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Atascosa Texas Map

Explore Atascosa, 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 Atascosa, Texas

How to Use This Atascosa, Texas Map

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

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.

CityAtascosa
StateTexas (TX)
CountyBexar County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude29.266904
Longitude-98.731967
Population1,200
Density22.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code78002
Area Code210, 726
County SeatSan Antonio

About Atascosa, Texas

Atascosa is a locality in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Atascosa is located at 29.2669°N, 98.7320°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78002.

Atascosa emerges from the brush country as a quiet sprawl where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened under a sky that shifts from pale turquoise to a deep, bruised violet at dusk. It lies 17.2 miles south-southwest of Leon Valley, TX (from Leon Valley, TX: bearing 203°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east-northeast of Lytle. The Black Hill Branch carves a subtle, winding path through the landscape, its seasonal flow shaping the low-lying terrain that characterizes the region. Beyond the immediate scrub and mesquite, the land remains largely open, a vast expanse of plains that feels ancient and indifferent to the encroaching reach of modern transit. The air here holds a dry, heat-baked stillness, broken only by the occasional rustle of grass or the distant hum of traffic moving toward the larger centers of gravity beyond the local horizon.

Atascosa carries the weight of a frontier history that has gradually transitioned into a life of rural persistence and localized commerce. Residents often find their way toward John Lott Municipal Park for a change of pace, or they look toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau that anchors the western view. While Victor Braunig Lake lies twenty miles away, the immediate economy remains tied to the rhythms of the land, defined by small-scale trade and the steady, unsentimental labor that keeps the community functioning. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the pressures of the dense urban corridors, leaving the people of Atascosa to cultivate a quiet existence amidst the persistent, sun-drenched plains of their home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • John Lott Municipal Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 241° SW
  • Atascosa Lodge No. 379, A.F. and A.M. (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 243° SW
  • Lytle Methodist Church (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 238° SW
  • Von Ormy City Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 082° E
  • First Baptist Church of Lytle (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 247° SW
  • Millers Pond Park and Community Center (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 052° NE
  • Medina River (Local Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 094° E
  • Leon Creek Greenway South (Local Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 058° NE
  • Friends Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 299° NW
  • Medina River Greenway (Local Recreation) — 10.9 mi, 097° E
  • Applewhite House Ruins 1852-1930s (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 096° E
  • Corn Crib Photographic Exhibit by Ansen Seale (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 096° E
  • Richard Beene Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 093° E
  • Texas Stingray (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 009° N
  • Rio Loco (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 009° N
  • Great White (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 009° N
  • Riptide Rescue (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 009° N
  • Devine Opera House (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 230° SW
  • Mitchell Lake Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 083° E
  • San Anto Cultural Arte Center (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 050° NE
  • San Anto Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 050° NE
  • Big Foot Wallace Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 207° SW
  • 1906 Gallery (Gallery) — 16.8 mi, 055° NE
  • Bent Easel Art Gallery (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 055° NE
  • Magical Realism Photography Studio (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 055° NE
  • Government Canyon State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 352° N
  • Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 42.2 mi, 019° N
  • Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 57.8 mi, 152° SE

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About This Atascosa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Atascosa, Texas. Coordinates: 29.266904, -98.731967. 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 Atascosa includes the ZIP code (78002), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Bexar County (San Antonio), 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.