilt under the relentless Texas sun. The light at dusk settles over the water in bruised purples and golds, turning the surface of the river into a mirror that holds the vastness of the sky until the first stars emerge.

History in Arroyo City remains tethered to the rhythm of the water, which has long served as a lifeline for those who look toward the Arroyo Colorado Cutoff for their livelihood and recreation. The economy moves with the tides and the seasons, defined by the quiet industry of fishing and the seasonal migration of visitors drawn to the natural solitude of the region. Those seeking the stillness of the landscape often traverse the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Trail, wandering toward the distant, shimmering edge of Laguna Atascosa or catching glimpses of the marshy expanse near McGilvery Island. Life here is defined by a deep, unspoken patience, where the residents exist in a quiet dialogue with the shifting delta, favoring the steady hum of the wind through the brush over the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 093° E · 287k acres
  • Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 063° NE
  • Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 258° W
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 301° NW · 277k acres
  • Spoil Islands (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 049° NE
  • Arroyo Colorado Lift Bridge (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 233° SW
  • Stagecoach to the Rio Grande, C.S.A. (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 239° SW
  • Port Mansfield (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 002° N
  • Holly Beach (Park) — 15.7 mi, 151° SE
  • Harlingen Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 15.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Bowman Stadium (Stadium) — 16.1 mi, 242° SW
  • Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 17.5 mi, 025° NE · 262k acres
  • Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 18.4 mi, 224° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 18.6 mi, 150° SE
  • Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 239° SW
  • Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 141° SE
  • Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 141° SE
  • Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 23.2 mi, 134° SE
  • Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 197° S
  • Pier 19 (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 137° SE
  • Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 27.2 mi, 162° S
  • Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 27.9 mi, 143° SE
  • Boca Chica (State Park) — 27.9 mi, 143° SE
  • Starbase Sign (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 147° SE
  • Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 187° S
  • Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 187° S
  • Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 187° S
  • Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 184° S
  • Topgolf (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 259° W
  • Border Theater (Theatre) — 55.5 mi, 262° W

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About This Arroyo City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arroyo City, Texas. Coordinates: 26.333127, -97.439426. 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 Arroyo City includes the ZIP code (78583), telephone area code (830), county seat of Cameron County (Brownsville), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.