Explore Banquete, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Banquete, 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 Banquete.
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 | Banquete |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Nueces County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.806135 |
| Longitude | -97.796108 |
| Population | 745 |
| Density | 122.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78339 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Corpus Christi |
| School District | Banquete Independent School District |
Banquete occupies a vast expanse of open prairie where the horizon remains uninterrupted by anything more imposing than the occasional stand of mesquite or a distant, hazy silhouette of the Carmel Hills. It lies 7.9 miles west of Robstown, TX (from Robstown, TX: bearing 278°T), and is situated 17.1 miles east-northeast of Alice. The air here holds a dry, sun-baked clarity, and the landscape is defined by the subtle, rhythmic shifts of the earth that slope toward the gentle depression of Banquete Creek just a mile away. At dusk, the light transforms the fields into a palette of burnished copper and deep violet, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch across the soil until the sky finally dissolves into a profound, star-dusted gray. Visitors seeking a moment of respite often find themselves at John J Sablatura Park, where the quietude of the plains invites a contemplative stillness that is rarely found in more crowded corners of the state.
Banquete emerged from the necessity of the land, growing outward from the agricultural rhythms that have long dictated the pace of life in this region. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the cycle of planting and harvest provides a steady, reliable pulse for the families who have made their lives here for generations. While the modern world moves with an insistent velocity, the daily habit of Banquete persists in a more deliberate fashion, marked by the shared labor of the fields and the enduring influence of a heritage that values neighborly reliance above all else. Even when the heat of mid-afternoon shimmered over the pavement, the spirit of the place remains anchored in a quiet, unpretentious strength that reflects the wide, expansive character of the surrounding terrain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Banquete, Texas. Coordinates: 27.806135, -97.796108. 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 Banquete includes the ZIP code (78339), telephone area code (830), county seat of Nueces County (Corpus Christi), and school district assignment (Banquete 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. |