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Carey Texas Map

Explore Carey, 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 Carey, Texas

How to Use This Carey, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	34.471173
Longitude	-100.325673
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	79201, 79230
Area Code	806
County Seat	Childress

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About Carey, Texas

Carey is a locality in Childress County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Carey is located at 34.4712°N, 100.3257°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 79201, 79230.

Carey exists as a quiet accumulation of sun-bleached earth and expansive, open prairie that stretches toward the horizon in a slow, rhythmic exhale of dry grass. It lies 81.3 miles east-northeast of Plainview, TX (from Plainview, TX: bearing 76°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west-northwest of Childress. The land here remains defined by the austere, pale light of the plains, which turns the soil to the color of weathered bone under a high, indifferent sky. Two miles to the west, the landscape yields to the modest stillness of Lake Childress and the persistent, low-slung banks of Grassy Creek, where the water clings to the shadows of scrub brush and clay. Further off, the silhouette of Wolf Mountain anchors the distant view, while the rugged, eroded depths of Waterbox Canyon serve as a silent reminder of the tectonic patience required to shape this terrain.

Carey maintains a tether to the land through the long, deliberate cycles of agricultural labor that have defined its economy for generations. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal demands of the soil, far removed from the frantic pace of denser regions, finding its own stability in the modest acreage of South Ramp Park and the shared endurance of those who work the surrounding plains. The local character is forged by the solitude of the high country, where the history of the settlement is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of fences and the steady, unadorned maintenance of the roads. Even as the modern world shifts, Carey remains a place where the air carries the scent of dry earth and the stillness of the afternoon suggests a deep, ancestral familiarity with the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Ramp Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 272° W
North Ramp Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 280° W
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.7 mi, 042° NE · 15k acres
Old Railroad Y.M.C.A. (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 116° SE
Morgan Hospital (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 119° SE
Childress Post Office Building (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 116° SE
Childress County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 116° SE
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 312° NW
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.3 mi, 181° S
Collingsworth County Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 013° N
Bob Wills Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 260° W
Hardeman County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 109° E
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 37.5 mi, 268° W
Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 39.7 mi, 126° SE
Dark Sky Viewing Area (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 127° SE
Historic Windmill (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 127° SE
Pease River Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 41.4 mi, 128° SE
Permian Sea Tide Ripples (Attraction) — 41.4 mi, 127° SE
Quitaque Panthers & Pantherettes (Public Artwork) — 42.3 mi, 260° W
Motley County Jail Museum (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 222° SW
Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 44.0 mi, 036° NE
Lakeside Marina (Local Recreation) — 48.4 mi, 318° NW
Murals (Attraction) — 54.8 mi, 344° N
Studio One (Arts Centre) — 58.7 mi, 078° E
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.0 mi, 329° NW · 1,402 acres
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.5 mi, 207° SW · 14k acres
Ramona Theatre (Theatre) — 74.7 mi, 094° E
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 79.8 mi, 019° N · 31k acres

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