El Chaparral Texas Map
Explore El Chaparral, 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 Chaparral, Texas
How to Use This El Chaparral, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Chaparral, 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 Chaparral.
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 Chaparral |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Starr County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.3489 |
| Longitude | -98.7673 |
| Population | 467 |
| Density | 1839.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Rio Grande City |
| School District | Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District |
About El Chaparral, Texas
El Chaparral is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 467. The population density is 1839.9 people per km². El Chaparral is located at 26.3489°N, 98.7673°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78582.El Chaparral exists where the sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas brush country meets the quiet persistence of the borderlands. It lies 3.9 miles east-southeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 123°T), and is situated 1.2 miles south-southeast of Las Lomas. The earth here is a mosaic of pale, sun-baked soil and dense thickets of mesquite and prickly pear, stretching toward the horizon where the faint suggestion of Gongora Hill breaks the flatness of the sky. Just a mile away, the Rio Grande carves a winding path through the silt, its presence marked by a subtle shift in the vegetation that clings to the banks like a green ribbon. The air holds the dry, metallic scent of heated dust, and as the day wanes, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, lengthening the shadows of the scrub until they swallow the low-slung architecture of the landscape.
El Chaparral remains defined by its intimate proximity to the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the native flora and fauna find a rare, protected refuge from the encroaching pace of modern development. This intersection of conservation and agrarian life shapes the local economy, which relies on the rhythmic cycles of ranching and the careful stewardship of the land. While La Joya Lake sits eighteen miles off, serving as a distant anchor for the regional water table, the lifeblood of the locality remains the seasonal pulse of the river and the resilience of those who cultivate the surrounding plains. Daily life moves with the deliberate gait of a place accustomed to the extremes of heat and drought, valuing a quiet endurance over the frantic clamor of urban centers.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.1 mi, 101° E · 277k acres
- Rio Grande City Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 346° N
- Basilio Villarreal Municipal Parc (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 312° NW
- Old Ringgold Barracks Hospital (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 307° NW
- Fort Ringgold, C.S.A. (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 307° NW
- Fort Ringgold (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 307° NW
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 135° SE
- Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 10.5 mi, 324° NW
- Los Ebanos Park (Local Recreation) — 14.6 mi, 119° SE
- Javelina Ranch (Park) — 20.1 mi, 091° E
- Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 320° NW
- Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 116° SE
- Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 117° SE
- Falcon State Park (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 305° NW
- Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 28.8 mi, 107° E
- Border Theater (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 109° E
- Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 31.5 mi, 107° E
- R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 107° E
- Topgolf (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 107° E
- Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.6 mi, 095° E
- Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 38.1 mi, 102° E
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.8 mi, 116° SE · 4,218 acres
- La Paz Museum (Museum) — 66.5 mi, 329° NW
- The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 67.1 mi, 099° E
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About This El Chaparral Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Chaparral, Texas. Coordinates: 26.3489, -98.7673. 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 El Chaparral includes the ZIP code (78582), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District).
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. |
