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Falcon Lake Estates Texas Map

Explore Falcon Lake Estates, 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 Falcon Lake Estates, Texas

How to Use This Falcon Lake Estates, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Falcon Lake Estates, 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 Falcon Lake Estates.

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	Falcon Lake Estates
State	Texas (TX)
County	Zapata County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	26.872818
Longitude	-99.255314
Population	962
Density	553.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78076
Area Code	210, 726
County Seat	Zapata
School District	Zapata County Independent School District

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About Falcon Lake Estates, Texas

Falcon Lake Estates is a locality in Zapata County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 962. The population density is 553.5 people per km². Falcon Lake Estates is located at 26.8728°N, 99.2553°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78076.

Falcon Lake Estates stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the low-lying scrub brush gives way to the vast, shimmering surface of Falcon Reservoir. It lies 35.5 miles north-northwest of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 335°T), and is situated 2.6 miles south-southeast of Zapata. The air here holds a dry, persistent heat that clarifies the horizon, revealing the distant, muted silhouette of Loma Blanca against the pale Texas sky. To the north, the terrain dips into the textured basin of Arroyo Torcido, where the earth turns to a stubborn, cracked clay, and the persistent winds carry the scent of parched limestone and wild sage. At the water’s edge, the Public Falcon Lake Park & Boat Ramp serves as the primary gateway to the basin, its concrete slips and gravel paths marking the boundary where the arid land finally yields to the stillness of the deep, blue-gray water.

Falcon Lake Estates thrives on a rhythm dictated by the seasonal rise and fall of the water and the quiet, enduring presence of the nearby Rio Grande. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the reservoir, defined by the steady movement of those drawn to the water for its quietude and the persistent work of ranchers who have long shaped the surrounding plains. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned pace, marked by the bilingual echoes of border-country culture and the occasional rumble of a truck moving through the brush. At dusk, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long shadows across the mesquite and turning the reservoir into a mirror of liquid fire, a moment of profound, singular stillness that defines the character of Falcon Lake Estates.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Public Falcon Lake Park & Boat Ramp (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 281° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 155° SE
Siesta Shores Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 155° SE
Old Zapata (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 341° N
In the Vicinity of this Site was Mission Revilla a Visita (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 340° N
Zapata County (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 316° NW
Falcon State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 162° S
La Paz Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 347° N
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 160° S · 277k acres
Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 140° SE
Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 35.4 mi, 140° SE
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 39.2 mi, 150° SE
Palomino(Laredo College Mascot[horse]) (Public Artwork) — 41.2 mi, 340° N
River Bend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 46.1 mi, 340° N
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 341° N
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 46.2 mi, 341° N
Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 46.6 mi, 348° N
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 46.8 mi, 340° N
Lake Casa Blanca State Park (State Park) — 46.8 mi, 347° N
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 47.3 mi, 340° N
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 72.7 mi, 132° SE
Border Theater (Theatre) — 73.2 mi, 128° SE
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 75.5 mi, 127° SE
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 126° SE
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 78.2 mi, 120° SE

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