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Rosita Texas Map

Explore Rosita, 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 Rosita, Texas

How to Use This Rosita, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.62554
Longitude	-100.427849
Population	3,501
Density	172.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78384, 78582, 78852
Area Code	830, 512
County Seat	Rio Grande City
School District	Eagle Pass Independent School District

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About Rosita, Texas

Rosita is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,501. The population density is 172.0 people per km². Rosita is located at 28.6255°N, 100.4278°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78384, 78582, 78852.

Rosita sits upon the arid, sun-bleached expanse of the borderlands, where the land stretches out in a quiet, relentless reach toward the horizon. It lies 5.5 miles east of Roma, TX (from Roma, TX: bearing 94°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-northwest of Rio Grande City. The Rio Grande snakes through the parched earth just a mile from the center, its dark, silt-heavy waters carving a permanent line between the brush and the sky. To the north, the rise of Gongora Hill breaks the flatness of the plains, a solitary landmark under the vast, unblinking glare of the midday sun. Near the banks, the landscape dips into the Arroyo los Morenos, where the soil holds a deeper color and the scrub oak clings to the shadows. In the evening, the light here turns a bruised, dusty violet, softening the sharp edges of the creosote bushes and the dry, cracked clay that defines the terrain.

Rosita bears the weight of a long, sun-hardened history, its identity tethered to the movement of people and goods across this rugged frontier. The local economy remains tethered to the earth, defined by the persistence of ranching and the slow, steady hum of trade that follows the path of the river. Residents often seek the quiet solitude of Garceno Park, a modest stretch of land that offers a rare, shaded respite from the heat of the plains. While the distant, shimmering expanse of Falcon Reservoir sits seventeen miles away, the life of the place remains anchored to the immediate, dusty reality of the border. Every afternoon, the air cools just enough to stir the dust along the quiet tracks, signaling a slow transition into the indigo night that settles over the plains like a heavy wool blanket.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Guajillo Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 326° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 149° SE
Nick Carr Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 319° NW
UH-1H "Huey" Helicopter (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 330° NW
Airplane Monument (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 330° NW
Douglas MacArthur Monument (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 330° NW
Cinemark Mall De Las Aguilas (Cinema) — 6.4 mi, 328° NW
El Indio Park (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 136° SE
Fort Clark Guardhouse (Museum) — 47.0 mi, 001° N
Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 54.6 mi, 045° NE
Briscoe-Garner Museum (Museum) — 55.9 mi, 043° NE
Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 56.0 mi, 044° NE
Abbey Road Cafe and Beatles Museum (Museum) — 57.1 mi, 328° NW
Museo del Agua (Museum) — 57.3 mi, 328° NW
San Felipe Exes Student Memorial Center (Museum) — 57.6 mi, 331° NW
Long Hollow (Conservation Area) — 59.1 mi, 027° NE
Vanham (Conservation Area) — 59.4 mi, 035° NE
Cinemark Movies 8 (Cinema) — 60.2 mi, 332° NW
Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 60.8 mi, 107° E
Amistad National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 65.1 mi, 335° NW · 54k acres
Kickapoo Cavern State Park (State Park) — 66.3 mi, 358° N
Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924 (Public Artwork) — 76.5 mi, 019° N
Garner State Park (State Park) — 77.1 mi, 032° NE
White Rock Cave (Attraction) — 78.1 mi, 032° NE
Crystal Cave (Attraction) — 78.1 mi, 032° NE
Ol' Baldy viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 78.2 mi, 032° NE

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