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Big Lake Texas Map

Explore Big Lake, 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 Big Lake, Texas

How to Use This Big Lake, Texas Map

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

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	Big Lake
State	Texas (TX)
County	Reagan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.191544
Longitude	-101.460394
Population	2,965
Density	479.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76932
Area Code	325
County Seat	Big Lake
School District	Reagan County Independent School District

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About Big Lake, Texas

Big Lake is a locality in Reagan County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,965. The population density is 479.4 people per km². Big Lake is located at 31.1915°N, 101.4604°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76932.

Big Lake occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky of unrelenting, pale clarity. It lies 63.3 miles west-southwest of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 253°T), and is situated 54.4 miles east-southeast of Crane. The earth here is a mosaic of scrub brush and arid soil, shaped by the subtle depression of Big Lake Draw three miles away, which serves as a quiet reminder of water’s fleeting history in this thirsty land. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers on the far edge of sight, an ancient limestone boundary that defines the wider regional character. Bertrand Park offers a small, quiet respite of managed greenery, a deliberate human pause in a landscape that otherwise favors the hard, unyielding geometry of the plains. Light at dusk here possesses a particular quality, turning the dust into a fine, gilded powder that clings to the air until the stars finally puncture the deepening violet of the evening.

Industry in Big Lake is tied to the deep, rhythmic pulse of the oil patch, where the nodding pump jacks serve as the town’s mechanical metronome. This is a place forged by the discovery of black gold, a history that transformed the local economy and left the imprint of boom-and-bust cycles upon the architecture and the collective memory of its residents. Life moves with the deliberate, measured pace of those who understand the temperament of the land, far removed from the clamor of the distant coastline. Though Live Oak Creek flows fourteen miles away, the geography remains stubbornly inland, defined by the persistence of the scrub and the resilience of those who call this terrain home. There is a stoic, quiet dignity in the way the local life unfolds, anchored by the reality of the soil and the enduring influence of the energy that has long sustained the regional economy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John H. Reagan (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 264° W
Martin-Castillo Expedition (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 264° W
Bertrand Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 213° SW
Reagan County Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 001° N
City of Big Lake (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 016° N
Old Reagan County Courthouse (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 337° NW
Dub Day Arena (Stadium) — 29.1 mi, 274° W
Rankin Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 289° W
Iraan Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 234° SW
Ozona Baseball Park (Local Recreation) — 35.8 mi, 154° SE
Crockett County Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 155° SE
Irion County Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 083° E
Escondido Draw Recreation Area (Private Recreation) — 40.4 mi, 185° S
Mendoza Trail Museum (Museum) — 45.5 mi, 283° W
Independence Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 51.0 mi, 202° S
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 51.1 mi, 079° E
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 56.5 mi, 071° E
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 56.5 mi, 071° E
O. C. Fisher Lake (Recreation Area) — 59.0 mi, 068° E
Red Arroyo Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 59.5 mi, 073° E
Bonnie Plant Farm Sasquatch (Public Artwork) — 62.2 mi, 331° NW
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 62.4 mi, 073° E
Big Sky Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 66.9 mi, 323° NW
Ector Theatre (Theatre) — 70.2 mi, 311° NW
Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 71.3 mi, 358° N
Globe Theatre of the Great Southwest (Theatre) — 71.5 mi, 311° NW
Moss Creek Lake (Local Recreation) — 72.1 mi, 006° N

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