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Orason Texas Map

Explore Orason, 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 Orason, Texas

How to Use This Orason, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.0742
Longitude	-97.4458
Population	88
Density	103.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78566
Area Code	830
County Seat	Brownsville
School District	Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District

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About Orason, Texas

Orason is a locality in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 103.0 people per km². Orason is located at 26.0742°N, 97.4458°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78566.

Orason endures as a quiet expanse of flat, sun-bleached prairie where the sky claims more space than the earth. It lies 12.2 miles east-southeast of San Benito, TX (from San Benito, TX: bearing 109°T), and is situated 1.9 miles east of Los Fresnos. The horizon here is defined by the subtle rise of Loma Alta, a singular point of elevation that watches over the flatlands, while the nearby Tule Lake Bed stretches out as a vast, arid basin that holds the memory of rain long after the moisture has evaporated into the heat. Main Ditch Number Two carves a persistent, narrow path through the silt, providing a thin ribbon of hydration that keeps the grasses stubborn and green. At dusk, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the salt-heavy air that drifts in from the distant, unseen tides of La Escale, coloring the atmosphere with a clarity that renders every fence post and blade of grass unnaturally sharp.

Orason traces its survival to the resilience of those who learned to coax a living from the stubborn coastal soil and the unpredictable rhythms of the nearby Gulf. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the proximity of Goose Island, where the brine and the wind dictate the pace of work for the few who still labor in the small-scale trades that defined the region’s early settlement. Residents often seek the quiet shade of Memorial Park, where the trees offer a rare reprieve from the relentless sun and provide a place for the community to gather away from the industrial hum of the wider state. Life in Orason is measured by the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons, a place where the proximity of the coast creates a humid, lingering stillness that stays in the lungs and defines the character of the people who call this stretch of Texas home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 285° W
Sunset Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 269° W
Laureles Community Park (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 318° NW
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.8 mi, 359° N · 277k acres
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.0 mi, 097° E · 287k acres
The Battle of Palo Alto (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 208° SW
Rancho Viejo (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 217° SW
Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 233° SW
Holly Beach (Park) — 8.7 mi, 069° E
Port of Brownsville (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 166° S
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 311° NW
Saint Joseph Academy Football Stadium (Stadium) — 11.3 mi, 198° S
Elon Musk Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 137° SE
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 11.9 mi, 132° SE
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 195° S
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 195° S
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 189° S
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 194° S
Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 13.3 mi, 291° W
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 089° E
Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 089° E
South Bay Coastal Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 103° E
Pier 19 (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 089° E
Starbase Sign (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 112° E
Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 17.2 mi, 110° E
Boca Chica (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 110° E
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 17.3 mi, 084° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.6 mi, 013° N · 262k acres
Topgolf (Attraction) — 47.6 mi, 280° W
Border Theater (Theatre) — 55.5 mi, 280° W

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