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Buffalo Springs Texas Map

Explore Buffalo Springs, 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 Buffalo Springs, Texas

How to Use This Buffalo Springs, Texas Map

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

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	Buffalo Springs
State	Texas (TX)
County	Clay County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.486693
Longitude	-102.759362
Population	571
Density	134.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	76228, 79022, 79404
Area Code	806
County Seat	Henrietta

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About Buffalo Springs, Texas

Buffalo Springs is a locality in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 571. The population density is 134.3 people per km². Buffalo Springs is located at 36.4867°N, 102.7594°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 76228, 79022, 79404.

Buffalo Springs stretches across a landscape of spare, sun-bleached grasses and stubborn earth that yields only to the persistent reach of seasonal rains. It lies 32.0 miles southeast of Wichita Falls, TX (from Wichita Falls, TX: bearing 140°T), and is situated 16.8 miles west of Bowie. The horizon here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic rise of the plains, broken occasionally by the distant, jagged silhouette of Galliher Mountain that catches the violet light of the fading day. Two miles to the east, the steady, quiet flow of Buffalo Creek carves a thin ribbon of deeper green through the dry soil, providing a reprieve for the hawks that circle the open sky. Five miles beyond the center, the waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 2 Reservoir hold the reflection of an expansive, cloudless dome, anchoring the vastness of the terrain in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.

Economic life in Buffalo Springs remains tethered to the cycles of the land, where the labor of the seasons dictates the pace of the day and the character of the community. History here is marked by the quiet endurance of those who first broke the prairie, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the austere patterns of local ranching and agriculture. While the more rugged topography of Pudding Valley lies eleven miles away, the immediate surroundings favor a slow, deliberate existence that finds beauty in the harsh, high-noon clarity of the plains. Those seeking the quietude of the natural world often look toward the expanses of Selma Park, fifteen miles distant, where the land remains much as it was before the arrival of the surveyor’s transit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rita Blanca National Grassland (National Grassland) — 1.1 mi, 024° NE · 93k acres
Kiowa National Grassland (National Grassland) — 13.5 mi, 274° W · 137k acres
Old Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 353° N
Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 320° NW
War Memorial (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 038° NE
Cimmaronosaurus (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 038° NE
Herzstein Memorial Museum Historic Site (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 264° W
Black Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve (State Park) — 25.1 mi, 344° N
Carl Etling Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.1 mi, 345° N
Petrified Log Exhibit (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 344° N
Kiowa/Rita Blanca (Park) — 30.1 mi, 107° E
Clayton Lake State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 282° W
Lake Rita Blanca Park (Local Park) — 32.3 mi, 158° S
Sherman County Depot Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 105° E
Lesser-Prairie Chicken Habitat Zoological Area (National Conservation Area) — 40.8 mi, 031° NE · 9,303 acres
Campo Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 41.0 mi, 014° N
Meyer's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 41.5 mi, 134° SE
Public Shooting Range (Attraction) — 54.8 mi, 001° N
Point of Rocks (Viewpoint) — 62.3 mi, 047° NE
The Art Center (Gallery) — 62.4 mi, 135° SE
Folsom Museum (Museum) — 68.8 mi, 291° W
Capulin Volcano National Monument (National Monument) — 69.5 mi, 287° W · 791 acres
Two Buttes Reservoir State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 77.0 mi, 003° N
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 79.1 mi, 131° SE · 41k acres

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