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Artesia Wells Texas Map

Explore Artesia Wells, 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 Artesia Wells, Texas

How to Use This Artesia Wells, Texas Map

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

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	Artesia Wells
State	Texas (TX)
County	La Salle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	28.279997
Longitude	-99.284477
Population	280
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78014, 78001
Area Code	210, 726
County Seat	Cotulla

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About Artesia Wells, Texas

Artesia Wells is a locality in La Salle County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Artesia Wells is located at 28.2800°N, 99.2845°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78014, 78001.

Artesia Wells endures beneath a wide, relentless sky where the heat shimmer turns the horizon into a liquid haze. It lies 55.2 miles north-northeast of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 14°T), and is situated 11.3 miles south-southwest of Cotulla. The land here is defined by low-slung brush and hard-packed earth, a sprawling expanse of South Texas scrub that stretches toward the shimmering heat of the day. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Las Raices Creek carves a thin, dark vein through the dust, its banks lined with twisted mesquite and the pale, brittle skeletons of drought-hardened wood. During the transition of dusk, the light loses its punishing edge and softens into a bruised violet, casting long, skeletal shadows that make the entire terrain feel suspended in a profound, ancient stillness.

Artesia Wells holds the quiet weight of the oil patch and the long, solitary legacy of ranching that has defined these plains for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic thrum of pump jacks and the seasonal cycles of the land, a persistent pulse that keeps the spirit of the region tethered to the soil. Four miles distant, the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area offers a protected sanctuary for the native fauna, preserving the rugged character of a landscape that refuses to be tamed by modern sprawl. Life in Artesia Wells moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a place that understands the value of water and the necessity of patience, where the wind carries the dry scent of sage and the distant, mechanical reminder of industry working against the dark.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 298° NW
Nueces River at Texas Boundary (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 014° N
Martinez Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 019° N
Welhausen School (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 018° N
Cotulla's First School (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 015° N
Veteran'S Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 015° N
Dilley City Park (Local Recreation) — 27.7 mi, 016° N
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 015° N
Court House (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 015° N
McMullen County Historical Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 074° E
Dive into an Active Day (Public Artwork) — 47.7 mi, 194° S
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 49.0 mi, 075° E
Lake Casa Blanca State Park (State Park) — 51.6 mi, 191° S
Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 51.6 mi, 189° S
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 54.9 mi, 195° S
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 55.3 mi, 195° S
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 55.4 mi, 194° S
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 55.4 mi, 194° S
River Bend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 55.7 mi, 195° S
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 57.6 mi, 077° E
Christine Depot Museum (Museum) — 59.3 mi, 054° NE
Devine Opera House (Theatre) — 63.6 mi, 021° N
Eagle Stadium (Stadium) — 67.3 mi, 045° NE
Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 67.4 mi, 045° NE
Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 69.6 mi, 334° NW
Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 71.1 mi, 335° NW
Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 74.4 mi, 007° N
Gilleland (Conservation Area) — 77.4 mi, 343° N
Vanham (Conservation Area) — 77.8 mi, 336° NW

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