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Farnsworth Texas Map

Explore Farnsworth, 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 Farnsworth, Texas

How to Use This Farnsworth, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	36.311078
Longitude	-100.968272
Population	95
Density	27.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	79070, 79033
Area Code	806
County Seat	Perryton
School District	Perryton Independent School District

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About Farnsworth, Texas

Farnsworth is a locality in Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 27.3 people per km². Farnsworth is located at 36.3111°N, 100.9683°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 79070, 79033.

Farnsworth occupies a stark, expansive stretch of the high plains where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 51.2 miles north-northeast of Borger, TX (from Borger, TX: bearing 28°T), and is situated 10.6 miles west-southwest of Perryton. The landscape is defined by a rigorous, horizontal geometry, broken only by the occasional grain elevator that punctuates the flat expanse like a sentinel. Two miles to the west, the quiet course of Wolf Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the prairie, while the still waters of Truax Lake hold the reflection of an immense, unobstructed vault of blue. To the northwest, the distant silhouette of Mount Helland lingers on the edge of vision, a faint blue suggestion of elevation in a world otherwise committed to the infinite reach of the plains. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, bleaching the summer grasses to a pale straw and casting long, deliberate shadows that seem to stretch across the miles as evening approaches.

Farnsworth serves as a quiet pivot point for the surrounding agricultural life, anchored by the cycles of harvest and the patient labor of the grain trade. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the soil, with the daily movement of trucks and the hum of machinery marking the passage of seasons. History is held here not in monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who cultivate this demanding terrain, and in the quietude of spaces like Whippo Park, where the native grasses offer a brief respite from the structured rows of nearby fields. Life in Farnsworth moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, unbothered by the frantic pace of distant centers, finding its own meaning in the vast, open silence of the Texas panhandle.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sheriff James Sidney Talley (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 106° E
Ochiltree Townsite (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 103° E
Ochiltree Cemetery (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 104° E
Leatherman Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 056° NE
South Ramp Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 284° W
Museum of the Plains (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 053° NE
Stationmasters House Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 238° SW
Wolf Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 18.3 mi, 108° E
Schultz Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 326° NW
Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 23.5 mi, 026° NE
Optima Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.5 mi, 338° N
Optima Lake (Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 338° N
River Valley Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 42.5 mi, 130° SE
Big Beaver (Public Artwork) — 42.9 mi, 035° NE
CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 50.3 mi, 003° N
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 51.0 mi, 220° SW · 41k acres
Frank J Smith Bird Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 51.5 mi, 208° SW
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 51.9 mi, 124° SE · 31k acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 53.2 mi, 180° S
Cast Away Intersection (Attraction) — 55.0 mi, 148° SE
Arkalon Park (State Recreation Area) — 56.2 mi, 010° N
Lake Meredith Aquatic and Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 58.5 mi, 218° SW
Sherman County Depot Museum (Museum) — 61.4 mi, 272° W
Cimarron National Grassland (National Grassland) — 62.2 mi, 328° NW · 109k acres
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Monument) — 62.8 mi, 218° SW · 1,080 acres
The Art Center (Gallery) — 64.8 mi, 240° SW
Meade State Park (State Park) — 65.5 mi, 026° NE
Buffalo Grass Music Hall (Theatre) — 70.8 mi, 199° S
Meyer's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 71.9 mi, 257° W
Groom Giant Cross (Attraction) — 76.6 mi, 187° S

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