Explore Buchanan Lake Village, 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 Buchanan Lake Village, 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 Buchanan Lake Village.
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 | Buchanan Lake Village |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Llano County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.8602 |
| Longitude | -98.434312 |
| Population | 720 |
| Density | 186.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78672 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| County Seat | Llano |
| School District | Burnet Consolidated Independent School District |
Buchanan Lake Village anchors itself firmly upon the rugged, limestone-streaked earth of the Texas interior, defined by the expansive and reflective presence of Lake Buchanan. It lies 37.5 miles west-southwest of Copperas Cove, TX (from Copperas Cove, TX: bearing 240°T), and is situated 13.3 miles north of Kingsland. The Alexander Branch snakes through the landscape, a modest, life-giving artery that cuts through the brush and scrub oak before feeding into the primary reservoir. To the west, the horizon is occasionally broken by the hazy, distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, providing a stark backdrop to the flat, sun-baked plains that dominate the local topography. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic gold, illuminating the limestone outcrops and casting long, thin shadows across the Cedar Point Recreation Area Trail as it winds toward the water’s edge. The air feels heavy with the scent of dry grass and heated stone, a quiet atmosphere that persists even as the wind stirs the branches of the hardy, drought-resistant trees.
Buchanan Lake Village maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal fluctuations of the surrounding terrain and the quiet endurance of those who call these arid reaches home. The local economy finds its footing in the steady draw of the Cedar Point Recreation Area, where visitors seek out the quietude of the land, and in the small-scale commerce that supports the inhabitants of the nearby Wolf Hollow basin. History is etched into the very soil, reflecting the persistent labor of settlers who once carved a life out of the stubborn, rocky earth long before modern infrastructure arrived. Today, life in Buchanan Lake Village moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, focused on the maintenance of the land and the preservation of a lifestyle that favors clear, star-filled nights over the frantic noise of more populous regions. It is a place where the stillness of the landscape serves as a constant companion to the people, reinforcing a sense of permanence in a world that often feels transient.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buchanan Lake Village, Texas. Coordinates: 30.8602, -98.434312. 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 Buchanan Lake Village includes the ZIP code (78672), telephone area code (512, 737), county seat of Llano County (Llano), and school district assignment (Burnet Consolidated 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. |