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Balmorhea Texas Map

Explore Balmorhea, 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 Balmorhea, Texas

How to Use This Balmorhea, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.984312
Longitude	-103.744626
Population	408
Density	407.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79718
Area Code	806
County Seat	Pecos
School District	Balmorhea Independent School District

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About Balmorhea, Texas

Balmorhea is a locality in Reeves County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 408. The population density is 407.1 people per km². Balmorhea is located at 30.9843°N, 103.7446°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Balmorhea is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79718.

Balmorhea manifests as a sudden, verdant interruption in the arid expanse of the high desert, where the relentless sun bleaches the surrounding scrubland to a pale, bone-colored gray. It lies 94.4 miles southwest of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 231°T), and is situated 33.8 miles south-southwest of Pecos. Toyah Creek carves a singular, life-giving artery through the dusty earth, its presence marked by the dark, stubborn green of cottonwoods that defy the parched horizon. To the west, the jagged, hazy silhouettes of the Davis Mountains anchor the sky, while the nearby basin of Kountz Draw channels the rare, fleeting runoff of summer storms. The light here has a peculiar, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of every fence post and limestone outcrop until the landscape feels almost fragile, as if it might vanish if one looked away for too long.

Balmorhea survives on the strength of its ancient, subterranean waters, a legacy that has defined local agriculture and irrigation since the early days of settlement. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the fields and the quiet stewardship of the land, with the cool, constant flow of the springs drawing those who seek relief from the heat at Lake Balmorhea or the nearby Lake Balmorhea Park. History here is written in the irrigation ditches and the weathered facades of buildings that have endured decades of wind and drought. Life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic velocity of the world beyond the horizon, sustained by the simple, enduring fact of water rising from the dark earth to meet the unrelenting glare of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 2.3 mi, 083° E
Lake Balmorhea Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 146° SE
Balmorhea State Park (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 199° S
San Solomon Spring (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 222° SW
Mission Mary (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 237° SW
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch/High Adventure Camp (Park) — 16.4 mi, 221° SW
Davis Mountains Preserve (Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 232° SW
Wild Rose Pass (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 187° S
Davis Mountains (Conservation Area) — 19.3 mi, 205° SW
Overland Trail Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 208° SW
Neill Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 208° SW
Davis Mountains Easement - H. E. Sproul Timmo (Park) — 23.9 mi, 207° SW
McDonald Observatory (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 218° SW
Davis Mountains State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 204° SW
Limpia Creek Vista (Viewpoint) — 28.1 mi, 202° S
Reeves County Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 31.4 mi, 027° NE
Wolf Den Tank (Historic Ruins) — 32.4 mi, 226° SW
Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 027° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 34.0 mi, 026° NE
West of the Pecos Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 026° NE
Museum of the Big Bend (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 173° S
Granada Theatre (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 173° S
Ranga Theatres (Cinema) — 43.6 mi, 173° S
Maintenant (Gallery) — 48.4 mi, 197° S
Sleeping Figure (Public Artwork) — 48.9 mi, 198° S
Glitch Gallery (Gallery) — 49.4 mi, 199° S
Marfa and Presidio County Museum (Museum) — 49.4 mi, 200° S
Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 65.2 mi, 171° S
Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 70.2 mi, 287° W
Indio Ranch (Recreation Easement) — 72.6 mi, 256° W

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