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Orla Texas Map

Explore Orla, 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 Orla, Texas

How to Use This Orla, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.825126
Longitude	-103.908806
Population	180
Density	0.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79770
Area Code	806
County Seat	Pecos

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About Orla, Texas

Orla is a locality in Reeves County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Orla is located at 31.8251°N, 103.9088°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79770.

Orla occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and flat against a sky of relentless clarity. It lies 45.2 miles south-southeast of Carlsbad, NM (from Carlsbad, NM: bearing 155°T), and is situated 37.0 miles northwest of Pecos. Dry winds scour the earth, carrying the scent of parched alkali and scrub brush across the open plains that define the local geography. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Rustler Hills marks the limit of the view, while closer to home, the low depressions of Sand Bend Draw carve shallow, dusty paths through the brush. The stillness of the day is occasionally broken by the shimmer of heat rising from the ground, a sight that renders the distant terrain liquid and uncertain. Water is a rare and precious geometry here, gathered in the quiet stillness of Arroyo Bonito Tank or tracing a slow, sediment-heavy course through the Pecos River, both of which serve as vital, quiet anchors in a landscape dominated by the persistence of the arid earth.

Orla persists as a solitary waypoint carved from the necessity of the oil patch and the endurance of the ranching life. The economy here remains tethered to the rhythmic thrum of extraction and the quiet, steady labor of those who manage the vast, fenced reaches of the scrubland. History in these parts is not written in monuments but in the rusted iron of pump jacks and the weathered fence lines that track the movement of cattle across the range. Travelers passing through may pause at the Red Bluff Dam Public Access Facility, a place that offers a brief, quiet vantage point over the water, reflecting the pragmatic character of a region that values utility over ornament. Life in Orla moves with the measured pace of the sun, defined by the grit of the industry and the singular, quiet beauty of a land that asks for nothing and gives only what the rain allows.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Red Bluff Dam Public Access Facility (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 354° N
Pope's Crossing (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 329° NW
Mentone Community Church (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 114° SE
Goodnight-Loving Trail (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 115° SE
Pecos River\canyons Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.2 mi, 347° N
Pecos River\canyons Complex Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 23.2 mi, 347° N
Carlsbad Pbr #11 (Historic Ruins) — 32.8 mi, 318° NW
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 36.6 mi, 312° NW · 46k acres
West of the Pecos Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 138° SE
Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 139° SE
Walnut Canyon (Viewpoint) — 39.5 mi, 309° NW
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 39.5 mi, 309° NW · 31k acres
Mudgetts Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 40.4 mi, 309° NW · 2,873 acres
Carlsbad Pbr #26 (Historic Ruins) — 42.7 mi, 023° NE
J J Hagerman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 336° NW
Eddy and Bissell Livestock Company Headquarters Historic Site (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 336° NW
Eddy County Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 336° NW
The Reader (Public Artwork) — 45.2 mi, 335° NW
La Cueva 6 (Cinema) — 47.1 mi, 335° NW
Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative) (National Conservation Area) — 47.2 mi, 293° NW · 28k acres
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 47.6 mi, 300° NW · 1.1M acres
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 47.7 mi, 280° W · 87k acres
Carlsbad Wildife Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 48.0 mi, 336° NW · 12k acres
Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 48.0 mi, 296° NW · 21k acres
Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 113° SE
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.0 mi, 283° W · 46k acres
Pine Springs Amphitheater (Theatre) — 54.1 mi, 276° W
Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 59.0 mi, 168° S
Culberson County Historic Museum (Museum) — 74.1 mi, 226° SW
Artesia Historical Museum and Art Centre (Museum) — 75.8 mi, 338° N

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