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Electra Texas Map

Explore Electra, 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 Electra, Texas

How to Use This Electra, Texas Map

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

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	Electra
State	Texas (TX)
County	Wichita County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.029259
Longitude	-98.918958
Population	2,292
Density	287.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76360
Area Code	817
County Seat	Wichita Falls
School District	Electra Independent School District

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About Electra, Texas

Electra is a locality in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,292. The population density is 287.6 people per km². Electra is located at 34.0293°N, 98.9190°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Electra is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76360.

Electra sits upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse of North Texas prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky of unrelenting, pale blue. It lies 20.5 miles west-southwest of Burkburnett, TX (from Burkburnett, TX: bearing 257°T), and is situated 15.3 miles west-northwest of Iowa Park. The landscape is defined by a rhythmic, undulating flatness broken only by the low rise of Floral Mound to the west and the steady, winding presence of Buffalo Creek, which carves a modest path through the scrub brush and dry grasses just a mile from the center. Light here possesses a dry, sharpening quality, turning the dust of the plains into a fine, golden haze at dusk that softens the sharp geometry of pump jacks nodding in the distance. Residents move through the day with a deliberate, measured pace, finding a quiet stillness in the open air of Unknown Park, where the wind carries the scent of baked earth and wild sage across the plains.

Electra remains tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the oil patch, a legacy that transformed the surrounding fields into a forest of steel derricks a century ago and continues to shape the local economy today. While the boom years have long since settled into a steady, industrious hum, the architecture of the streets—low-slung brick facades and wide, sun-baked thoroughfares—reflects a time when the black gold beneath the soil dictated the fortunes of every household. Beyond the immediate reach of the derricks, the land opens toward the gentle depression of Steinman Hollow, while the waters of Lake Electra provide a necessary, quiet anchor for those who seek the shade of cottonwoods during the height of the summer heat. Life in Electra is a study in endurance, marked by the persistent, mechanical heartbeat of industry and the enduring, stoic character of a people who have learned to thrive in the wide, open spaces of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Electra State Bank (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 016° N
Grand Theatre (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 356° N
Electra City Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 085° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 323° NW
Tenth Cavalry Creek (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 065° NE
Gordon Lake (Local Park) — 14.9 mi, 107° E
Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area & WRP (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 355° N
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 22.8 mi, 122° SE
Wichita Bluff Nature Area (Local Conservation Area) — 22.9 mi, 111° E
River Bend Nature Center (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 109° E
Red River Valley Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 291° W
Sikes Mall 10 (Cinema) — 24.7 mi, 116° SE
Wichita Falls (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 109° E
Fain Fine Arts Center Theatre (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 115° SE
Ramona Theatre (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 347° N
Kell House Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 109° E
Museum of North Texas History (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 108° E
Wichita Theater Performing Art Centre (Arts Centre) — 25.9 mi, 108° E
Lake Arrowhead State Park (State Park) — 35.2 mi, 122° SE
Let the Good Times Roll (Public Artwork) — 36.2 mi, 213° SW
Baylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 213° SW
Comanche Tribal Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 43.6 mi, 021° N
Dinosaur Park (Attraction) — 44.3 mi, 111° E
Waurika Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 46.5 mi, 067° NE
Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 46.7 mi, 276° W
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 013° N · 118k acres
Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit (Wilderness Area) — 47.4 mi, 011° N · 9,786 acres
Permian Sea Tide Ripples (Attraction) — 47.7 mi, 277° W
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.9 mi, 107° E · 1,644 acres
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 77.5 mi, 123° SE · 20k acres

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