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Prairie Lea Texas Map

Explore Prairie Lea, 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 Prairie Lea, Texas

How to Use This Prairie Lea, Texas Map

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

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	Prairie Lea
State	Texas (TX)
County	Caldwell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.732448
Longitude	-97.753612
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78648, 78661
Area Code	512, 737
County Seat	Lockhart

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About Prairie Lea, Texas

Prairie Lea is a locality in Caldwell County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Prairie Lea is located at 29.7324°N, 97.7536°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78648, 78661.

Prairie Lea occupies a quiet expanse of land where the moisture of the earth rises to meet the heat of the afternoon sun. It lies 11.7 miles south-southwest of Lockhart, TX (from Lockhart, TX: bearing 205°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-northwest of Luling. The terrain here is defined by the steady, unceasing flow of the San Marcos River, which carves a path through the landscape just a mile away, providing a persistent rhythm to the surrounding fields. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers far to the west, the immediate horizon remains dominated by the broad, open sky of the plains. Dust motes dance in the golden light of late afternoon, catching the amber glow that settles over the tall grasses and the sturdy, deep-rooted oaks, lending the air a heavy, honeyed quality that seems to slow the movement of time itself.

Prairie Lea carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, a history written in the patient labor of those who first broke the soil to plant crops in the fertile earth. The economy remains tethered to this land, reflected in the quiet cycles of farming and the modest, enduring structures that mark the passage of generations. Those seeking the stillness of nature often find their way toward the paths of the Lockhart State Park Trail, or look toward the quiet waters of Soil Conservation Service Site 12 Reservoir, which lies eight miles away as a mirror for the changing clouds. Even as the modern world hums in the distance, Prairie Lea maintains a deliberate, grounded character, where the social fabric is composed of the simple, honest intersections of neighbors who understand the temperament of the soil and the temperament of the season.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Prairie Lea United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 153° SE
Burial site of Rev. John McCullough (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 011° N
Fentress, Dr. James (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 011° N
Edgar B. Davis North Side Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 115° SE
Central Texas Oil Patch Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 119° SE
Zelder Mill Park And Pavillion (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 129° SE
Mayhem Wall (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 322° NW
Lockhart State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 022° N
Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 025° NE
M. O. Neasloney Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 160° S
Gary Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 13.1 mi, 322° NW
Palmetto State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 126° SE
San Marcos River State Scientific Area (Recreation Easement) — 13.8 mi, 312° NW
The SPOT Cinema Eatery (Cinema) — 14.7 mi, 316° NW
Texas State University - San Marcos Golf Course (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 318° NW
Spring Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 316° NW
Indigenous & Tejano History Museum Exhibit (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 313° NW
LBJ Museum of San Marcos History (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 313° NW
Texas Cinemas Showplace (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 313° NW
The Millie Seaton Doll Collection (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 310° NW
Sinkholes (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 308° NW
Learning Tree (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 308° NW
Purgatory Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 306° NW
Grandmother's tree (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 307° NW
Freeman Ranch (Recreation Easement) — 18.5 mi, 315° NW
Labyrinth (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 309° NW
Comal County Rebels Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.5 mi, 265° W
James C. Curry Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 27.6 mi, 287° W
Austin Educational Theatre (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 351° N
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 54.0 mi, 347° N · 43k acres

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