Explore Ecleto, 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 Ecleto, 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 Ecleto.
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 | Ecleto |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Karnes County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.04636 |
| Longitude | -97.751388 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78111 |
| Area Code | 210 |
| County Seat | Karnes City |
Ecleto stretches across a quiet expanse of South Texas where the land leans into the sky with an unforced, open grace. It lies 38.3 miles south-southeast of Seguin, TX (from Seguin, TX: bearing 160°T), and is situated 14.4 miles northeast of Karnes City. Dry Ecleto Creek carves a shallow, often parched path through the terrain, its bed a pale ribbon of limestone and silt that marks the fundamental rhythm of the local geography. To the east, the earth dips toward the gentle depression of Ford Hollow, while the distant, singular silhouette of Lookout Hill rises against the horizon like a muted sentinel. The air here holds a distinct clarity, particularly as the sun begins to slant late in the day, turning the dry grasses to a shade of burnished copper that seems to vibrate against the deep, verdant shadows of scattered oaks.
Ecleto emerged from the rugged necessity of the frontier, its identity rooted in the hard-won independence of ranching families who carved a living from the stubborn, sun-baked soil. The economy remains tethered to this agricultural heritage, defined by the slow, deliberate work of cattlemen and the changing seasons of the range. Though the pace is slow, life in Ecleto is marked by a persistent, quiet endurance that persists even when the heat settles heavy over the fields. Residents might travel toward the Soil Conservation Service Site 11 Reservoir for a moment of stillness near the water, or look toward the distant Highland Park for recreation, yet the focus always returns to the local grit of the land. It is a place where history is not merely recounted but lived in the way the wind moves across the plains and the way the evening light lingers on the weathered fence lines.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ecleto, Texas. Coordinates: 29.04636, -97.751388. 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 Ecleto includes the ZIP code (78111), telephone area code (210), county seat of Karnes County (Karnes City), and school district assignment.
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. |