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Briscoe Texas Map

Explore Briscoe, 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 Briscoe, Texas

How to Use This Briscoe, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	35.583657
Longitude	-100.289846
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79011
Area Code	806
County Seat	Wheeler

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About Briscoe, Texas

Briscoe is a locality in Wheeler County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Briscoe is located at 35.5837°N, 100.2898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79011.

Briscoe maintains a stoic presence upon the high plains, where the horizon stretches toward a vast and unblinking sky. It lies 37.8 miles east of Pampa, TX (from Pampa, TX: bearing 85°T), and is situated 23.3 miles south-southeast of Canadian. Jenkins-Jones Creek traces a narrow, erratic path through the parched earth nearby, its seasonal flow carving subtle indentations into the soil that define the local topography. To the north, the rise of Bankhead Mound breaks the monotony of the flatlands, serving as a distant, solitary anchor for the eye. Only two miles away, Lake Fensterwald holds the sky in its shallow basin, reflecting the deepening indigo of dusk as the heat of the day finally retreats into the cooling grasses.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Briscoe, with wind-bent crops and cattle grazing across expansive tracts that extend toward the distant Black Kettle National Grassland. The economy here is measured in seasons and the resilience required to coax a living from the stubborn, clay-heavy ground. History in Briscoe exists in the weathered fence posts and the quiet efficiency of those who navigate the rhythms of the Osburn Draw region without fanfare. Life moves with a deliberate pace, colored by the utilitarian grace of a landscape that demands much from its inhabitants but offers a profound, unobstructed silence in return.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gageby Cemetery (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 345° N
Zybach Cemetery (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 066° NE
Custer on the Sweetwater (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 180° S
Mobeetie Jail Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 241° SW
Cast Away Intersection (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 291° W
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 17.5 mi, 076° E · 31k acres
Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.4 mi, 005° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 22.7 mi, 347° N
River Valley Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 347° N
City Park (Local Park) — 23.6 mi, 349° N
Hemphill County Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 23.6 mi, 349° N
U-Drop Inn (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 175° S
Pioneer West Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 175° S
Murals (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 216° SW
McLean-Alanreed Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 216° SW
Phillips 66 (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 216° SW
City meat market (erick) (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 137° SE
Windmill Garden (Public Artwork) — 35.6 mi, 136° SE
Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.3 mi, 054° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 38.0 mi, 266° W
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 40.2 mi, 232° SW · 1,402 acres
Flix On 6 (Cinema) — 51.4 mi, 105° E
Washita National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.5 mi, 085° E · 26 acres
Foss State Park (State Park) — 58.1 mi, 091° E
Frank J Smith Bird Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 62.4 mi, 275° W
Buffalo Grass Music Hall (Theatre) — 63.5 mi, 255° W
Quartz Mountain State Resort Park (State Park) — 68.2 mi, 128° SE
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 70.9 mi, 277° W · 41k acres
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.2 mi, 179° S · 15k acres
Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 76.5 mi, 339° N

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