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Idalou Texas Map

Explore Idalou, 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 Idalou, Texas

How to Use This Idalou, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.666473
Longitude	-101.682942
Population	2,193
Density	838.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79329
Area Code	806
County Seat	Lubbock
School District	Idalou Independent School District

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About Idalou, Texas

Idalou is a locality in Lubbock County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,193. The population density is 838.3 people per km². Idalou is located at 33.6665°N, 101.6829°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Idalou is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79329.

Idalou emerges from the vast, treeless expanse of the Llano Estacado like a low-slung anchor tethered to the horizon. It lies 11.6 miles east-northeast of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 58°T), and is situated 16.0 miles north of Slaton. The landscape surrounding Idalou is defined by the unrelenting flatness of the High Plains, where the sky claims the majority of the visual field, shifting from a pale, bleached blue at midday to the bruised purple of a coming storm. To the west, the subtle depression of Blackwater Draw carves a shallow, ancient path through the earth, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Ridge marks the edge of the world. The air here holds a dry, sharp clarity that makes the late afternoon light turn everything—the weathered fence posts, the dry stalks of stubble, and the dust-moted windows—into a study of muted gold and copper.

Cotton remains the pulse of the local economy, with the silver-white bolls of the harvest defining the rhythm of the calendar as surely as the seasons. Beyond the fields, the influence of agricultural research is visible at the Texas Tech University New Deal Farm - Beef Unit, where the quiet industry of the plains continues in orderly rows and pens. While the North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River traces its course nine miles away, the land remains thirsty, drawing its life from the deep, hidden reservoirs of the Ogallala Aquifer rather than surface water. Life in Idalou moves with the deliberate pace of a place built on the cycles of planting and harvest, a quiet persistence that ignores the noise of the modern world in favor of the steady, wind-swept endurance of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Idalou Cemetery (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 089° E
Harmon Farms (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 157° SE
Texas Tech University New Deal Farm - Beef Unit (Recreation Easement) — 4.6 mi, 329° NW
Reagan Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 234° SW
Estacado Cemetery (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 053° NE
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 266° W
Mackenzie Park - North (Local Recreation) — 9.3 mi, 237° SW
East Lubbock Art House (Arts Centre) — 9.3 mi, 236° SW
Mackenzie Park - South (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 237° SW
Lake 6 (Local Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 226° SW
Santa Land (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 237° SW
The Harvest (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 233° SW
The Buddy Holly Center (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 237° SW
Lake 2 (Local Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 249° W
Tornado Gallery (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 237° SW
Battle of Yellow House Canyon (Registered Battlefield) — 12.0 mi, 257° W
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 242° SW
Clapp Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 234° SW
Moody Planetarium (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 246° SW
The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 252° W
CO-OPt Research + Projects (Arts Centre) — 13.5 mi, 235° SW
Engine 1809 (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 172° S
Ralls Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 087° E
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.6 mi, 015° N · 14k acres
Museum of the Llano Estacado (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 356° N
J. V. Hilliard Filed (Stadium) — 36.2 mi, 356° N
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 62.2 mi, 031° NE

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