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Ranger Texas Map

Explore Ranger, 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 Ranger, Texas

How to Use This Ranger, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.469852
Longitude	-98.678948
Population	2,300
Density	126.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76470
Area Code	254
County Seat	Eastland
School District	Ranger Independent School District

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About Ranger, Texas

Ranger is a locality in Eastland County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,300. The population density is 126.9 people per km². Ranger is located at 32.4699°N, 98.6789°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ranger is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76470.

Ranger anchors itself upon the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of the North Central Plains, where the earth is defined by a deep, ochre soil and the persistent, scrubby reach of mesquite. It lies 32.7 miles west-northwest of Stephenville, TX (from Stephenville, TX: bearing 302°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-northeast of Eastland. Palo Pinto Creek carves a winding path through the immediate landscape, its waters often running low and sluggish against the limestone banks, marking a quiet boundary for the local flora. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Skunk Ridge disrupts the flat horizon, while the terrain closer to home remains scarred by the rhythmic depressions of Hamilton Hollow. The air here holds a dry, heat-tempered clarity, especially in the late afternoons when the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, lean shadows across the parched grasses that ripple under the constant, restless breath of the prairie winds.

Ranger retains a singular, weathered character born from the abrupt intensity of the early oil boom, a legacy that remains visible in the skeletal remains of derricks and the weathered brick facades of its primary thoroughfares. Life moves with an unforced, deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, centering on the modest rhythms of a local economy that has long since traded its speculative frenzy for a quiet, enduring persistence. Residents find their recreation in the stillness of Hagman Lake, a mile away, or spend slow weekends within the shaded boundaries of Dam Park. The spirit of the locality is etched into the very soil, a place that remembers the sudden, violent wealth of the past while remaining anchored to the steady, unpretentious labor of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 249° W
Roaring Ranger (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 271° W
Ranger Municipal Airport (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 185° S
Chock-a-Block Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 201° S
Campbell's Tomato Soup (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 234° SW
Ringling Lake Park (Local Park) — 8.9 mi, 254° W
Ol' Rip (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 240° SW
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 240° SW
Municipal Baseball And Softball Complex And Fields (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 241° SW
Thurber Smokestack (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 080° E
Museum of Aircraft Perservation (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 324° NW
Roger R Fawcett Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.2 mi, 067° NE
Swenson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 327° NW
Breckenridge Aviation Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 326° NW
Possum Kingdom State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 013° N
OA Field (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 023° NE
Campfire Ring (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 023° NE
Proctor Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.6 mi, 165° S
Proctor Lake (Recreation Area) — 30.4 mi, 163° S
D&D South (Local Recreation) — 30.6 mi, 022° N
Bone Bend (Viewpoint) — 30.6 mi, 022° N
Art Briles Stadium (Stadium) — 31.3 mi, 125° SE
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 31.9 mi, 123° SE
John Tarleton Ranch House (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 121° SE
Center Grove Schoolhouse (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 121° SE
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 178° S
Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 40.2 mi, 055° NE
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 40.3 mi, 195° S
Lake Mineral Wells State Park (State Park) — 43.5 mi, 057° NE
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 79.1 mi, 041° NE · 20k acres

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