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Nolan Texas Map

Explore Nolan, 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 Nolan, Texas

How to Use This Nolan, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.273739
Longitude	-100.242598
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79537
Area Code	806
County Seat	Sweetwater

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About Nolan, Texas

Nolan is a locality in Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Nolan is located at 32.2737°N, 100.2426°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79537.

Nolan sits amidst a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 16.6 miles southeast of Sweetwater, TX (from Sweetwater, TX: bearing 145°T), and is situated 19.1 miles southwest of Merkel. The landscape around Nolan is defined by a rigorous, open topography, characterized by the dry, winding bed of Bitter Creek and the still, reflective surface of Nolan Divide Lake, both of which offer a stark contrast to the surrounding plains. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the occasional shadow cast by a shifting cloud or the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, which anchors the far reaches of the west. During the golden hour, the light here possesses a peculiar, honeyed thickness, bathing the prairie grasses in a shade of amber that makes the immense solitude feel less like an absence and more like a presence.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the land have dictated the pace of life in Nolan since its earliest settlement, when the promise of fertile soil drew pioneers to the deep interior. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the persistent demands of ranching, maintaining a quiet, functional character that eschews artifice. Residents often look toward the Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area for respite, or find movement in the seasonal drainage patterns of Robtann Draw, where the water carves brief, intricate lines into the limestone crust. While the world beyond continues to accelerate, the local experience is measured in the steady persistence of the wind against the fences and the way the evening air cools with a sudden, refreshing clarity, grounding those who live here in the quiet gravity of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 9.5 mi, 341° N
Near Site of Indian Battle (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 073° E
Mountain Pass Station (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 073° E
Valley Creek Station (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 140° SE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 16.4 mi, 181° S
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 326° NW
Newman Park (Local Park) — 17.4 mi, 326° NW
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 097° E
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 21.1 mi, 097° E
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 21.5 mi, 097° E
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 26.9 mi, 186° S
Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 143° SE
Lake View Park (Local Park) — 29.1 mi, 214° SW
Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 066° NE
Wildcat Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 31.2 mi, 212° SW
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 31.4 mi, 271° W
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 32.1 mi, 067° NE
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 32.6 mi, 064° NE
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 064° NE
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 33.3 mi, 329° NW
Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 067° NE
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 34.0 mi, 066° NE
Heart of West Texas Museum (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 283° W
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 39.9 mi, 277° W
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 052° NE
Hords Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 47.4 mi, 128° SE
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 52.2 mi, 197° S
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 57.6 mi, 192° S

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