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Fort Davis Texas Map

Explore Fort Davis, 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 Fort Davis, Texas

How to Use This Fort Davis, Texas Map

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

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	Fort Davis
State	Texas (TX)
County	Jeff Davis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	30.578857
Longitude	-103.894655
Population	1,024
Density	36.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79734
Area Code	806
County Seat	Fort Davis
School District	Fort Davis Independent School District

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About Fort Davis, Texas

Fort Davis is a locality in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,024. The population density is 36.6 people per km². Fort Davis is located at 30.5789°N, 103.8947°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79734.

Fort Davis occupies a high, arid plateau where the light at dusk turns the earth a bruised, luminous violet. It lies 119.6 miles southwest of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 224°T), and is situated 21.1 miles northwest of Alpine. Chihuahua Creek cuts a thin, wandering vein through the basin, sustaining a thin ribbon of greenery that contrasts against the parched, sun-bleached grasses of the surrounding plains. To the horizon, the jagged silhouette of the Davis Mountains defines the skyline, rising like a dark, immovable rampart against the vastness of the sky. Nearby, the uneven slopes of Hospital Canyon drop away into rugged shadows, while the Tall Grassland Trail invites a slow traversal of the undulating, windswept terrain. It is a place where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the faint, dry scent of creosote and cooling stone as the heat of the day retreats into the long, starlit silence of the high desert.

Fort Davis maintains a quiet, deliberate pace shaped by the echoes of frontier history and the enduring cycle of ranching that still anchors the local economy. Visitors often seek out the natural quietude of Davis Mountains State Park, finding a different sort of stillness than one might encounter at Big Tank, which lies further out in the quiet scrubland. The architectural remnants of the old military post serve as a physical ledger of the past, standing in stark, limestone resilience against the unrelenting wind. There is a distinct, solitary character to the way the days unfold here, marked by the slow movement of cattle and the occasional traveler passing through the high country. Life in Fort Davis operates under a wide, unblinking dome of blue, where the primary concerns remain the seasonal shift of the grasses and the preservation of a way of life that values space, memory, and the slow, steady burn of the sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Smith-Carlton Adobe House (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 005° N
Pioneer Cemetery (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 044° NE
Jeff Davis County (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 360° N
Davis Mountains State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 338° N
Keesey Canyon Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 295° NW
Indian Lodge (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 288° W
Davis Mountains Easement - H. E. Sproul Timmo (Park) — 5.9 mi, 341° N
Davis Mountains Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 297° NW
Davis Mountains (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 357° N
Overland Trail Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 352° N
Neill Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 352° N
McDonald Observatory (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 312° NW
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch/High Adventure Camp (Park) — 14.1 mi, 344° N
Wolf Den Tank (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 291° W
Maintenant (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 196° S
Sleeping Figure (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 199° S
Kokernot Park (Local Recreation) — 19.7 mi, 136° SE
Glitch Gallery (Gallery) — 20.0 mi, 202° S
Marfa and Presidio County Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 202° S
Ranga Theatres (Cinema) — 20.7 mi, 138° SE
Granada Theatre (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 137° SE
Museum of the Big Bend (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 136° SE
Chinati Foundation (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 202° S
Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 30.4 mi, 022° N
Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 41.1 mi, 153° SE
Chinati Mountains (State Conservation Area) — 54.5 mi, 220° SW
Casa Ramon (Historic Ruins) — 60.8 mi, 192° S
Indio Ranch (Recreation Easement) — 62.5 mi, 279° W
Big Bend National Park (National Park) — 70.5 mi, 150° SE · 785k acres
Big Bend Proposed or Recommended Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 76.3 mi, 145° SE · 577k acres

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