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Loop Texas Map

Explore Loop, 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 Loop, Texas

How to Use This Loop, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.915374
Longitude	-102.416018
Population	216
Density	23.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79342
Area Code	806
County Seat	Seminole
School District	Loop Independent School District

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About Loop, Texas

Loop is a locality in Gaines County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 216. The population density is 23.5 people per km². Loop is located at 32.9154°N, 102.4160°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79342.

Loop sits anchored to the vast, flat expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 41.9 miles north of Andrews, TX (from Andrews, TX: bearing 10°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-southeast of Seagraves. The landscape around Loop remains defined by its relentless horizontality, a terrain of scrub and hard-packed earth that drinks the intense sunlight until the ground shimmers with a pale, dusty heat. Nine miles to the east, the saline basin of Cedar Lake holds the sky in a shallow, reflective mirror, its edges crusted with mineral deposits that glisten under the midday glare. Here, the air carries a dry, parched clarity, thinning out as the wind moves across the open range, undisturbed by any significant rise in the land or the shade of a canopy.

Loop emerged from the quiet ambition of agricultural expansion, serving as a point of order in a wide, sparsely populated expanse. The local economy persists in a steady rhythm dictated by the harvest and the persistent industry of the oil patch, where pump jacks nod in rhythmic, mechanical slow-motion against the twilight. Residents might travel fourteen miles to reach the Gaines County Golf Course & Park, a modest green respite that interrupts the monochromatic reach of the surrounding fields. Life in Loop adheres to a disciplined pace, shaped by the demands of the soil and the quiet endurance required to thrive in such an exposed, expansive territory.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forrester Cemetery (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 026° NE
Gaines County Golf Course & Park (Local Recreation) — 14.0 mi, 249° W
Oil Industry in Gaines County (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 246° SW
Antique Tractor (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 025° NE
Site of Mail Relay Station (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 072° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 18.9 mi, 226° SW
Terry County/Coleman Park (Local Park) — 19.2 mi, 025° NE
Terry County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 025° NE
Gilham Park and Powell Lake (Local Park) — 20.4 mi, 027° NE
Denver City Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 279° W
Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.4 mi, 340° N
O'Donnell Heritage Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 084° E
Antioch Church (Historic Ruins) — 41.1 mi, 285° W
Whiteface Historical Museum (Museum) — 44.3 mi, 338° N
Helen Devitt Jones Theatre for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 45.9 mi, 004° N
Lea County Museum (Museum) — 54.0 mi, 273° W
CO-OPt Research + Projects (Arts Centre) — 54.1 mi, 035° NE
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 55.7 mi, 034° NE
The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny (Attraction) — 56.2 mi, 032° NE
Tornado Gallery (Gallery) — 56.5 mi, 036° NE
Engine 1809 (Attraction) — 57.4 mi, 051° NE
Santa Land (Attraction) — 57.5 mi, 036° NE
Battle of Yellow House Canyon (Registered Battlefield) — 58.0 mi, 032° NE
Milnesand (State Conservation Area) — 65.5 mi, 314° NW
Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 70.9 mi, 131° SE
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.8 mi, 344° N · 14k acres

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