El Indio Texas Map
Explore El Indio, 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 Indio, Texas
How to Use This El Indio, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Indio, 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 Indio.
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 Indio |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Maverick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 28.511928 |
| Longitude | -100.311182 |
| Population | 182 |
| Density | 40.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78860 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Eagle Pass |
| School District | Eagle Pass Independent School District |
About El Indio, Texas
El Indio is a locality in Maverick County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 182. The population density is 40.1 people per km². El Indio is located at 28.5119°N, 100.3112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78860.El Indio marks a quiet transition where the arid scrubland softens into the low-lying basin of the Rio Grande plain. It lies 17.8 miles southeast of Eagle Pass, TX (from Eagle Pass, TX: bearing 140°T), and is situated 15.6 miles southeast of Eidson Road. Cuevas Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the local topography, its seasonal moisture drawing a thin, verdant ribbon of mesquite and dense brush against the bleached, sun-baked earth. The air here holds a heavy, dry heat, punctuated by the sharp scent of parched dust and the occasional sweetness of blooming cactus, while the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, far removed from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau. At dusk, the light stretches thin and gold across the flat plains, turning the gray-green foliage into silhouettes that seem to pulse against the cooling sky.
El Indio persists as a testament to the resilience of border-country agriculture, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the cultivation of the soil and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. El Indio Park serves as a modest center for the locality, providing a patch of open ground where the shared history of ranching and irrigation remains etched into the daily routine of its inhabitants. The local economy relies heavily upon the endurance of those who work the surrounding fields, drawing sustenance from the land that has supported generations of families. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned purpose, defined by the quiet labor of the fields and the deep, bilingual heritage that echoes in the conversation of those who gather beneath the wide, cloudless expanse of the Texas interior.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- El Indio Park (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 358° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 315° NW
- Nick Carr Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 16.1 mi, 318° NW
- Maverick County Lake Park (Local Park) — 16.4 mi, 322° NW
- UH-1H "Huey" Helicopter (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 322° NW
- Airplane Monument (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 322° NW
- Douglas MacArthur Monument (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 322° NW
- Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 322° NW
- Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 52.0 mi, 101° E
- Fort Clark Guardhouse (Museum) — 55.2 mi, 353° N
- Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 56.2 mi, 034° NE
- Briscoe-Garner Museum (Museum) — 57.7 mi, 033° NE
- Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 57.8 mi, 033° NE
- Vanham (Conservation Area) — 62.5 mi, 026° NE
- Long Hollow (Conservation Area) — 62.9 mi, 021° N
- Abbey Road Cafe and Beatles Museum (Museum) — 67.5 mi, 326° NW
- Museo del Agua (Museum) — 67.7 mi, 327° NW
- San Felipe Exes Student Memorial Center (Museum) — 68.0 mi, 329° NW
- Cinemark Movies 8 (Cinema) — 70.5 mi, 330° NW
- Eastern Bluebird (Public Artwork) — 70.8 mi, 146° SE
- Kickapoo Cavern State Park (State Park) — 74.7 mi, 353° N
- Amistad National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 75.3 mi, 333° NW · 54k acres
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About This El Indio Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Indio, Texas. Coordinates: 28.511928, -100.311182. 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 Indio includes the ZIP code (78860), telephone area code (512, 830), county seat of Maverick County (Eagle Pass), and school district assignment (Eagle Pass 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. |
