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Jayton Texas Map

Explore Jayton, 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 Jayton, Texas

How to Use This Jayton, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.248148
Longitude	-100.573726
Population	511
Density	116.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79528
Area Code	806
County Seat	Jayton
School District	Jayton-Girard Independent School District

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About Jayton, Texas

Jayton is a locality in Kent County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 511. The population density is 116.3 people per km². Jayton is located at 33.2481°N, 100.5737°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jayton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79528.

Jayton occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse of the Texas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a relentless, high-altitude sky. It lies 41.7 miles north-northeast of Snyder, TX (from Snyder, TX: bearing 28°T), and is situated 54.6 miles north of Sweetwater. The earth here is composed of stubborn clay and caliche, a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of scrub brush and the jagged, distant silhouette of the Devils Backbone rising to the west. A mile to the north, the waters of Railroad Tank hold the mirror of the clouds, while the intermittent path of Cottonwood Creek carves a shallow, sandy vein through the parched soil nearby. When the light shifts at dusk, the entire basin seems to hold its breath, casting long, bruised shadows across the earth that emphasize the profound silence of this arid plateau.

Jayton reflects a history carved by the raw demands of ranching and the cyclical pulse of the oil patch, where the economy remains tethered to the slow, rhythmic nodding of pump jacks and the seasonal movement of cattle. The pace of daily life is measured not by the clock, but by the intensity of the heat and the arrival of the wind, which carries the scent of dry grass and worked metal. Five miles away, the rugged walls of Panther Canyon suggest a deeper, geological antiquity, a reminder of the forces that shaped this terrain long before the first fence lines were drawn. The people of Jayton carry a quiet, weathered stoicism, moving through their days with the pragmatic grace of those who have learned to thrive in a landscape that offers little to the idle or the unprepared.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Double Mountain Salt Works (on Brazos River) (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 150° SE
Kent County (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 151° SE
First National Bank Building (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 226° SW
Oriana Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 123° SE
Arrow Sculture (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 315° NW
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 314° NW · 14k acres
Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 28.3 mi, 245° SW
Dickens County Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 330° NW
Sam Wahl Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 32.2 mi, 245° SW
River Crest Road Park (Local Park) — 32.7 mi, 297° NW
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 34.9 mi, 179° S
O S Ranch Museum (Museum) — 46.6 mi, 265° W
Council Ring (Theatre) — 48.7 mi, 264° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 48.8 mi, 115° SE
Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 49.3 mi, 115° SE
Knox County Museum (Museum) — 53.6 mi, 058° NE
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 54.4 mi, 169° S
Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 57.6 mi, 164° S
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 59.2 mi, 003° N
Engine 1809 (Attraction) — 63.1 mi, 282° W
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 65.7 mi, 191° S
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 65.9 mi, 198° S
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 66.7 mi, 129° SE
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 71.6 mi, 137° SE
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 72.1 mi, 137° SE
Behrens Auditorium (Theatre) — 72.2 mi, 137° SE
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 73.4 mi, 137° SE
Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 75.0 mi, 038° NE
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 75.3 mi, 335° NW
East Lubbock Art House (Arts Centre) — 75.6 mi, 289° W

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