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Elm Creek Texas Map

Explore Elm Creek, 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 Elm Creek, Texas

How to Use This Elm Creek, Texas Map

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

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	Elm Creek
State	Texas (TX)
County	Maverick County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	28.774419
Longitude	-100.491744
Population	2,884
Density	393.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78852
Area Code	512, 830
County Seat	Eagle Pass
School District	Eagle Pass Independent School District

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About Elm Creek, Texas

Elm Creek is a locality in Maverick County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,884. The population density is 393.7 people per km². Elm Creek is located at 28.7744°N, 100.4917°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78852.

Elm Creek carves a persistent, silver thread through the parched prairie, its banks lined with the gnarled, dark silhouettes of namesake trees that drink deep from the limestone-filtered basin. It lies 4.5 miles north of Eagle Pass, TX (from Eagle Pass, TX: bearing 6°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north of Eidson Road. The surrounding terrain stretches out in wide, tawny expanses of open range, where the heat of midday causes the horizon to shimmer and distort, blurring the line between the earth and the pale, expansive sky. Only a mile away, Siesta Park offers a quiet sanctuary of scrub brush and shade, providing a rare reprieve from the relentless sun that bleaches the grasses to a brittle, pale straw. As dusk approaches, the light softens into a bruised purple, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the flatlands and turn the sluggish water of the creek into a ribbon of molten copper.

Settlement in Elm Creek grew from the necessity of trade and the resilience of those who carved a living from the stubborn, clay-heavy soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, defined by the seasonal cycles of ranching and the industrious hum of small-scale agriculture that persists despite the dry, inland climate. While the distant, hazy outline of the Edwards Plateau lingers in the memory of those who travel west, the life here is defined by the immediate, mundane details of fence lines and supply routes. Residents carry a certain quietude in their movements, a reflection of a place where the pace is dictated by the slow growth of crops and the watchful maintenance of livestock. Even as modern conveniences reach into these rural corners, Elm Creek retains the steady, unassuming character of a place that has long ago made its peace with the vast, quiet indifference of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Siesta Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 173° S
Eagle Pass Coal Mines (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 189° S
Valeria Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 185° S
Jesse Sumpter (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 177° S
Church of the Redeemer (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 189° S
Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 175° S
Nick Carr Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 178° S
El Indio Park (Local Recreation) — 20.7 mi, 148° SE
Fort Clark Guardhouse (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 007° N
Abbey Road Cafe and Beatles Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 325° NW
Museo del Agua (Museum) — 46.6 mi, 325° NW
San Felipe Exes Student Memorial Center (Museum) — 46.8 mi, 329° NW
Whitehead Memorial Museum (Museum) — 46.9 mi, 329° NW
Cinemark Movies 8 (Cinema) — 49.3 mi, 330° NW
Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 51.0 mi, 056° NE
Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 52.2 mi, 055° NE
Amistad National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 54.1 mi, 334° NW · 54k acres
Kickapoo Cavern State Park (State Park) — 56.0 mi, 002° N
Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 68.1 mi, 115° SE
Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924 (Public Artwork) — 68.4 mi, 025° NE
Garner State Park (State Park) — 71.0 mi, 039° NE
White Rock Cave (Attraction) — 71.9 mi, 039° NE
Crystal Cave (Attraction) — 72.0 mi, 039° NE
Ol' Baldy viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 72.1 mi, 039° NE

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