Bishop Hills Texas Map

About Bishop Hills, Texas

Bishop Hills is a locality in Potter County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 260.3 people per km². Bishop Hills is located at 35.2598°N, 101.9505°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bishop Hills is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79124.

Bishop Hills occupies a stretch of high, arid prairie where the horizon pulls away in every direction, leaving the sky to dominate the experience of the land. It lies 7.2 miles west-northwest of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 291°T), and is situated 8.0 miles northeast of Bushland. West Amarillo Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the earth just a mile away, its banks marked by stubborn scrub and the dry, bleached grasses that bend under the persistent weight of the wind. To the west, the silhouette of Wolf Mountain rises as a muted interruption in the skyline, a reminder of the tectonic patience that formed this region. The air here holds a sharp, clean clarity, especially as the sun begins to dip, casting long, bruised purples across the plains that make the nearby Amarillo Lake appear as a singular, reflective eye in the distance.

Bishop Hills maintains a quiet, deliberate pace of life, distinct from the frantic energy of the plains further east. While Woodlands School Park provides a small, cultivated reprieve of green just two miles away, the character of the locality remains tethered to the vast, open space that defines its economy and daily rhythm. Generations have settled into the rhythms of the Panhandle, where the industry of the land—whether through agriculture or the quiet persistence of local enterprise—demands a steady, pragmatic temperament. There is a profound stillness in the evenings, a sense that the history of the region is not found in monuments, but in the way the light lingers on the fence lines and the unadorned, sturdy architecture that stands against the endless, pushing breeze.

About This Bishop Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bishop Hills, Texas. Coordinates: 35.259774, -101.950468. 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 Bishop Hills includes the ZIP code (79124), telephone area code (806), county seat of Potter County (Amarillo), and school district assignment (Bushland Independent School District).

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.