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Asherton Texas Map

Explore Asherton, 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 Asherton, Texas

How to Use This Asherton, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.441932
Longitude	-99.760329
Population	722
Density	341.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78827
Area Code	512, 830
County Seat	Carrizo Springs
School District	Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District

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About Asherton, Texas

Asherton is a locality in Dimmit County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 722. The population density is 341.2 people per km². Asherton is located at 28.4419°N, 99.7603°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Asherton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78827.

Asherton emerges from the flat, scrub-brushed plains of South Texas as a quiet collection of sun-bleached structures pinned beneath a vast, uncompromising sky. It lies 48.5 miles east-southeast of Eagle Pass, TX (from Eagle Pass, TX: bearing 112°T), and is situated 8.2 miles southeast of Carrizo Springs. The horizon here is defined by the relentless horizontal expanse of the brush country, where the light at dusk turns the dusty soil into a bruised, copper glow and shadows stretch thin across the caliche. Only a mile away, the quiet, meandering course of El Moro Creek offers a thin ribbon of shade and moisture, carving a faint, verdant scar through the arid terrain. While the distant Edwards Plateau remains a ghost of a memory far to the north, the immediate landscape is characterized by an austere, sun-drenched silence, broken only by the rhythmic rustle of mesquite and the occasional shift of grit beneath a boot.

Agriculture and the enduring legacy of ranching form the bedrock of the local economy in Asherton, where the patterns of work have followed the seasonal shifts of the sun for generations. The legacy of the land is etched into the daily rhythm of life, where the arrival of harvest or the tending of livestock dictates the pace more than any clock. Residents often look toward the wider, regional geography for respite, finding their way to the quiet stretches of Comanche Lake or the open spaces of Veterans Park for a moment of stillness away from the fields. Even the nearby depression of Stag Hollow serves as a reminder of the subtle, ancient shifts in the earth that define this inland corner of the world, where the culture remains deeply rooted in a blend of history and the pragmatic, hard-won resilience of those who dwell in the thick of the brush.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bel-Asher (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 279° W
Veterans Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 315° NW
Dimmit County Courthouse (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 312° NW
First Baptist Church (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 312° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.5 mi, 346° N
Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 108° E
El Indio Park (Local Recreation) — 33.9 mi, 279° W
Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 47.5 mi, 293° NW
Victor Trevino Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 49.9 mi, 052° NE
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum (Museum) — 50.8 mi, 053° NE
Court House (Museum) — 50.8 mi, 052° NE
Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 51.3 mi, 358° N
Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 53.1 mi, 358° N
Briscoe-Garner Museum (Museum) — 53.3 mi, 358° N
Eastern Bluebird (Public Artwork) — 54.3 mi, 174° S
Vanham (Conservation Area) — 60.0 mi, 357° N
Long Hollow (Conservation Area) — 64.2 mi, 351° N
Lake Casa Blanca State Park (State Park) — 64.8 mi, 163° S
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 65.7 mi, 167° S
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 66.2 mi, 167° S
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 66.7 mi, 167° S
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 166° S
Big Foot Wallace Museum (Museum) — 69.2 mi, 052° NE
Devine Opera House (Theatre) — 70.7 mi, 047° NE
Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 73.2 mi, 031° NE
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 76.2 mi, 089° E
Garner State Park (State Park) — 78.0 mi, 001° N
White Rock Cave (Attraction) — 78.7 mi, 001° N

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