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Box Canyon Texas Map

Explore Box Canyon, 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 Box Canyon, Texas

How to Use This Box Canyon, Texas Map

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

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	Box Canyon
State	Texas (TX)
County	Val Verde County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Matamoros)

Latitude	29.5335
Longitude	-101.1586
Population	29
Density	7.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78840
Area Code	512, 830
County Seat	Del Rio
School District	Comstock Independent School District

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About Box Canyon, Texas

Box Canyon is a locality in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 7.7 people per km². Box Canyon is located at 29.5335°N, 101.1586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Matamoros) timezone. ZIP code: 78840.

Box Canyon defines the horizon with its sheer limestone walls that fracture the sunlight into long, stark shadows across the scrub-brush floor. It lies 19.7 miles northwest of Del Rio, TX (from Del Rio, TX: bearing 307°T), and is situated 22.5 miles west-northwest of Val Verde Park. The arid air here carries the scent of baked dust and creosote, a dryness that persists even when the silver ribbon of the Rio Grande pulls the eye toward the southern horizon. Far to the north, the hazy, jagged silhouette of the Edwards Plateau haunts the distance, serving as a reminder of the vast, fractured geology that gives this land its skeletal form. At dusk, the light turns the color of a bruised plum, clinging to the ridges before slipping into the deep, quiet basins where the heat of the day finally relents.

Box Canyon remains an essential anchor within the expansive boundaries of the Amistad National Recreation Area, a place where the stillness is broken only by the occasional passage of a hawk or the rustle of wind through dry stalks. The local rhythm is dictated by the endurance of the land, with an economy that has long favored the hard-won gains of ranching and the careful stewardship of public lands. Residents find a quiet continuity in the proximity of Walk Lake, a solitary, shimmering presence five miles away that offers a rare respite from the prevailing aridity. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, leaving the inhabitants of Box Canyon to navigate a landscape that demands both respect and a certain, stoic patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Amistad National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 299° NW · 54k acres
Monumento de las Águilas Amigas (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 134° SE
Monumento de las Aguilas (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 134° SE
Comstock (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 356° N
Seminole Canyon State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 325° NW
Fate Bell Pictograph (Historic Ruins) — 14.7 mi, 321° NW
White Shaman Preserve (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 317° NW
White Shaman Cave (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 317° NW
Cinemark Movies 8 (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 123° SE
Chihuahua Soccer Field (Local Recreation) — 19.4 mi, 130° SE
Museo del Agua (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 136° SE
Abbey Road Cafe and Beatles Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 136° SE
State Park (Local Park) — 20.1 mi, 125° SE
Whitehead Memorial Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 129° SE
San Felipe Exes Student Memorial Center (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 127° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 22.4 mi, 118° SE
Devils River/Dolan Falls Megasite (Conservation Area) — 25.9 mi, 001° N
Devils River State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 021° N
Kickapoo Cavern State Park (State Park) — 41.2 mi, 084° E
Fort Clark Guardhouse (Museum) — 47.2 mi, 109° E
Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924 (Public Artwork) — 69.5 mi, 082° E
Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 70.3 mi, 144° SE
Independence Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 75.2 mi, 329° NW

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