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Olmito Texas Map

Explore Olmito, 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 Olmito, Texas

How to Use This Olmito, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.021745
Longitude	-97.534153
Population	1,021
Density	616.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78575
Area Code	830
County Seat	Brownsville
School District	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District

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About Olmito, Texas

Olmito is a locality in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,021. The population density is 616.0 people per km². Olmito is located at 26.0217°N, 97.5342°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78575.

Olmito stretches across a flat, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon draws a long, unbroken line against the sky. It lies 8.6 miles north-northwest of Brownsville, TX (from Brownsville, TX: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.7 miles southeast of San Benito. The landscape is defined by the heavy, fertile soil of the Rio Grande floodplain, an inland basin where the air holds the weight of the heat and the scent of distant, parched earth. To the north, the terrain dips toward the Tule Lake Bed, while the modest elevation of Loma Alta breaks the monotony of the plains seven miles away. Within the quiet corners of the neighborhood, the Stillman Dog Park offers a patch of maintained green where the local pace slows, reflecting a stillness that settles over the fields long before the sun dips below the western edge of the brush.

Olmito emerged from the expansion of rail lines and the quiet persistence of agricultural ambition, serving as a center for the citrus groves and farmland that sustain the regional economy. Life here moves in rhythm with the seasons of harvest, a cycle older than the paved roads that now connect the quiet streets to the wider world. The nearby presence of the Resaca de La Palma Reservoir provides a vital anchor for the local ecology, drawing migratory birds that drift through the stillness of the afternoon. Residents often find a familiar comfort in the proximity of the Rio Grande, a waterway that marks the deep, historical connection to the borderlands and informs the distinct, bilingual cadence of daily conversation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stillman Dog Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 071° E
Brownsville Sports Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 156° SE
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.9 mi, 219° SW · 277k acres
Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 219° SW
Rancho Viejo (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 162° S
The Battle of Palo Alto (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 099° E
Sabas Cavazos Cemetery (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 236° SW
La Esperanza Community Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 139° SE
Laureles Community Park (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 028° NE
Saint Joseph Academy Football Stadium (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 164° S
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 164° S
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 164° S
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 164° S
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 158° S
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 082° E · 287k acres
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 345° N
Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 10.9 mi, 320° NW
Elon Musk Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 110° E
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 107° E
South Bay Coastal Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 20.0 mi, 089° E
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 079° E
Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 079° E
Starbase Sign (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 097° E
Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 21.8 mi, 096° E
Boca Chica (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 096° E
Pier 19 (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 080° E
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 23.4 mi, 076° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 39.7 mi, 020° N · 262k acres
Topgolf (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 286° W
Border Theater (Theatre) — 50.9 mi, 285° W

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