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Pawnee Texas Map

Explore Pawnee, 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 Pawnee, Texas

How to Use This Pawnee, Texas Map

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

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.

CityPawnee
StateTexas (TX)
CountyBee County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude28.652764
Longitude-98.002781
Population140
Density10.3 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes78145, 78119
Area Code210
County SeatBeeville
School DistrictPawnee Independent School District

About Pawnee, Texas

Pawnee is a locality in Bee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 10.3 people per km². Pawnee is located at 28.6528°N, 98.0028°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78145, 78119.

Pawnee exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas plains. It lies 23.3 miles northwest of Beeville, TX (from Beeville, TX: bearing 318°T), and is situated 17.2 miles south-southwest of Karnes City. Salt Creek meanders through the brush just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin, jagged line of deeper green that cuts through the thirsty soil. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the modest rise of Odom Hill, while the depressions of Scuffle Hollow hold the shadows of the afternoon a little longer than the surrounding flats. The light here has a crystalline, unforgiving quality, turning the dust into a fine gold powder that settles on the mesquite and prickly pear long after the heat of the day has begun to wane.

History in Pawnee is written in the slow, rhythmic labor of extraction and the stubborn persistence of agriculture that defines the local economy. The land remembers the pulse of the oil patch, where the persistent nodding of pump jacks mirrors the steady, deliberate pace of life for those who remain. Farther afield, the Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir gathers the rare, precious runoff of the region, providing a still, reflective surface in a landscape otherwise defined by its rugged, arid temperament. While the nearby expanse of Joe Gulley Park offers a sanctuary for the hardy flora of the brush country, the people of Pawnee maintain a quiet, functional connection to the earth, grounded by the seasonal shifts of the plains and the enduring silence that stretches toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Swedish Evangelical Free Church Cemetery (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 035° NE
  • Elim Lutheran Church Cemetery (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 032° NE
  • Gregorio Cortez (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 009° N
  • Kenedy Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 052° NE
  • Joe Gulley Park (Local Park) — 13.8 mi, 037° NE
  • Ball Park (Local Park) — 14.0 mi, 040° NE
  • Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 241° SW
  • James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 231° SW
  • Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 138° SE
  • Saint Joseph School Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 020° N
  • Runge Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 048° NE
  • Grace Armantrout Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 196° S
  • Christine Depot Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 287° W
  • Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 36.9 mi, 306° NW
  • Eagle Stadium (Stadium) — 37.0 mi, 306° NW
  • CCC Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 089° E
  • Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 40.9 mi, 170° S
  • Us-Tx-142-12 (Conservation Area) — 41.2 mi, 119° SE
  • Helton-San Antonio River Nature Park (Local Recreation) — 41.9 mi, 338° N
  • Calaveras Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 46.8 mi, 338° N
  • Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 50.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 50.3 mi, 136° SE
  • Richard Beene Site (Historic Ruins) — 51.3 mi, 323° NW
  • Corn Crib Photographic Exhibit by Ansen Seale (Public Artwork) — 51.9 mi, 323° NW
  • Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 52.3 mi, 123° SE
  • Angelica talamantes (Cinema) — 55.5 mi, 331° NW
  • City Base Entertainment (Cinema) — 55.5 mi, 331° NW
  • Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 59.8 mi, 168° S
  • Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 66.3 mi, 099° E
  • Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 68.3 mi, 115° SE · 298k acres

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About This Pawnee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pawnee, Texas. Coordinates: 28.652764, -98.002781. 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 Pawnee includes the ZIP code (78145, 78119), telephone area code (210), county seat of Bee County (Beeville), and school district assignment (Pawnee 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.