Bandera Texas Map
Explore Bandera, 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 Bandera, Texas
How to Use This Bandera, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bandera, 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 Bandera.
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 | Bandera |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Bandera County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.726613 |
| Longitude | -99.073646 |
| Population | 829 |
| Density | 281.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78003 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Bandera |
| School District | Bandera Independent School District |
About Bandera, Texas
Bandera is a locality in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 829. The population density is 281.0 people per km². Bandera is located at 29.7266°N, 99.0736°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bandera is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78003.Bandera holds the Medina River in a slow, deliberate embrace as the water carves its path through the limestone bedrock of the landscape. It lies 21.0 miles west-southwest of Boerne, TX (from Boerne, TX: bearing 257°T), and is situated 15.5 miles northwest of Mico. The earth here is defined by a rugged, calcified skin, where scrub oak and juniper cling to thin soil, and the light at dusk bleeds a bruised plum color across the limestone bluffs. Four miles away, the quiet depth of Montague Hollow offers a cooling shadow, while the land rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau to the west. Six miles out, the Middle Verde PCON preserves the wild, unyielding character of the scrubland, where the air is often dry and carries the scent of sun-baked dust and cedar.
Bandera carries the weight of its legacy as a center of the nineteenth-century cattle drives, a history etched into the very posture of its streets and the weathered storefronts that face the sun. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the ranching trade and the steady flow of travelers drawn to the nearby Hill Country State Natural Area Trail. Life in Bandera moves with a singular, grounded gravity, far from the frantic pace of the urban sprawl, and eight miles away, the expanse of Medina Lake serves as a quiet reservoir for the dry seasons. Here, the culture is marked by the calloused hands of those who work the land and a persistent, quiet endurance that defines the people who choose to remain among the limestone ridges.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Captain Jack Phillips (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 125° SE
- Old Texas Ranger Trail (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 125° SE
- Mormon Settlers in Bandera Cournty (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 092° E
- Middle Verde (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 186° S
- Hill Country State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 217° SW
- Bear Springs Blossom Preserve (Park) — 8.7 mi, 069° E
- Evans (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 197° S
- Government Canyon State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 119° SE
- Lookout (Viewpoint) — 18.9 mi, 350° N
- Gazebo for Albert Steves (Public Artwork) — 20.2 mi, 034° NE
- Agricultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 071° E
- Dinosaur Tracks (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 118° SE
- Hoffmann Hayfield (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 121° SE
- The Cross at Kerrville (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 354° N
- The Point Theatre (Theatre) — 26.0 mi, 336° NW
- Hill Country Arts Foundation - Main Building & Gift Shop (Arts Centre) — 26.0 mi, 336° NW
- Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.0 mi, 337° NW
- Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 188° S
- Acting Up Creative Drama Academy (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 116° SE
- Sabinal Canyon Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 255° W
- Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 075° E
- Centro Cultural Aztlan Galeria Expresion (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 119° SE
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 021° N
- Admiral Nimitz Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 018° N
- Garner State Park (State Park) — 40.3 mi, 257° W
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About This Bandera Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bandera, Texas. Coordinates: 29.726613, -99.073646. 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 Bandera includes the ZIP code (78003), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Bandera County (Bandera), and school district assignment (Bandera Independent School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
