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O'Brien Texas Map

Explore O'Brien, 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 O'Brien, Texas

How to Use This O'Brien, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for O'Brien, 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 O'Brien.

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.

CityO'Brien
StateTexas (TX)
CountyHaskell County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude33.380096
Longitude-99.843704
Population91
Density69.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code79539
Area Code806
County SeatHaskell
School DistrictKnox City-O'Brien Consolidated Independent School District

About O'Brien, Texas

O'Brien is a locality in Haskell County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 91. The population density is 69.7 people per km². O'Brien is located at 33.3801°N, 99.8437°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. O'Brien is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79539.

O'Brien occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the China Branch carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the parched earth of the plains. It lies 64.7 miles north of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 354°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north-northwest of Haskell. The horizon here remains wide and unforgiving, offering a view of Kiowa Peak that rises like a singular, jagged thought against the relentless clarity of the western sky. During the late hours of a summer afternoon, the light turns the color of pale honey, clinging to the dry grasses and the weathered fence lines that mark the boundaries of a quiet, agrarian stillness. To the south, the deep shadow of Panther Canyon suggests a hidden depth in the landscape, a reminder that the flat surface of the earth belies a complex, hidden structure of limestone and ancient sediment.

O'Brien remains tethered to the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, maintaining a local economy that persists through the resilience of cotton fields and the steady labor of regional ranching. The history of the area is held in the quiet endurance of its people, who have long looked to the moisture of Zahn Lake to sustain the rhythm of life in a climate that demands patience and respect. While the world outside moves with a hurried, restless energy, the daily life of O'Brien follows the patient cycle of the harvest and the changing temperatures of the soil. Residents often traverse the miles toward Civil Center Park when they seek the solace of open, protected spaces, yet they always return to the familiar, grounded streets where the wind carries the scent of dust and distant rain across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • First Christian Church (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 031° NE
  • Brazos River Bridge (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 016° N
  • Sunset Consolidated Rural School District (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 058° NE
  • Civil Center Park (Local Park) — 16.9 mi, 158° S
  • Knox County Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 011° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 30.1 mi, 176° S
  • Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 175° S
  • 6666 Ranch (Public Artwork) — 33.2 mi, 301° NW
  • Throckmorton County Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 112° E
  • Baylor County Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 067° NE
  • Oriana Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 37.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Fire Hall Museum (Museum) — 42.3 mi, 009° N
  • Officer’s Quarters (Historic Ruins) — 47.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Copper Breaks State Park (State Park) — 49.9 mi, 005° N
  • Pease River Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 50.3 mi, 006° N
  • Permian Sea Tide Ripples (Attraction) — 50.7 mi, 006° N
  • The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 50.8 mi, 148° SE
  • Dark Sky Viewing Area (Attraction) — 51.2 mi, 005° N
  • Historic Windmill (Attraction) — 51.2 mi, 006° N
  • Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 51.9 mi, 169° S
  • Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 57.4 mi, 331° NW
  • Sea Bee Park (Local Recreation) — 58.3 mi, 172° S
  • Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 60.1 mi, 223° SW
  • Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.0 mi, 279° W · 14k acres
  • Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 62.3 mi, 175° S
  • Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 69.9 mi, 202° S
  • Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 71.1 mi, 253° W
  • Abilene State Park (State Park) — 78.0 mi, 182° S
  • Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area & WRP (State Conservation Area) — 79.1 mi, 040° NE

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About This O'Brien Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of O'Brien, Texas. Coordinates: 33.380096, -99.843704. 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 O'Brien includes the ZIP code (79539), telephone area code (806), county seat of Haskell County (Haskell), and school district assignment (Knox City-O'Brien Consolidated Independent School District).

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.