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Plains Texas Map

Explore Plains, 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 Plains, Texas

How to Use This Plains, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	33.18833
Longitude	-102.821478
Population	1,355
Density	349.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	79351, 79355
Area Code	806
County Seat	Gail
School District	Plains Independent School District

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About Plains, Texas

Plains is a locality in Borden County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,355. The population density is 349.2 people per km². Plains is located at 33.1883°N, 102.8215°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plains is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 79351, 79355.

Plains occupies a vast, level expanse of the high tableland where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 44.3 miles west-northwest of Snyder, TX (from Snyder, TX: bearing 288°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-southeast of Tahoka. The horizon remains a sharp, unwavering line, interrupted only by the vertical silhouettes of oil pumps and the occasional cluster of transmission towers that mark the slow, rhythmic pulse of the landscape. Six miles away, the subtle depression of Indian Canyon offers a brief variation in the flatness, while the seasonal flow of Buck Canyon Creek carves a shallow, arid path through the soil. When the light shifts toward dusk, the dust motes catch a copper glow, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the open prairie like ink spilled on a pale, dry parchment.

Plains serves as a quiet nerve center for the surrounding agricultural and petroleum industries, where the economy is tethered to the deep, hidden reservoirs of oil and the endurance of the cotton fields. Life here is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of the pump jacks that dot the perimeter, a persistent mechanical heartbeat that outlasts the generations. While the distant silhouette of Gail Mountain provides a faint anchor to the east, the inhabitants find their recreation and connection in the sparse, functional spaces of the region, occasionally traveling toward the Tahoka Sports Complex or the quiet waters of Guthrie Lake to break the monotony of the plains. There is a stoic, unadorned dignity in the way the residents maintain their routines, their lives shaped by the wind and the profound, expansive silence that defines the character of Plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yoakum County (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 274° W
Site of Center Point School (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 205° SW
Discovery Well in the Wasson Field (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 179° S
Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 026° NE
Stuffy Moorehead Park (Local Park) — 14.5 mi, 182° S
Denver City Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 182° S
Antioch Church (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 243° SW
Whiteface Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 017° N
Gaines County Golf Course & Park (Local Recreation) — 25.7 mi, 158° S
Sundown Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 26.3 mi, 045° NE
Antique Tractor (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 100° E
Terry County/Coleman Park (Local Park) — 31.6 mi, 092° E
Terry County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 091° E
Lea County Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 242° SW
Milnesand (State Conservation Area) — 35.6 mi, 318° NW
Texas' Last Frontier Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.2 mi, 005° N
Higginbotham-Bartlett (Defunct) (Historic Ruins) — 37.3 mi, 005° N
Helen Devitt Jones Theatre for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 37.7 mi, 044° NE
Milnesand Fee (Conservation Area) — 40.0 mi, 310° NW
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.3 mi, 002° N · 14k acres
Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Preservation Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 57.0 mi, 289° W
Mescalero Sands Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 59.8 mi, 275° W
CO-OPt Research + Projects (Arts Centre) — 60.2 mi, 065° NE
The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny (Attraction) — 60.2 mi, 061° NE
Mathers Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 60.9 mi, 289° W · 363 acres
Allen Theatre (Theatre) — 61.0 mi, 063° NE
Battle of Yellow House Canyon (Registered Battlefield) — 61.9 mi, 060° NE
Tornado Gallery (Gallery) — 62.5 mi, 064° NE
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.0 mi, 347° N · 6,478 acres
Santa Land (Attraction) — 63.5 mi, 064° NE

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