Explore Pear Valley, 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 Pear Valley, 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 Pear Valley.
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 | Pear Valley |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | McCulloch County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.310165 |
| Longitude | -99.493948 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 2.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 76852, 76866 |
| Area Code | 325 |
| County Seat | Brady |
Pear Valley emerges from the arid sweep of the plains where the earth holds a pale, sun-bleached quality, reflecting a light that turns the long grasses into a shimmering expanse of straw and dust. It lies 40.5 miles southwest of Brownwood, TX (from Brownwood, TX: bearing 227°T), and is situated 15.3 miles northwest of Brady. Saddle Creek cuts a narrow, winding vein through this landscape, its banks lined with the deep, tangled shadows of scrub oak and mesquite that offer the only true sanctuary from the relentless afternoon glare. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau marks the horizon, a constant reminder of the geological theater that shapes the drainage of the surrounding terrain. Even the air here feels seasoned by the distance from the moisture-heavy winds of the coast, carrying a dry, mineral scent that clarifies the senses and makes the distant, jagged geometry of Cottonwood Canyon feel immediate and stark.
Pear Valley maintains a quiet, deliberate pace defined by the cycle of the ranching industry and the seasonal shifts of the soil, where the economy remains tied to the resilience of the livestock and the sparse, hardy crops that can survive the heat. History here is written in the weathered fence lines and the rusted remnants of homesteads that once drew their strength from the proximity of the land, long before the modern draw toward Brady Reservoir became a weekend retreat for those seeking the stillness of open water. On quiet evenings, the town feels anchored by the collective memory of families who have worked these pastures for generations, a culture of self-reliance that persists far from the noise of the urban centers. When the day ends, the sky bruises into deep shades of violet and indigo, casting a heavy, cooling silence over the fields that renders the entire expanse of Pear Valley entirely still.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pear Valley, Texas. Coordinates: 31.310165, -99.493948. 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 Pear Valley includes the ZIP code (76852, 76866), telephone area code (325), county seat of McCulloch County (Brady), and school district assignment.
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. |