Explore Eldorado, 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 Eldorado, 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 Eldorado.
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 | Eldorado |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Schleicher County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.860174 |
| Longitude | -100.60093 |
| Population | 1,574 |
| Density | 436.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 76936 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| County Seat | Eldorado |
| School District | Schleicher Independent School District |
Eldorado anchors itself upon the arid, sun-bleached expanse of the Edwards Plateau, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent under a high, pale sky. It lies 42.8 miles south-southwest of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 193°T), and is situated 20.4 miles north of Sonora. The land here holds a stark, sculptural quality, defined by limestone outcroppings and the brush-choked drainage of Whitten Draw five miles away. Just a mile to the east, the South Concho River cuts a thin, green line through the scrub, providing a rare reprieve of moisture in a landscape that otherwise favors the hard, resistant resilience of cedar and mesquite. During the golden hour, the light flattens against the earth, turning the gray-green foliage into silhouettes that seem to vibrate against the heat-haze, while the nearby Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir remains a still, reflective mirror waiting for the infrequent rains.
Eldorado draws its pulse from the deep-rooted traditions of the ranching industry and the persistent, extraction-focused labor of the oil patch. At the center of daily movement, Courthouse Square Park serves as the primary meeting point, a quiet patch of green where the town’s civic life gathers in the shadow of local government. This geography of industry and agriculture has shaped a culture of self-reliance, where the pace is dictated by the seasons and the fluctuating demands of the energy sector. There is a distinct, pragmatic gravity to the way life moves here, an unspoken acknowledgment that the survival of the settlement depends on the same grit that characterizes the surrounding plains. The history of the place remains etched in the quiet endurance of its people, who operate with a steady, unadorned competence in a land that demands much and promises little beyond the horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eldorado, Texas. Coordinates: 30.860174, -100.60093. 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 Eldorado includes the ZIP code (76936), telephone area code (325), county seat of Schleicher County (Eldorado), and school district assignment (Schleicher 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. |