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Claude Texas Map

Explore Claude, 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 Claude, Texas

How to Use This Claude, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	35.111718
Longitude	-101.363222
Population	1,186
Density	266.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79019
Area Code	806
County Seat	Claude
School District	Claude Independent School District

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About Claude, Texas

Claude is a locality in Armstrong County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,186. The population density is 266.9 people per km². Claude is located at 35.1117°N, 101.3632°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Claude is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79019.

Claude occupies a vast, level expanse of the high plains where the sky dominates the horizon, pressing down upon the earth with a weight that renders the distant outline of Stinkhole Divide a mere suggestion of blue against the pale, unending gray. It lies 27.5 miles east-southeast of Amarillo, TX (from Amarillo, TX: bearing 106°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south of Panhandle. The land around Claude stretches out in a flat, relentless reach of prairie grass and cultivated soil, broken only by the thin, intermittent veins of the Salt Fork Red River that carve shallow, jagged arteries into the dry crust of the earth. During the golden hour, the light here does not merely fall; it pools in the hollows of the terrain, turning the dust kicked up by the wind into a fine, suspended amber that lingers long after the sun has retreated. There is a profound stillness in this geography, a sense that the horizon is not a boundary but an invitation to witness the sheer scale of the open continent.

Claude serves as a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural life, built upon the hard-won resilience of those who turned the sod to harvest winter wheat and graze cattle under the wide, unforgiving sun. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the yield of the soil, with the local grain elevators rising like monoliths above the streets, marking the town’s silhouette against the immense backdrop of the plains. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of the countryside, perhaps traveling toward the Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir for a rare stillness near the water, or finding an afternoon of respite at Rotery Park. Life in Claude moves with the measured pace of a place that understands the necessity of patience, where the legacy of the early homesteaders is felt in the steady, pragmatic character of those who remain to cultivate the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Armstrong County Jail (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 117° SE
Early Sheriffs of Armstrong County, 1890-1926 (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 117° SE
Claude News (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 109° E
Richard Daniel Baker Peace Park (Public Artwork) — 13.4 mi, 305° NW
Groom Giant Cross (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 063° NE
Groom Route 66 (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 067° NE
Buffalo Grass Music Hall (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 357° N
Britten Water Tower (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 069° E
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 220° SW
Amarillo Railway Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 298° NW
Lone Star Interpretive Area (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 240° SW
CCC Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 244° SW
English Field Terminal (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 294° NW
Gee Family Farm Pumpkin Farm (Theme Park) — 22.4 mi, 274° W
Rick Klein Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 24.2 mi, 279° W
Southeast Regional Park (Local Park) — 24.6 mi, 276° W
Comanche Trail (Local Recreation) — 24.6 mi, 277° W
Price College (Historic Ruins) — 25.5 mi, 289° W
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 282° W
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 27.5 mi, 076° E · 1,402 acres
Harrington House (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 283° W
Amarillo Opera House (Arts Centre) — 27.7 mi, 281° W
Tascosa Drive-In (Cinema) — 27.8 mi, 288° W
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 33.6 mi, 318° NW · 41k acres
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.2 mi, 114° SE
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Monument) — 36.2 mi, 332° NW · 1,080 acres
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 253° W · 15k acres
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 46.6 mi, 161° S
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 53.1 mi, 158° S
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 77.9 mi, 189° S · 14k acres

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