Explore Harding Gill Tract, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Harding Gill Tract, 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 Harding Gill Tract.
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 | Harding Gill Tract |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.428363 |
| Longitude | -98.015374 |
| Population | 21 |
| Density | 7.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 78542, 78538 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Edinburg |
| School District | Monte Alto Independent School District |
Harding Gill Tract occupies a flat, sun-drenched expanse of South Texas prairie where the horizon line remains unbroken by any significant elevation. It lies 12.4 miles northeast of Edinburg, TX (from Edinburg, TX: bearing 39°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northeast of Doolittle. The landscape is defined by the steady, almost hypnotic rhythm of agricultural fields stretching toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sunrise Hill, which marks the furthest edge of the plains. Dry winds often brush across the scrub brush and hard-packed earth, carrying the scent of parched grasses that have long adapted to the intense, unyielding light of the region. A quiet stillness defines the character of the soil, which retains the warmth of the sun well into the evening, casting long, lean shadows across the irrigation rows that serve as the primary veins of the land.
Harding Gill Tract maintains a modest, deliberate pace of life centered largely on the cycles of local farming and the quiet maintenance of the surrounding acreage. The proximity of Hargill Pavilion provides a singular focal point for community gathering, standing as a stark, functional structure amidst the vastness of the rural grid. Water remains a precious commodity here, with the presence of Delta Lake 1 four miles away and the Main Branch Northeast Canal six miles distant serving as vital, if distant, anchors for the local hydrology. Life in Harding Gill Tract is a disciplined exercise in patience, where the economy is tethered to the seasonal yield of the fields and the endurance of those who work them against the backdrop of an immense, cloud-streaked sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harding Gill Tract, Texas. Coordinates: 26.428363, -98.015374. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Harding Gill Tract includes the ZIP code (78542, 78538), telephone area code (830), county seat of Hidalgo County (Edinburg), and school district assignment (Monte Alto Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |