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Paluxy Texas Map

Explore Paluxy, 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 Paluxy, Texas

How to Use This Paluxy, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.270696
Longitude	-97.907533
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	76433, 76467, 76073
Area Code	254, 817, 682
County Seat	Granbury

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About Paluxy, Texas

Paluxy is a locality in Hood County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Paluxy is located at 32.2707°N, 97.9075°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 76433, 76467, 76073.

Paluxy anchors itself in a landscape defined by the persistent, limestone-bedded flow of the Paluxy River as it carves through the sun-bleached earth. It lies 13.6 miles south-southwest of Granbury, TX (from Granbury, TX: bearing 209°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-northwest of Glen Rose. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, though the distant, hazy silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a solitary anchor for the eye against the vast, shifting sky. Beneath the heat of the afternoon, the terrain drops into the quiet shadow of Holmes Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, damp weight and the scent of crushed cedar lingers. Only two miles away, the surface of Seals Lake mirrors the changing light, undisturbed by the modern velocity of the world beyond these plains.

Paluxy retains the quiet gravity of a place built on the foundations of early frontier settlement, where the rhythms of ranching and land stewardship have long dictated the pace of the day. The proximity to Dinosaur Valley State Park lends an ancient, geological depth to the local character, reminding those who traverse the Dinosaur Valley State Park Trail of a world that existed long before the current fences and roads. Economically, the region relies on the modest, steady output of the land, avoiding the clamor of industrial sprawl in favor of a deliberate, grounded existence. Here, the history is not written in grand monuments but in the way the sunlight catches the pale, fossil-rich stone, offering a quiet clarity to those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lanham Mill Community (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 111° E
Dinosaur Valley State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 112° E
Panter Branch School (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 011° N
Tyrannosaurus rex (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 107° E
Apatosaurus (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 106° E
Mission San Juan Capistrano (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 083° E
The Giant U (Public Artwork) — 7.6 mi, 178° S
Rattler Pit Stadium (Stadium) — 7.9 mi, 350° N
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (Park) — 8.4 mi, 138° SE
Barnard's Mill and Art Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 107° E
Oakdale Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 103° E
Ed Young Station (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 099° E
Granbury Opera House (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 031° NE
Stevens Ranch (Park) — 14.2 mi, 089° E
Whitney Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 105° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.2 mi, 063° NE
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.3 mi, 259° W
Center Grove Schoolhouse (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 259° W
Carriage House (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 259° W
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 18.9 mi, 258° W
Ark II (Conservation Area) — 19.2 mi, 017° N
Cleburne State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 089° E
Whitney Point Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.1 mi, 105° E
Chapelhouse Studios (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 061° NE
Roger R Fawcett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.8 mi, 314° NW
Cinemark Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 081° E
Johnson County Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 080° E
Doss Heritage and Culture Center (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 012° N
Lake Waco Wetlands (National Conservation Area) — 57.3 mi, 142° SE · 348 acres
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 68.6 mi, 012° N · 20k acres

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