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Mico Texas Map

Explore Mico, 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 Mico, Texas

How to Use This Mico, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	29.544118
Longitude	-98.923085
Population	2,800
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78056
Area Code	210, 726
County Seat	Hondo

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About Mico, Texas

Mico is a locality in Medina County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Mico is located at 29.5441°N, 98.9231°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78056.

Mico anchors itself to the rugged limestone architecture of the Texas landscape, where the earth gives way to the persistent flow of the Medina River. It lies 18.6 miles west of Leon Valley, TX (from Leon Valley, TX: bearing 281°T), and is situated 18.8 miles southwest of Scenic Oaks. The horizon remains defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, while the immediate terrain rises and falls in limestone shelves and scrub-oak thickets. Here, the light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long shadows across the caliche soil that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has vanished behind the brush. Mico sits in intimate proximity to the waters of Medina Lake, a vast reservoir that acts as a quiet mirror to the sky, its surface often ruffled by the dry, persistent winds that sweep across the surrounding plains.

Mico persists within the boundaries of the Borquin protected area, a designation that preserves the scrubland and wilder character of the local geography against the encroachment of the wider world. The history of the area remains etched in the quiet persistence of those who worked the limestone and managed the sparse, stubborn graze of the surrounding acreage, turning the land toward small-scale ranching and the slow rhythms of an inland economy. Four miles away, the quiet depth of Polecat Hollow provides a natural drainage for the seasonal rains, feeding into the wider watershed that characterizes the region. Life in Mico is marked by the steady, unadorned movement of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the level of the reservoir and the health of the pasture, reflecting a culture that values the silence of the high-plains brush over the noise of modern industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Borquin (Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Medina Dam (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 245° SW
Mountain Valley (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 245° SW
Burrell (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 210° SW
Medina Lake Park Road 37 Ramp (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 306° NW
Spettel Riverside House (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 329° NW
Government Canyon State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 080° E
Hoffmann Hayfield (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 080° E
South Bluff Spurs Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 087° E
Dinosaur Tracks (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 074° E
Culebra Creek (Local Recreation) — 12.3 mi, 104° E
Friends Amphitheater (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 170° S
Journey to Atlantis (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 115° SE
Tidal Surge (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 115° SE
Hill Country State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 290° W
Rancho Diana (Local Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 076° E
Acting Up Creative Drama Academy (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 087° E
Cedar Creek (Local Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 077° E
French Creek (Local Park) — 16.7 mi, 097° E
Sushi Cat (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 088° E
Agricultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 028° NE
Centro Cultural Aztlan Galeria Expresion (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 103° E
San Anto Cultural Arte Center (Arts Centre) — 25.5 mi, 110° E
San Anto Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.5 mi, 110° E
Visitor's Center Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 107° E
1906 Gallery (Gallery) — 27.1 mi, 111° E
Abandoned Mill (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 109° E
Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 32.5 mi, 049° NE
Garner State Park (State Park) — 48.3 mi, 273° W

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