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Benavides Texas Map

Explore Benavides, 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 Benavides, Texas

How to Use This Benavides, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	27.598919
Longitude	-98.408066
Population	1,183
Density	257.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78341
Area Code	830
County Seat	San Diego
School District	Benavides Independent School District

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About Benavides, Texas

Benavides is a locality in Duval County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,183. The population density is 257.9 people per km². Benavides is located at 27.5989°N, 98.4081°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Benavides is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78341.

Benavides sits upon a vast expanse of sun-bleached brush and scrubland, a place where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising under a sky of pale, heat-shimmering blue. It lies 23.3 miles west-southwest of Alice, TX (from Alice, TX: bearing 243°T), and is situated 15.4 miles southwest of San Diego. The earth here is a mosaic of pale dust and hardy, deep-rooted mesquite, marked by the slow, seasonal pulse of Las Animas Creek just a mile from the center. Shadows lengthen with a sharp, geometric clarity as evening approaches, turning the low-lying plains into a theater of muted ochres and bruised purples. Far to the northwest, the distant silhouette of Sarnosa Hill provides the only interruption to the infinite, horizontal sweep of the landscape, standing as a solitary sentinel over the arid plains.

Benavides carries the weight of a frontier heritage, shaped by the pragmatic labor of ranching and the cyclical booms of the oil patch that once defined the regional economy. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, quiet cadence, reflecting a culture deeply rooted in the borderlands where the language of the hearth often shifts between English and Spanish. While the wilder reaches of the territory remain largely untamed, the proximity to Unknown Park offers a rare sliver of protected space for the quiet observation of the native flora and fauna. Here, the architecture is modest and sun-worn, built to endure the unrelenting intensity of the summer heat and the sudden, sweeping winds that carry the scent of dry grass and turned earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Merchants Exchange Bank (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 264° W
La Mota de Olmos Cemetery (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 105° E
Santo Nino Cemetery (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 129° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 15.0 mi, 042° NE
Plaza Alcalá (Local Park) — 15.3 mi, 042° NE
South Texas Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 063° NE
Alice Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 24.3 mi, 061° NE
Lake Findley (Local Conservation Area) — 24.3 mi, 057° NE
John E Conner Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 099° E
1904 Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 100° E
Dick Kleberg Park (Local Recreation) — 34.2 mi, 104° E
Rio 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 35.3 mi, 101° E
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 40.2 mi, 069° E
Violet Museum (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 072° E
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 45.1 mi, 045° NE
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas (Museum) — 45.9 mi, 124° SE
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 58.9 mi, 004° N
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 59.4 mi, 004° N
St. John Paul II Statue (Public Artwork) — 60.3 mi, 083° E
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 63.5 mi, 077° E
K Space Contemporary (Gallery) — 63.5 mi, 077° E
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 63.7 mi, 076° E
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 64.0 mi, 076° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 64.9 mi, 106° E · 262k acres
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 67.6 mi, 265° W
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 68.5 mi, 265° W
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 68.5 mi, 265° W
Mustang Island State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 74.0 mi, 088° E
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.0 mi, 159° S · 277k acres
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 77.2 mi, 066° NE

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