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Potosi Texas Map

Explore Potosi, 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 Potosi, Texas

How to Use This Potosi, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.335745
Longitude	-99.684338
Population	3,947
Density	83.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79602
Area Code	806
County Seat	Abilene
School District	Wylie Independent School District

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About Potosi, Texas

Potosi is a locality in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,947. The population density is 83.1 people per km². Potosi is located at 32.3357°N, 99.6843°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79602.

Potosi stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet, persistent movement of Lytle Creek, which carves a modest path through the sun-bleached earth. It lies 9.4 miles south-southeast of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 152°T), and is situated 10.9 miles west-southwest of Clyde. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, which anchors the western view like a slumbering giant. Sunlight here possesses a particular, honeyed intensity, turning the dry grasses to shades of pale copper as the day wanes. Five miles away, the public spaces of Lake Kirby Park offer a respite of greenery, while the nearby Lytle Cove provides a subtle depression in the terrain that traps the evening cool. The Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir sits six miles distant, a quiet mirror reflecting the expansive Texas sky and the slow, rhythmic shift of shadows across the plains.

Potosi holds the remnants of an agricultural heritage that once relied heavily on the endurance of the land and the unpredictable generosity of the rains. While the local economy has shifted away from the agrarian focus of its founding, the spirit of the place remains tied to the resilience of those who labor in the oil patch or commute to neighboring centers for work. The pace of daily life is measured not by the ticking of a clock, but by the changing hue of the scrubland and the way the wind carries the scent of dust and heat across the open fields. Potosi maintains a character of understated stability, where the collective memory of the region is held in the quiet endurance of its residents. It is a place where the modern world touches lightly, leaving the fundamental solitude of the plains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of the outside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lytle Gap-Potosi Methodist Church (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 100° E
First Exploratory Oil Well in Taylor County (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 344° N
Lake Kirby Park (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 317° NW
Fletcher Ranch (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 186° S
Vaughn Camp Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 317° NW
Redbud Park (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 319° NW
Kirby Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 340° N
Wire "Giraffe and Calf" art (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 356° N
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 340° N
Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 350° N
Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 333° NW
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 9.6 mi, 351° N
Van Ellis Theatre (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 344° N
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 343° N
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 10.7 mi, 342° N
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 241° SW
CCC Stonework (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 239° SW
Callahan County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 076° E
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 001° N
Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 212° SW
The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 34.0 mi, 031° NE
Flying “A” Car Museum (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 040° NE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.9 mi, 238° SW
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 50.0 mi, 131° SE

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