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Fort McKavett Texas Map

Explore Fort McKavett, 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 McKavett, Texas

How to Use This Fort McKavett, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.827119
Longitude	-100.106747
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76841
Area Code	325
County Seat	Menard

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About Fort McKavett, Texas

Fort McKavett is a locality in Menard County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Fort McKavett is located at 30.8271°N, 100.1067°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76841.

Fort McKavett commands a lonely, elevated expanse where the limestone bedrock of the earth pushes through the thin soil like the bleached knuckles of an old giant. It lies 48.1 miles south-southeast of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 156°T), and is situated 30.7 miles northwest of Junction. The San Saba River threads its way through the landscape nearby, its waters carving a quiet, persistent path through the scrub and cedar that defines this arid interior. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau rises against the horizon, marking the limit of the view. Terrett Draw cuts a jagged scar into the terrain just a mile away, collecting the infrequent rain that sustains the hardy brush. The light here is sharp and unforgiving, bleaching the color from the grass until it turns the color of pale straw, while the wind carries the dry, earthen scent of a land that has seen little change in a century.

Fort McKavett remains a quiet sentinel of a bygone era, its stone barracks and officers' quarters preserved within the boundaries of Fort McKavett State Historical Park. Established to protect the frontier, the site now serves as a place of stillness where the economy of the region shifts toward the slow, deliberate work of ranching. Life follows the rhythm of the seasons and the demands of the livestock that graze the surrounding plains, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern world. Travelers who wander this far inland find a landscape stripped to its essentials, where the history of military outposts and the endurance of the land itself are the only things that remain constant. Though Clear Creek Lake sits eleven miles away, the life of this place is dictated more by the scarcity of water and the resilience of the scrub oak than by any reservoir, grounding the spirit in a reality that is as stark as it is beautiful.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sentry Building (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 032° NE
Site of Fort McKavett (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 235° SW
Colonel Black Ranch House (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 270° W
Menard County Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 075° E
Schleicher County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 275° W
Eldorado Golf Club (Local Recreation) — 29.8 mi, 274° W
City Park (Local Park) — 30.9 mi, 138° SE
South Llano River State Park (State Park) — 31.3 mi, 147° SE
Pugh Park (Local Park) — 33.4 mi, 317° NW
Sonora Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 35.8 mi, 243° SW
Miers Home Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 241° SW
The Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 009° N
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 43.1 mi, 326° NW
Texas A&M Universeity Sonora Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 44.7 mi, 215° SW
ASU Planetarium (Museum) — 47.3 mi, 334° NW
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 48.2 mi, 335° NW
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 48.9 mi, 332° NW
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 48.9 mi, 332° NW
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 49.4 mi, 037° NE
Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 49.5 mi, 111° E
O. C. Fisher Lake (Recreation Area) — 50.2 mi, 333° NW
Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 51.2 mi, 088° E
Devil's Sink State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 51.9 mi, 182° S
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 65.0 mi, 144° SE
Pontotoc Winery (Attraction) — 67.1 mi, 085° E
Stonehenge II (Public Artwork) — 73.0 mi, 135° SE
Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 73.1 mi, 135° SE
Hill Country Arts Foundation - Main Building & Gift Shop (Arts Centre) — 73.1 mi, 135° SE
The Point Theatre (Theatre) — 73.1 mi, 135° SE
Canyons Off Road Park (Attraction) — 75.0 mi, 110° E

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