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Road Runner Texas Map

Explore Road Runner, 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 Road Runner, Texas

How to Use This Road Runner, Texas Map

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

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	Road Runner
State	Texas (TX)
County	Cooke County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.4849
Longitude	-97.0845
Population	766
Density	495.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76272
Area Code	817
County Seat	Gainesville
School District	Pilot Point Independent School District

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About Road Runner, Texas

Road Runner is a locality in Cooke County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 766. The population density is 495.4 people per km². Road Runner is located at 33.4849°N, 97.0845°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Road Runner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76272.

Road Runner claims its quietude from the persistent, silver-threaded path of Persimmon Creek, which carves a narrow, winding artery through the dense brush and open prairie. It lies 10.1 miles south-southeast of Gainesville, TX (from Gainesville, TX: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Sanger. The landscape surrounding Road Runner unfolds in a series of subtle, earth-toned slopes that eventually sharpen toward the distant, hazy silhouette of The Backbone rising against the western sky. Ray Roberts Recreation Area serves as the immediate threshold to the wilder stretches of the property, where the heavy scent of dry grass and sun-baked limestone hangs suspended in the air. The quality of light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, turning the long shadows of the brush into dark, ink-drawn lines upon the pale, parched soil.

Persistence defines the spirit of Road Runner, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the modest commerce that supports those working the surrounding fields. Residents often venture toward the nearby shores of Lake Kiowa to witness the water reflecting the vast, cloud-streaked expanse of the Texas sky, or they seek the quiet solitude offered by the Jordon Park Trail some miles away. Life in Road Runner moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic velocity of distant centers of industry. The local character is forged by a deep familiarity with the changing seasons, where every fence line and weathered structure marks a collective history of endurance against the heat and the persistent, restless wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ray Roberts Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 268° W
Mountain Springs School (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 093° E
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 193° S
Valley View (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 273° W
Tyson Cemetery (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 167° S
Corral (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 155° SE
Keneteso Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 338° N
Leonard Park & Frank Buck Zoo (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 338° N
Leopard Tortoise (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 337° NW
Ring-Tailed Lemur (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 337° NW
African Spurred Tortoise (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 337° NW
Animal Encounters (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 337° NW
Morton Museum of Cooke County (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 340° N
Sante Fe Depot Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 342° N
Confederate Soldier Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 340° N
John Porter Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 211° SW
Lewisville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 171° S
Hartlee Field Road Bike Trail Property (Local Recreation) — 14.2 mi, 175° S
CH Collins Stadium (Stadium) — 15.5 mi, 186° S
Love Valley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 353° N
Explorium (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 198° S
Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 188° S
Redbud Theater Complex (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 188° S
Denton Independent School District Stadium (Stadium) — 18.4 mi, 190° S
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 189° S
Winspear Performance Hall (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 192° S
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 24.4 mi, 255° W · 20k acres
Lake Murray State Resort Park (State Park) — 37.3 mi, 002° N
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.5 mi, 292° W · 1,644 acres
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 56.3 mi, 069° E · 18k acres

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