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Roscoe Texas Map

Explore Roscoe, 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 Roscoe, Texas

How to Use This Roscoe, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.445952
Longitude	-100.538718
Population	1,271
Density	152.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79545
Area Code	806
County Seat	Sweetwater
School District	Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District

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About Roscoe, Texas

Roscoe is a locality in Nolan County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,271. The population density is 152.3 people per km². Roscoe is located at 32.4460°N, 100.5387°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roscoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79545.

Roscoe emerges from the expansive, sun-drenched plains of West Texas as a quiet center of agricultural industry, defined by the vast horizon that seems to press against the edges of the sky. It lies 7.9 miles west-southwest of Sweetwater, TX (from Sweetwater, TX: bearing 257°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east-northeast of Colorado City. The landscape around Roscoe is characterized by flat, fertile expanses that stretch toward distant, hazy outlines of the Edwards Plateau, while the immediate terrain is marked by the modest, dry beds of Rough Creek and the subtle depression of Wolf Hollow. At twilight, the light across these fields takes on a pale, amber quality, turning the earth a deep, dusty brown that contrasts sharply with the darkening expanse of the high plains. A few miles away, the quiet waters of Turner May Lake offer a singular point of stillness in an otherwise industrious expanse of land, while the grounds of Brooker T. Washington Park provide a modest, shaded respite from the persistent, dry winds that sweep across the open country.

Agriculture and the development of wind energy have long defined the practical rhythm of life in Roscoe, where the steady rotation of massive turbines punctuates the otherwise unchanging view of the fields. The economy remains rooted in the cycles of the harvest, drawing a resilience from the soil that has sustained the inhabitants through decades of shifting weather patterns and economic change. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local pace adheres to the demands of the seasons, favoring a deliberate, measured approach to labor that mirrors the slow, inevitable movement of the clouds above. While the days are often defined by the hum of machinery and the movement of heavy freight, a certain stillness remains, a quiet endurance that persists even as the modern world turns its attention to the energy harvested from the very air that moves across these plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific Railway (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 079° E
Roscoe Cemetery (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 043° NE
W.A.S.P. Training Base: Avenger Field (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 083° E
Brooker T. Washington Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 081° E
Newman Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 070° E
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 076° E
Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 12.6 mi, 095° E
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 16.4 mi, 355° N
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 17.0 mi, 238° SW
Heart of West Texas Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 258° W
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 252° W
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 33.0 mi, 149° SE
Wildcat Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 38.4 mi, 179° S
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 39.0 mi, 110° E
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 40.9 mi, 111° E
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 41.2 mi, 160° S
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 41.2 mi, 110° E
Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 45.5 mi, 089° E
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 46.5 mi, 087° E
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 46.9 mi, 087° E
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 46.9 mi, 089° E
Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 47.7 mi, 135° SE
Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 48.2 mi, 088° E
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 48.3 mi, 088° E
Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 50.0 mi, 326° NW
Oriana Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 50.5 mi, 007° N
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 51.9 mi, 075° E
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 60.7 mi, 182° S
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.9 mi, 344° N · 14k acres

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