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San Perlita Texas Map

Explore San Perlita, 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 Perlita, Texas

How to Use This San Perlita, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.501178
Longitude	-97.639711
Population	538
Density	400.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	78590, 78580
Area Code	830
County Seat	Raymondville
School District	San Perlita Independent School District

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About San Perlita, Texas

San Perlita is a locality in Willacy County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 538. The population density is 400.2 people per km². San Perlita is located at 26.5012°N, 97.6397°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. San Perlita is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 78590, 78580.

San Perlita emerges from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the South Texas plains as a quiet collection of structures defined by the vastness of the surrounding horizon. It lies 9.0 miles east of Raymondville, TX (from Raymondville, TX: bearing 81°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-northeast of Combes. The landscape here is defined by an austere, rhythmic openness, where the earth stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Green Hill with little to interrupt the gaze. A mile to the west, the East Main Drain cuts a thin, utilitarian line through the soil, offering a muted ribbon of moisture to the thirsty brush. To the north, the terrain dips into the Plan de Monterrey, a basin that holds the heat of the afternoon until the light turns the color of bruised plums and long shadows stretch across the scrubland. There is an honest severity to this geography, a place where the wind carries the dry, metallic scent of sun-baked silt and the persistent, low-frequency hum of insects that seem to own the daylight hours.

San Perlita maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycles of the surrounding agricultural fields, where the economy remains tethered to the patient labor of the soil. The history of the area is etched into the architecture of the modest storefronts and the wind-worn fences that mark the edges of family-held land. Five miles away, the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge provides a sanctuary for native species, acting as a reminder of the wilder, thorny thickets that once dominated this entire region before the arrival of the plow. While the distant, shimmering surface of La Sal Vieja remains sixteen miles off, the life of San Perlita is concentrated in the immediate, tangible reality of the fields and the endurance of its people. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons and the quiet pride of a community that has found its place in the middle of a wide, unyielding sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

San Perlita, "Pearl of the Valley" (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 176° S
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.2 mi, 337° NW · 277k acres
Edward Burleson Raymond (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 260° W
Swimming Pool Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 264° W
First Baptist Church of Raymondville (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 263° W
Smiley Face Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 260° W
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 228° SW
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.6 mi, 122° SE · 287k acres
Spoil Islands (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 108° E
Bowman Stadium (Stadium) — 19.2 mi, 185° S
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 20.2 mi, 066° NE · 262k acres
Tom Wilson Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 20.7 mi, 195° S
Harlingen Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 21.2 mi, 181° S
Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 189° S
Bobby Morrow Stadium (Stadium) — 24.8 mi, 181° S
Estero Llano Grande State ParK (State Park) — 32.0 mi, 217° SW
Resaca de la Palma State Park (State Park) — 34.7 mi, 173° S
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 247° SW
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 138° SE
Treasures of the Gulf Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 138° SE
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 40.2 mi, 133° SE
Topgolf (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 239° SW
Pier 19 (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 135° SE
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 168° S
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 168° S
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 42.8 mi, 151° SE
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 242° SW
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 166° S
Boca Chica State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 44.7 mi, 139° SE
Border Theater (Theatre) — 46.9 mi, 245° SW

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