La Chuparosa Texas Map
Explore La Chuparosa, 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 La Chuparosa, Texas
How to Use This La Chuparosa, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Chuparosa, 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 La Chuparosa.
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 | La Chuparosa |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Starr County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.4037 |
| Longitude | -98.9268 |
| Population | 74 |
| Density | 2857.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78582 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Rio Grande City |
| School District | Roma Independent School District |
About La Chuparosa, Texas
La Chuparosa is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 2857.2 people per km². La Chuparosa is located at 26.4037°N, 98.9268°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78582.La Chuparosa anchors itself upon a sun-bleached expanse of South Texas scrubland where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the heat. It lies 5.5 miles east of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 91°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-northwest of Rio Grande City. The earth here is a mosaic of fine, wind-shifted dust and stubborn mesquite, rising toward the modest silhouette of Gongora Hill five miles to the north. Only a mile away, the Rio Grande carves a winding, somber path through the brush, its presence marked by a deeper shade of green that defies the arid intensity of the surrounding plains. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light softens, lending an amber clarity to the vast, open space of Arroyo los Morenos as it drains the low-lying basin. Beyond the immediate reach of the brush, the terrain flattens into a persistent, parched prairie that hums with the dry, rhythmic pulse of cicadas.
La Chuparosa maintains a quiet, deliberate pace defined by the seasonal cycles of ranching and the persistent demands of a border-country economy. Generations of families have cultivated a life here that respects the austerity of the land, finding purpose in the steady labor of cattle grazing and the maintenance of local irrigation. Visitors often seek out the natural quiet of Garceno Park, a sanctuary that provides a rare, shaded perspective on the native flora of the region. While the larger waters of Falcon Reservoir wait seventeen miles away, the daily rhythm of La Chuparosa remains tethered to the intimate, quiet movements of the immediate landscape. It is a place where the history of the frontier is not celebrated in grand monuments, but rather observed in the enduring resilience of the people who continue to work the soil under an unwavering, brilliant sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Garceno Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 299° NW
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.7 mi, 234° SW · 277k acres
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 195° S
- Nuevo Santander Land Grants (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 269° W
- Roma Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 265° W
- Site of the Mission San Augustin de Laredo a Visita (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 117° SE
- Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 5.4 mi, 028° NE
- Memorial Hospital (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 272° W
- Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 343° N
- Falcon State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 313° NW
- Javelina Ranch (Park) — 30.3 mi, 098° E
- Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 36.3 mi, 114° SE
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 37.2 mi, 328° NW
- Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 37.5 mi, 115° SE
- Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 39.4 mi, 108° E
- Border Theater (Theatre) — 39.4 mi, 109° E
- Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 42.1 mi, 108° E
- R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 44.1 mi, 108° E
- Topgolf (Attraction) — 47.2 mi, 108° E
- Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 098° E
- Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 48.5 mi, 104° E
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.3 mi, 115° SE · 4,218 acres
- La Paz Museum (Museum) — 58.5 mi, 335° NW
- The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 77.5 mi, 101° E
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About This La Chuparosa Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Chuparosa, Texas. Coordinates: 26.4037, -98.9268. 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 La Chuparosa includes the ZIP code (78582), telephone area code (830), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (Roma 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. |
