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Salt Flat Texas Map

Explore Salt Flat, 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 Salt Flat, Texas

How to Use This Salt Flat, Texas Map

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

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	Salt Flat
State	Texas (TX)
County	Hudspeth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.743727
Longitude	-105.092728
Population	180
Density	0.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79847
Area Code	915
County Seat	Sierra Blanca

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About Salt Flat, Texas

Salt Flat is a locality in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Salt Flat is located at 31.7437°N, 105.0927°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79847.

Salt Flat sits amidst an expansive, parched basin where the horizon stretches thin under a sky that feels heavier and more vast than the earth beneath it. It lies 65.6 miles east of Horizon City, TX (from Horizon City, TX: bearing 87°T), and is situated 81.9 miles east of El Paso. The landscape is defined by the stark, gypsum-crusted floor of the desert, a pale and unforgiving expanse that reflects the harsh glare of the midday sun until the heat begins to shimmer and dance in translucent waves. To the horizon’s edge, the distant silhouette of the Guadalupe Mountains rises as a jagged, violet-hued wall against the light, their presence anchoring the immense silence of the basin. Nearby, the dry depression of Eightmile Draw cuts a shallow, meandering scar through the scrub, while the modest surface of Eightmile Tank holds the only stillness in a land defined by the relentless movement of dust and wind.

Salt Flat carries the quiet, weathered gravity of a place built on the extraction of the earth’s own minerals, a history written in the white crystalline dust that coats the boots of those who travel through. Life here is dictated by the slow, deliberate pace of the high desert, where the proximity of Guadalupe Mountains National Park serves as a constant reminder of the geological forces that carved the region long before any human settlement took root. Economic life remains tethered to the land, balancing the sparse demands of ranching with the lingering remnants of historical mining efforts that once sought value in the alkali crust. As the sun dips toward the edge of the world, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the isolation of the landscape and the resilience of a people who choose to endure in such an exposed, open theater of stone and sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

El Paso Salt War (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 083° E
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 10.1 mi, 023° NE · 87k acres
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.9 mi, 044° NE · 46k acres
Bonnie Larreau Parther (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 335° NW
Salt Basin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.1 mi, 058° NE
Site of Conaway School (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 062° NE
Alkali Lakes Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.9 mi, 008° N
Pine Springs Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 056° NE
The Pinery Butterfield Stage Station Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 057° NE
Brokeoff Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.5 mi, 021° N · 31k acres
Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 150° SE
10,000 Year Clock (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 151° SE
Pietila Ranch (Park) — 23.3 mi, 055° NE
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 23.7 mi, 042° NE · 1.1M acres
Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative) (National Conservation Area) — 23.7 mi, 042° NE · 28k acres
Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 23.7 mi, 042° NE · 21k acres
Lonesome Ridge Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 26.6 mi, 048° NE
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 31.6 mi, 049° NE · 46k acres
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.6 mi, 049° NE · 31k acres
Culberson County Historic Museum (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 160° S
Carlsbad Pbr #11 (Historic Ruins) — 56.2 mi, 057° NE
La Cueva 6 (Cinema) — 68.7 mi, 045° NE
The Reader (Public Artwork) — 68.8 mi, 047° NE
J J Hagerman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 047° NE
Eddy County Courthouse Historic Site (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 047° NE
Eddy National Bank Historic Site (Attraction) — 68.9 mi, 047° NE
Dozal Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 70.3 mi, 261° W
JR’s Art Gallery And Tea Room (Gallery) — 70.3 mi, 261° W
Romy Hawkins Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 70.3 mi, 261° W
Main Street Stage and Saloon (Arts Centre) — 70.3 mi, 261° W

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