San Juan Texas Map
Explore San Juan, 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 San Juan, Texas
How to Use This San Juan, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for San Juan, 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 San Juan.
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 | San Juan |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Nueces County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.1903 |
| Longitude | -98.152033 |
| Population | 35,294 |
| Density | 1170.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 78406, 78589 |
| Area Code | 830 |
| County Seat | Corpus Christi |
| School District | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District |
About San Juan, Texas
San Juan is a locality in Nueces County, Texas, United States. It has a population of 35,294. The population density is 1170.4 people per km². San Juan is located at 26.1903°N, 98.1520°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. San Juan is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 78406, 78589.San Juan occupies a flat, sun-drenched expanse of the coastal plains where the horizon stretches out in a pale, shimmering line. It lies 8.1 miles east-southeast of Robstown, TX (from Robstown, TX: bearing 101°T), and is situated 9.0 miles west-southwest of Corpus Christi. The land here holds the heat of the day long after the sun has begun its slow descent, leaving the soil dry and receptive to the subtle salt-air currents that drift in from the Tule Lake Turning Basin only five miles away. A mile to the west, the quiet path of Oso Creek cuts through the brush, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of deeper green against the gray-brown scrub. Within the immediate reach of the streets, San Juan Park serves as a quiet anchor for the neighborhood, offering a small, shaded respite where the wind stirs the dust and the light turns a bruised, heavy gold at dusk.
San Juan grew from the persistent labor of those who worked the surrounding fields, establishing an economy rooted in the resilience of agricultural cycles and the steady transit of regional commerce. The influence of the border-country culture defines the local character, manifesting in the bilingual cadence of daily conversation and a quiet, pragmatic approach to industry. While the bustle of larger transit hubs hums in the distance, the pace of life here remains tied to the turning of the seasons and the maintenance of the land. In the quiet hours, one might catch the faint, rhythmic sound of distant machinery, a reminder of the industrial corridors that link the interior to the coast, while the distant, flat silhouette of Fourmile Hill lingers in the mind as a rare interruption to the otherwise unbroken, level floor of the earth.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Tom Mayfield (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 260° W
- San Juan Townsite (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 266° W
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 316° NW
- Municipal Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 296° NW
- Mayfield Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 214° SW
- Boys and Girls Club of Alamo (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 091° E
- San Juan Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 188° S
- Lions/Alamo Volunteer Fireman's Park (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 109° E
- Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 3.1 mi, 343° N
- Topgolf (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 278° W
- R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 280° W
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.0 mi, 183° S · 277k acres
- Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.3 mi, 172° S · 4,218 acres
- Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 199° S
- Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 355° N
- Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 8.2 mi, 280° W
- Border Theater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 279° W
- Estero Llano Grande State ParK (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 115° SE
- Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 267° W
- Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 264° W
- The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 28.1 mi, 090° E
- Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 116° SE
- Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 116° SE
- Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 45.6 mi, 116° SE
- Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 46.6 mi, 116° SE
- Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 55.0 mi, 107° E
- Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 298° NW
- Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 61.3 mi, 096° E
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About This San Juan Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Juan, Texas. Coordinates: 26.1903, -98.152033. 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 San Juan includes the ZIP code (78406, 78589), telephone area code (830), county seat of Nueces County (Corpus Christi), and school district assignment (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 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. |
