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Groom Texas Map

Explore Groom, 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 Groom, Texas

How to Use This Groom, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	35.20366
Longitude	-101.106822
Population	552
Density	286.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79039
Area Code	806
County Seat	Panhandle
School District	Groom Independent School District

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About Groom, Texas

Groom is a locality in Carson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 552. The population density is 286.5 people per km². Groom is located at 35.2037°N, 101.1068°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Groom is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79039.

Groom occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the Panhandle where the horizon stretches toward an infinite, pale blue void. It lies 24.4 miles south-southwest of Pampa, TX (from Pampa, TX: bearing 200°T), and is situated 18.3 miles east-southeast of Panhandle. The landscape around Groom consists of high, arid plains that shimmer under an unrelenting heat, broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of McClellan Creek three miles away. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Stinkhole Divide haunts the distant skyline, a reminder of the tectonic weight pressing against the earth far beyond these flat, wind-scoured fields. The air here holds a dry, sharp clarity that catches the light of the setting sun, turning the grasses a bruised, metallic gold before the sudden, cooling indigo of night descends.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Groom, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of wheat harvests and the quiet, industrial hum of cattle feedlots. History persists in the skeletal remains of old homesteads and the towering, man-made icons that rise abruptly from the plains to catch the eye of the long-haul traveler. Life moves at the pace of a slow-turning windmill, punctuated by the seasonal work of the fields and the occasional migration of birds toward the waters of Horn Reservoir seven miles distant. Nearby, the McClellan Creek National Grassland provides a sanctuary of wild, uncultivated prairie, preserving the rugged, austere spirit of the high plains that defines the enduring character of Groom.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dr. Charles L. Fields (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 198° S
State National Bank (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 204° SW
Groom Route 66 (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 199° S
Groom Giant Cross (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 292° W
The last Supper (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 293° NW
Britten Water Tower (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 105° E
Boydstun Cemetery (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 102° E
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 12.2 mi, 089° E · 1,402 acres
Armstrong County Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 245° SW
Salt Fork Ramp (Local Recreation) — 16.4 mi, 142° SE
North Ramp (Local Recreation) — 17.3 mi, 138° SE
Buffalo Grass Music Hall (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 302° NW
Kincaid Park (Local Park) — 18.4 mi, 143° SE
Alanreed Baptist Church (Attraction) — 20.9 mi, 088° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 019° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 25.6 mi, 019° N
Devils Rope Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 083° E
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.2 mi, 139° SE
McLean-Alanreed Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 086° E
Amarillo Railway Museum (Museum) — 32.1 mi, 275° W
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 233° SW
Frank J Smith Bird Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 35.0 mi, 332° NW
CCC Overlook (Viewpoint) — 36.5 mi, 245° SW
Gee Family Farm Pumpkin Farm (Theme Park) — 37.1 mi, 262° W
Price College (Historic Ruins) — 38.6 mi, 273° W
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Monument) — 40.8 mi, 311° NW · 1,080 acres
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 41.8 mi, 323° NW · 41k acres
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 50.1 mi, 177° S
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.1 mi, 252° W · 15k acres
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 69.5 mi, 047° NE · 31k acres

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