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Las Palmas Texas Map

Explore Las Palmas, 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 Las Palmas, Texas

How to Use This Las Palmas, Texas Map

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

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	Las Palmas
State	Texas (TX)
County	Zapata County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	26.952536
Longitude	-99.275037
Population	59
Density	335.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78076
Area Code	210, 726
County Seat	Zapata
School District	Zapata County Independent School District

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About Las Palmas, Texas

Las Palmas is a locality in Zapata County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 59. The population density is 335.0 people per km². Las Palmas is located at 26.9525°N, 99.2750°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78076.

Las Palmas anchors itself upon the arid, sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and flat under a sky of relentless, pale clarity. It lies 40.8 miles south-southeast of Laredo, TX (from Laredo, TX: bearing 159°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north of Zapata. The earth here possesses a fine, powdery texture that holds the heat long after the sun has retreated, and the landscape is defined by the scrubby resilience of mesquite and the sharp, silver-green silhouettes of prickly pear. Four miles to the west, the Rio Grande carves a sluggish, silt-heavy path through the brush, while two miles away, the expansive surface of Falcon Reservoir reflects the shifting hues of the day, turning from a bruised copper at noon to a deep, bruised violet as twilight settles over the basin. Farther out, the distant, hazy prominence of Mogotes Hill provides the only true interruption to the vast, level geometry of the terrain, standing as a solitary witness to the slow, baking wind that sweeps through Arroyo Ranchito.

Las Palmas sustains a quiet, deliberate pace, shaped by a long history of ranching and the persistent, pragmatic labor of those who draw their livelihood from the soil and the nearby irrigation systems. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, with local activity focused on the endurance of cattle operations and the careful management of regional water resources. Life in Las Palmas often drifts toward the quiet boundaries of Unknown Park, where the native flora offers a subdued, quiet beauty that reveals itself only to those patient enough to watch the shadows lengthen across the dust. It is a place of stark, functional elegance, where the cultural echoes of the borderlands resonate in the language of the streets and the collective memory of families who have weathered the cycles of drought and growth, maintaining a stoic, grounded existence far from the reach of the distant coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 186° S
Zapata County Pct. 4 Recreational Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 180° S
In the Vicinity of this Site was Mission Revilla a Visita (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 172° S
Old Zapata (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 172° S
Site of Uribeño. (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 272° W
Public Falcon Lake Park & Boat Ramp (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 168° S
La Paz Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 347° N
Falcon State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 163° S
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.0 mi, 162° S · 277k acres
Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 145° SE
Palomino(Laredo College Mascot[horse]) (Public Artwork) — 35.7 mi, 339° N
Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 40.5 mi, 143° SE
Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 340° N
River Bend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 40.5 mi, 338° N
Los Olvidados Art Gallery (Gallery) — 40.6 mi, 340° N
Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 41.0 mi, 348° N
Lake Casa Blanca State Park (State Park) — 41.2 mi, 347° N
Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 41.2 mi, 338° N
Star Fort, Fort McIntosh (Historic Castle / Fort) — 41.7 mi, 339° N
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 44.6 mi, 153° SE
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 134° SE
Border Theater (Theatre) — 77.6 mi, 131° SE
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 79.9 mi, 130° SE

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