Explore Bonanza Hills, 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 Bonanza Hills, 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 Bonanza Hills.
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 | Bonanza Hills |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Webb County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 27.7948 |
| Longitude | -99.4695 |
| Population | 61 |
| Density | 21.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78045 |
| Area Code | 210, 726 |
| County Seat | Laredo |
| School District | United Independent School District |
Bonanza Hills rises from the sun-bleached plains as a collection of limestone outcroppings and low, scrub-covered rises that catch the bruised purples of the twilight sky. It lies 20.1 miles north of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 7°T), and is situated 29.8 miles north of Rio Bravo. Sombrerito Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the caliche soil just a mile from the center, its seasonal waters barely murmuring against the roots of ancient mesquite and twisted hackberry trees. To the west, the dark silhouette of Cerrito Prieto anchors the horizon, a solitary prominence that seems to watch over the dry, heat-shimmering expanse. The air here holds a stillness that magnifies the sound of wind rattling through dry brush, a place where the light turns thin and sharp as it hits the pale earth, exposing the bones of the land beneath a canopy of unrelenting, cloudless blue.
Bonanza Hills survives on the slow, deliberate work of ranching and the persistent rhythm of the oil patch, where pump jacks nod in rhythmic silence against the skyline. History here is marked by the quiet endurance of families who have worked the thin soil for generations, their legacies etched into the rusted wire fences and the weathered wood of corrals that stand against the relentless sun. While the distant Palito Blanco Arroyo draws the eye toward the deeper basins of the region, the local focus remains on the immediate tasks of the day and the long-standing traditions of border-country resilience. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse near Big Tank for a moment of respite from the heat, or venture toward the open spaces of Penitas West Community Park, finding in these sparse landmarks a grounding sense of place that defines the character of Bonanza Hills.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bonanza Hills, Texas. Coordinates: 27.7948, -99.4695. 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 Bonanza Hills includes the ZIP code (78045), telephone area code (210, 726), county seat of Webb County (Laredo), and school district assignment (United 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. |