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Big Wells Texas Map

Explore Big Wells, 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 Wells, Texas

How to Use This Big Wells, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.573316
Longitude	-99.568656
Population	483
Density	336.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78830
Area Code	512, 830
County Seat	Carrizo Springs
School District	Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District

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About Big Wells, Texas

Big Wells is a locality in Dimmit County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 483. The population density is 336.0 people per km². Big Wells is located at 28.5733°N, 99.5687°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Wells is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78830.

Big Wells emerges from the sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas brush, a modest collection of structures held together by the persistent, dry heat of the plains. It lies 45.9 miles south-southeast of Uvalde, TX (from Uvalde, TX: bearing 163°T), and is situated 17.3 miles east-southeast of Crystal City. The landscape surrounding Big Wells is defined by an uncompromising flatness, where the scrubby mesquite and prickly pear stretch toward horizons that feel both infinite and claustrophobic. Galvaneño Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain just a mile away, its banks often brittle and silent, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau remains a ghost of a memory far to the northwest. During the golden hour, the light here thickens, casting long, bruised shadows across the caliche soil and turning the dust into a fine, shimmering haze that clings to the skin like a memory of rain.

Economic life in Big Wells has long been tethered to the shifting fortunes of the land, fluctuating between the rhythms of traditional ranching and the more aggressive pulse of the oil patch. While the nearby Chaparral Wildlife Management Area preserves a fragment of the region's wilder, untamed character, the local pace is dictated by the slow, mechanical nodding of pumps and the seasonal demands of agriculture. Six miles distant, the topography dips slightly into Stag Hollow, a subtle variation in the earth that provides a brief reprieve from the unrelenting level of the basin. Residents often look toward the horizon near Big Tank, thirteen miles out, where the sky claims more territory than the earth ever could, reinforcing a sense of isolation that is simultaneously heavy and profoundly quiet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Espantosa Lake (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 273° W
Bel-Asher (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 232° SW
Catarina Hotel (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 190° S
Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 158° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.6 mi, 297° NW
Juan Garcia Park (Local Park) — 17.9 mi, 295° NW
Dilley City Park (Local Recreation) — 25.6 mi, 075° E
Victor Trevino Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 35.2 mi, 052° NE
Frio Pioneer Jail Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 053° NE
Court House (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 053° NE
Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 44.3 mi, 342° N
Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 46.0 mi, 343° N
Briscoe-Garner Museum (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 343° N
Vanham (Conservation Area) — 52.8 mi, 344° N
Big Foot Wallace Museum (Museum) — 54.4 mi, 052° NE
Devine Opera House (Theatre) — 56.0 mi, 046° NE
Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 56.3 mi, 279° W
Long Hollow (Conservation Area) — 58.5 mi, 340° N
Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 59.6 mi, 026° NE
McMullen County Historical Museum (Museum) — 62.3 mi, 097° E
Eastern Bluebird (Public Artwork) — 63.4 mi, 185° S
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 64.8 mi, 096° E
Garner State Park (State Park) — 69.6 mi, 352° N
Eagle Stadium (Stadium) — 70.4 mi, 067° NE
White Rock Cave (Attraction) — 70.4 mi, 352° N
Ol' Baldy viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 70.5 mi, 352° N
Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 70.5 mi, 067° NE
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 73.8 mi, 096° E

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