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El Brazil Texas Map

Explore El Brazil, 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 El Brazil, Texas

How to Use This El Brazil, Texas Map

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

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	El Brazil
State	Texas (TX)
County	Starr County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	26.4686
Longitude	-98.7269
Population	53
Density	113.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78582
Area Code	830
County Seat	Rio Grande City
School District	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District

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About El Brazil, Texas

El Brazil is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 53. The population density is 113.1 people per km². El Brazil is located at 26.4686°N, 98.7269°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78582.

El Brazil occupies a stretch of scrub-heavy plains where the sun bleaches the earth to a pale, bone-colored dust by midday. It lies 8.4 miles northeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 43°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-northeast of Las Lomas. The horizon remains flat and unrelenting, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Gongora Hill that anchors the northern edge of the sky. To the east, the terrain yields to the brushy thickets of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a three-mile buffer that keeps the encroaching wild at bay. Water is a scarce and precious commodity here, traced only by the thin, seasonal ribbon of Los Olmos Creek, which cuts a dry, stony path through the mesquite six miles away. When the light shifts to a sharp, bruised violet at dusk, the vast openness of El Brazil gains a sudden, quiet gravity, as if the land itself is holding its breath against the coming dark.

History in El Brazil is defined by the slow labor of ranching and the persistent endurance of those who work the soil. The local economy relies on the quiet rhythm of agriculture and the maintenance of vast, fenced acreages that have held their ground for generations. While life moves at a deliberate pace, the proximity to the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge reminds residents of the deeper, older pulse of the brush country that exists beyond the reach of fences. Travelers passing through might miss the subtle textures of the region—the way the wind rattles the dry leaves of the chaparral or the sharp, metallic tang of the air before a storm. El Brazil remains a place where the work is honest and the silence is a physical presence, distinct from the busier corridors that lie further toward the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.7 mi, 256° W · 277k acres
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Parc (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 216° SW
Fort Ringgold County Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 219° SW
Fort Ringgold, C.S.A. (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 219° SW
Old Ringgold Barracks Hospital (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 219° SW
The Rev. Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I. (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 224° SW
Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 8.7 mi, 272° W
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 244° SW
Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 296° NW
Los Ebanos Park (Local Recreation) — 18.4 mi, 146° SE
Javelina Ranch (Park) — 19.5 mi, 114° SE
Falcon State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 286° W
Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 28.3 mi, 133° SE
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 134° SE
Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 30.1 mi, 124° SE
Border Theater (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 125° SE
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 32.8 mi, 123° SE
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 121° SE
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.8 mi, 108° E
Topgolf (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 120° SE
Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 38.3 mi, 115° SE
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.0 mi, 127° SE · 4,218 acres
La Paz Museum (Museum) — 61.1 mi, 323° NW
The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 66.5 mi, 106° E
Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas (Museum) — 77.7 mi, 048° NE

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