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Palacios Texas Map

Explore Palacios, 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 Palacios, Texas

How to Use This Palacios, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.713129
Longitude	-96.227888
Population	4,395
Density	311.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	77465
Area Code	281
County Seat	Bay City
School District	Palacios Independent School District

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About Palacios, Texas

Palacios is a locality in Matagorda County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,395. The population density is 311.0 people per km². Palacios is located at 28.7131°N, 96.2279°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Palacios is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 77465.

Palacios emerges from the flat, salt-kissed expanse of the coast like a quiet sentinel watching over the shifting tides. It lies 24.2 miles southwest of Bay City, TX (from Bay City, TX: bearing 218°T), and is situated 33.9 miles south of El Campo. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, defined by the low elevation of the terrain and the proximity of Pepper Hill, which rises with modest dignity above the surrounding coastal plain. Sunlight catches the surface of Tres Palacios Bay, turning the water into a shimmering sheet of hammered silver that dictates the mood of the day. A gentle breeze carries the scent of brine and marsh grass, moving through the open spaces of Railroad Park where the land meets the water’s edge. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the landscape remains punctuated by the presence of Coon Island and the meandering, quiet paths of Pilkington Bayou, which drains the low-lying earth toward the sea.

Palacios bears the imprint of a history deeply tied to the rhythms of the gulf, having evolved from early ambitions of a grand resort into a resilient center for the commercial shrimp industry. The local economy persists in this maritime heritage, with weathered hulls bobbing in the harbor and the steady, industry-driven pulse of the docks remaining a constant. Life moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the seasonal migrations of birds that frequent the nearby reaches of Mad Island Lake. While Fivemile Draw lies far to the north, the immediate vicinity remains caught in the coastal gravity of salt and wind, where the architecture of the older streets reflects a time when the railroad brought the first waves of visitors to these shores. The people of Palacios maintain a quiet connection to this environment, finding a singular peace in the way the dusk light settles over the bay, softening the edges of the nets and the piers until the entire world seems to drift into a deep, oceanic blue.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palacios Cemetery (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 172° S
Palacios Colored School (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 123° SE
Railroad Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 124° SE
Shark Stadium (Stadium) — 0.6 mi, 265° W
West Side Elementary School (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 152° SE
Tanner Flats Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 093° E
Palacios Wetland Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 080° E
Perry R. Bass Marine Fisheries Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 6.0 mi, 233° SW
Us-Tx-132-4 (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 109° E
Clive Runnells Family Mad Island Marsh Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 099° E
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 9.3 mi, 097° E
Historica;Marker (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 036° NE
Formosa-Tejano Wetlands Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 293° NW
Matagorda Bay Nature Park (Local Recreation) — 16.6 mi, 112° E
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle (Public Artwork) — 21.3 mi, 233° SW
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 211° SW · 298k acres
Matagorda County Birding Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 22.8 mi, 035° NE
Lake Texana (Recreation Area) — 23.4 mi, 306° NW
Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 255° W
Calhoun County Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 254° W
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 081° E · 193k acres
Site of Caney Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 28.5 mi, 053° NE
Showplace 3 (Cinema) — 33.4 mi, 353° N
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 354° N
Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA (Nature Reserve) — 39.4 mi, 249° W
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 44.1 mi, 231° SW
Wharton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 44.3 mi, 011° N
20th Century Technology Museum (Museum) — 44.3 mi, 011° N
Columbia Historical Museum Association (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 050° NE
Sea Center Texas (Aquarium) — 51.8 mi, 066° NE

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