Explore Panhandle, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Panhandle, 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 Panhandle.
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 | Panhandle |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Cass County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.3463 |
| Longitude | -101.380508 |
| Population | 2,378 |
| Density | 432.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 75560, 79068 |
| Area Code | 972, 806 |
| County Seat | Linden |
| School District | Panhandle Independent School District |
Panhandle occupies a vast, level expanse where the horizon stretches into an infinite line, interrupted only by the occasional silhouette of a grain elevator or the rhythmic rotation of a windmill. It lies 22.3 miles southwest of Texarkana, TX (from Texarkana, TX: bearing 231°T), and is situated 19.8 miles southwest of Wake Village. The earth here is a deep, persistent red, baked hard by a sun that seems to possess a greater weight than it does elsewhere, casting long, stark shadows across the shortgrass prairie. Because Panhandle sits so far inland, the air remains remarkably dry, carrying the scent of parched soil and distant, ripening crops rather than any dampness of the earth. When the wind moves across the plains, it does not whisper; it hums with a steady, relentless energy that shapes the character of the land, leaving the sky a pale, expansive blue that feels almost heavy with its own clarity.
Economic life in Panhandle remains tethered to the cycles of the seasons and the subterranean wealth of the earth, as the community balances the demands of modern agriculture with the legacy of the oil and gas industry. The architecture reflects this pragmatic spirit, featuring sturdy brick structures and wide, orderly streets that suggest a place designed for endurance rather than mere decoration. Residents often gather near the quiet outskirts where the pace of the day is measured by the slow accumulation of chores and the changing hues of the sunset, which bleeds across the western sky in shades of bruised plum and burning orange. Even without the presence of the distant White Oak Ridge to break the monotony of the plains, the people of Panhandle find a quiet dignity in the sheer scale of their surroundings, living in a space where the sky claims more of the world than the ground ever could.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Panhandle, Texas. Coordinates: 35.3463, -101.380508. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Panhandle includes the ZIP code (75560, 79068), telephone area code (972, 806), county seat of Cass County (Linden), and school district assignment (Panhandle Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |