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Quitaque Texas Map

Explore Quitaque, 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 Quitaque, Texas

How to Use This Quitaque, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	34.366177
Longitude	-101.057093
Population	342
Density	182.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79255
Area Code	806
County Seat	Silverton
School District	Turkey-Quitaque Independent School District

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About Quitaque, Texas

Quitaque is a locality in Briscoe County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 342. The population density is 182.6 people per km². Quitaque is located at 34.3662°N, 101.0571°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Quitaque is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79255.

Quitaque remains a sun-bleached outpost where the high plains break abruptly into the rugged, rusted topography of the Caprock Canyons Trailway. It lies 39.2 miles east-northeast of Plainview, TX (from Plainview, TX: bearing 71°T), and is situated 30.9 miles north-northeast of Floydada. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, punctuated by the stark, flat silhouette of Old Flat Top rising three miles to the west, while Kent Creek carves a shallow, meandering vein through the parched earth just one mile from the center of the settlement. At dusk, the light catches the iron-rich dust of the plains, turning the sky a bruised violet that settles over the Soil Conservation Service Site 2 Reservoir two miles distant, cooling the air and silencing the cicadas. The land is defined by these dramatic shifts in elevation, where the flat, windswept plateaus give way to the deep, shadow-filled fissures of Pole Canyon four miles away, creating a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually eroding under the weight of the wide, relentless Texas sky.

Quitaque persists as a quiet monument to the endurance of those who staked their lives on the stubborn agriculture and ranching that have defined the economy since the town’s inception. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the seasons of the fields and the movement of cattle, anchored by the nearby Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, which draws travelers seeking the silence of the canyons. There is a distinct, unadorned honesty in the local architecture and the way the inhabitants regard the encroaching wilderness, viewing the harshness of the environment not as an adversary, but as a condition of existence. The heritage of the area is etched into the very soil, a history of hard-won settlement that continues to inform the character of Quitaque, where the modern world feels like a distant, secondary concern to the immediate, pressing reality of the wind, the work, and the singular beauty of the canyonlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Welcome to Quitaque - Home of the Valley Patriots (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 226° SW
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 302° NW
Resthaven Cemetery (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 091° E
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 360° N
Gasoline Cotton Gin (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 123° SE
Lake Theo Folsom Bison Kill Site (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 347° N
Bob Wills Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 080° E
City Park (Local Park) — 16.1 mi, 298° NW
Motley County Jail Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 151° SE
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.5 mi, 113° SE
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 229° SW · 14k acres
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 39.2 mi, 022° N
Joliet East (Local Recreation) — 39.3 mi, 251° W
Museum of the Llano Estacado (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 252° W
J. V. Hilliard Filed (Stadium) — 40.4 mi, 253° W
Swisher County Museum (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 286° W
Kincaid Park (Local Park) — 43.4 mi, 011° N
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 43.7 mi, 319° NW
North Ramp (Local Recreation) — 45.1 mi, 012° N
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.1 mi, 076° E · 15k acres
Childress County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 48.6 mi, 085° E
Lone Star Interpretive Area (Theatre) — 54.2 mi, 320° NW
Pioneer Ampitheater (Theatre) — 55.0 mi, 320° NW
CCC Overlook (Viewpoint) — 55.6 mi, 320° NW
Britten Water Tower (Attraction) — 57.5 mi, 359° N
Groom Route 66 (Attraction) — 57.7 mi, 357° N
Groom Giant Cross (Attraction) — 58.4 mi, 356° N
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 58.4 mi, 009° N · 1,402 acres
Texaco Super Service Station (Attraction) — 61.3 mi, 017° N
Gee Family Farm Pumpkin Farm (Theme Park) — 66.2 mi, 323° NW

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