Explore Sabinal, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sabinal, 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 Sabinal.
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 | Sabinal |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Uvalde County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.317458 |
| Longitude | -99.466435 |
| Population | 1,364 |
| Density | 443.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78881 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Uvalde |
| School District | Sabinal Independent School District |
Sabinal occupies a stretch of terrain where the flat, sun-bleached plains of South Texas begin to surrender to the encroaching limestone architecture of the north. It lies 20.7 miles east-northeast of Uvalde, TX (from Uvalde, TX: bearing 69°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west of Hondo. The Sabinal River carves a narrow, verdant corridor through the brush, its waters offering a cooling reprieve from the relentless heat that defines the afternoon sky. Beyond the immediate reach of the bank, the land flattens into expansive fields, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a mesquite tree or the distant, shimmering haze of the Edwards Plateau on the horizon. Visitors seeking a moment of quiet often gravitate toward City Park, where the shade of native trees provides a sanctuary from the intensity of the light, and the air holds the dry, earthy scent of sun-warmed scrub and dust.
Sabinal remains anchored to the rhythms of agriculture and the legacy of early ranching families who carved a living from this demanding soil. The commerce of Sabinal reflects its heritage, with storefronts and silos serving as quiet markers of a local economy that moves in lockstep with the harvest and the seasonal demands of the range. Though the deep silence of Catclaw Hollow lies a short distance away, the pulse of the place is found in the steady movement of trucks along the main thoroughfares and the enduring resilience of those who call these plains home. Life here is measured by the clarity of the stars on a cloudless night and the subtle shift in color across the grasses as the sun dips low, casting long, stark shadows that define the character of the landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sabinal, Texas. Coordinates: 29.317458, -99.466435. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Sabinal includes the ZIP code (78881), telephone area code (512, 830), county seat of Uvalde County (Uvalde), and school district assignment (Sabinal Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |