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Indian Lake Texas Map

Explore Indian Lake, 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 Indian Lake, Texas

How to Use This Indian Lake, Texas Map

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

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	Indian Lake
State	Texas (TX)
County	Cameron County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	26.089243
Longitude	-97.502485
Population	839
Density	1408.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78566
Area Code	830
County Seat	Brownsville
School District	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District

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About Indian Lake, Texas

Indian Lake is a locality in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 839. The population density is 1408.4 people per km². Indian Lake is located at 26.0892°N, 97.5025°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Indian Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78566.

Indian Lake occupies a flat, expansive stretch of South Texas prairie where the horizon remains broad and unbroken by any significant elevation. It lies 8.5 miles east-southeast of San Benito, TX (from San Benito, TX: bearing 111°T), and is situated 2.0 miles northwest of Los Fresnos. The landscape is defined by its deep, clay-heavy soils and the insistent, dry heat that pulls the moisture from the earth, leaving the ground cracked and patterned like an ancient mosaic. Three miles to the west, the Tule Lake Bed serves as a stark reminder of the region's thirst, a shallow depression that waits for the infrequent rains to gather. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light here turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the dust motes that hang suspended in the still air above the parched grasses.

Indian Lake grew from the necessity of harnessing this challenging terrain, supported by the modest flow of Main Ditch Number Two five miles away. The local economy persists through the stubborn labor of agriculture, with irrigation lines and fence posts marking the rhythm of a life governed by the cycle of planting and harvest. Residents often find respite at Memorial Park, a small green sanctuary two miles from the center, while the distant rise of Loma Alta eight miles out provides the only notable verticality in the flat expanse. Further out, the presence of Loma Alta Lake anchors the geography of the surrounding territory, grounding the community in a landscape that values utility and endurance over ornament.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 107° E
Laureles Community Park (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 044° NE
Sunset Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 126° SE
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 350° N · 277k acres
The Battle of Palo Alto (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 166° S
Matanza of 1915 (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 279° W
Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 207° SW
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 052° NE · 287k acres
Rancho Viejo (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 189° S
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 323° NW
Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 9.7 mi, 292° W
Saint Joseph Academy Football Stadium (Stadium) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
Holly Beach (Park) — 11.8 mi, 080° E
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 178° S
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 178° S
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 178° S
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 173° S
Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 301° NW
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 126° SE
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 093° E
Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 093° E
South Bay Coastal Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 104° E
Pier 19 (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 092° E
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 20.8 mi, 088° E
Starbase Sign (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 111° E
Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 20.9 mi, 109° E
Boca Chica (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 109° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.6 mi, 019° N · 262k acres
Topgolf (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 280° W
Border Theater (Theatre) — 51.8 mi, 280° W

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