Explore Pyote, 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 Pyote, 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 Pyote.
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 | Pyote |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Ward County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.534856 |
| Longitude | -103.126272 |
| Population | 72 |
| Density | 21.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 79777 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| County Seat | Monahans |
| School District | Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District |
Pyote emerges from the sun-bleached expanse of the Chihuahuan Desert like a quiet meditation on resilience amidst an unforgiving, arid horizon. It lies 42.6 miles west-southwest of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 240°T), and is situated 14.4 miles west-southwest of Monahans.
The landscape surrounding Pyote is defined by the vast, open reach of the Pyote Flats, a basin where the earth seems to exhale heat in shimmering waves that distort the distant silhouette of Hays Hill. To the west, the Pecos River carves a thin, vital ribbon through the scrub, while the saline stillness of Hackberry Lake serves as a stark, reflective mirror to the relentless intensity of the high-noon sun. Sparse creosote bushes and hardy grasses cling to the alkaline soil, their roots threading deep into a parched substrate that has witnessed the slow, tectonic patience of the centuries. When the light fades, the sky bruises into shades of violet and copper, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the plains until the stars ignite with a clarity rarely found in more crowded latitudes.
Pyote carries the heavy, quiet weight of a mid-century transformation, having once served as a bustling hub for the Rattlesnake Bomber Base during the turbulence of global conflict. The remnants of that era—the weathered concrete aprons and the ghosts of massive hangars—still press against the modern rhythm of an economy tethered to the extraction of oil and the endurance of ranching life. The pace here remains deliberate, dictated by the shifting winds and the seasonal cycles of a climate that demands both caution and respect from those who dwell upon its surface. Residents find a modest diversion at the Ward County Golf Course, where the game is played against a backdrop of wide, empty vistas that remind every traveler of the sheer scale of the landscape. Life in Pyote persists as a testament to the quiet tenacity required to inhabit a place where the earth is vast, the water is scarce, and the silence is absolute.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pyote, Texas. Coordinates: 31.534856, -103.126272. 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 Pyote includes the ZIP code (79777), telephone area code (806), county seat of Ward County (Monahans), and school district assignment (Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District).
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. |