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Luckenbach Texas Map

Explore Luckenbach, 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 Luckenbach, Texas

How to Use This Luckenbach, Texas Map

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

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.

CityLuckenbach
StateTexas (TX)
CountyGillespie County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude30.179094
Longitude-98.757812
Population3
Density1.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code78624
Area Code512, 737
County SeatFredericksburg

About Luckenbach, Texas

Luckenbach is a locality in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 3. The population density is 1.0 people per km². Luckenbach is located at 30.1791°N, 98.7578°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78624.

Luckenbach occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the limestone earth meets the patient, low-slung branches of post oaks and mesquite. It lies 9.5 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, TX (from Fredericksburg, TX: bearing 134°T), and is situated 24.6 miles east-northeast of Kerrville. Snake Creek marks the boundary of this space, its currents carving a subtle, persistent path through the surrounding brush and weathered rock. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau rises like a long-dormant promise against the sky. Sunlight often settles over the dry, sun-bleached grasses with a heavy, golden stillness, turning the afternoon into a slow meditation on the resilience of the soil. Beyond the immediate shade of the trees, the terrain stretches toward Rafter Hollow, maintaining a rugged, unadorned integrity that favors the endurance of the land over the frantic pace of the outside world.

Luckenbach preserves a singular identity forged by nineteenth-century settlers who sought a life defined by the simple necessities of trade and shared song. The local economy persists not through grand industry, but through the enduring draw of its history as a gathering place, where the legacy of German heritage lingers in the architecture and the lingering echoes of acoustic music. Visitors occasionally venture toward the Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area to observe the evening flight of bats, a rhythmic pulse of nature that mirrors the town’s own quiet persistence. While the Soil Conservation Service Site 1 Reservoir remains twenty miles distant, the life of Luckenbach remains tethered to the more intimate presence of its immediate creek and the surrounding scrubland. Here, the passage of time is measured by the creak of floorboards and the honest weight of a handshake, creating a space where the culture of the region remains rooted in the soil rather than the shifting currents of modern commerce.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Luckenbach (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 104° E
  • Engel Family (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 045° NE
  • Jakob (Jacob) Brodbeck (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 148° SE
  • Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 215° SW
  • Texas Rangers Heritage Center (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 312° NW
  • Fort Martin Scott Historic Site (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 313° NW
  • Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 061° NE
  • LBJ Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 061° NE
  • Admiral Nimitz Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 314° NW
  • Gillespie County Fair Grounds (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 298° NW
  • Oak Crest Park (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 298° NW
  • Lady Bird Johnson Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 294° NW
  • Gazebo for Albert Steves (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 208° SW
  • Canyons Off Road Park (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 333° NW
  • Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 350° N
  • The Cross at Kerrville (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 251° W
  • Reptilandia (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 23.5 mi, 068° E
  • SST Brown Family Partnership (Conservation Area) — 24.3 mi, 194° S
  • Agricultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 179° S
  • Lookout (Viewpoint) — 25.4 mi, 241° SW
  • Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 25.5 mi, 142° SE
  • Canyon Lake (Recreation Area) — 30.1 mi, 128° SE
  • Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.2 mi, 256° W
  • The Point Theatre (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 256° W
  • Hill Country Arts Foundation - Main Building & Gift Shop (Arts Centre) — 30.2 mi, 256° W
  • Canyon Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 31.1 mi, 130° SE
  • River Overlook (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 073° E
  • Nature Center (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 105° E
  • Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.8 mi, 053° NE · 43k acres

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About This Luckenbach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Luckenbach, Texas. Coordinates: 30.179094, -98.757812. 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 Luckenbach includes the ZIP code (78624), telephone area code (512, 737), county seat of Gillespie County (Fredericksburg), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.