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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	Yoakum 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	Plains
School District	Plains Independent School District

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About Plains, Texas

Plains is a locality in Yoakum 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, high-reaching expanse of the Llano Estacado where the horizon stretches into an uninterrupted line of pale blue, unburdened by the clutter of vertical relief. It lies 37.8 miles southwest of Levelland, TX (from Levelland, TX: bearing 223°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north of Denver City. The land here is defined by a rigorous, flat geometry, where the sun commands the day and creates a clarity of shadow that sharpens the edges of every fence line and dormant stalk of cotton. To the west, the subtle rise of Mexican Hill provides a singular, distant anchor for the eye, breaking the monotony of the scrub-dotted prairie. The soil, deep and fertile beneath the wind-scoured surface, holds the memory of ancient groundwater, while the air remains thin and dry, carrying the scent of parched earth even when the clouds gather over Ink Basin to offer a fleeting, cooling reprieve.

Plains serves as a quiet center for the surrounding agricultural industry, where the rhythmic hum of irrigation pivots dictates the pulse of the local economy. The legacy of the oil patch is etched into the landscape, with pump jacks nodding rhythmically against the sky, their mechanical persistence echoing the stoic nature of those who have settled this terrain. Residents might seek a moment of stillness at Stuffy Moorehead Park, or perhaps find a meditative solitude near the edges of Oho Tank, where the water reflects the expansive sky with a mirror-like intensity. Life in Plains moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, rooted in the seasonal cycles of harvest and the enduring, pragmatic spirit of a community that understands the quiet power of an open, unobstructed world.

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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