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Sanctuary Texas Map

Explore Sanctuary, 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 Sanctuary, Texas

How to Use This Sanctuary, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.908737
Longitude	-97.584191
Population	337
Density	151.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76020
Area Code	817, 682
County Seat	Weatherford
School District	Azle Independent School District

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About Sanctuary, Texas

Sanctuary is a locality in Parker County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 151.8 people per km². Sanctuary is located at 32.9087°N, 97.5842°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sanctuary is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76020.

Sanctuary emerges from the sun-bleached prairie as a quiet intersection of limestone earth and the persistent, low-slung course of Ash Creek. It lies 2.4 miles west-northwest of Azle, TX (from Azle, TX: bearing 293°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west of Eagle Mountain. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal expansion, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure upon the scrub-oak thickets and the dusty, pale grasses that grip the soil. Three miles to the north, the expanse of Eagle Mountain Lake catches the afternoon light, transforming the horizon into a shimmering, metallic plane that contrasts with the rugged, shadowed depths of Hangmans Hollow six miles to the west. On the far reaches of the skyline, the jagged silhouette of Devils Backbone rises like a splintered spine against the bruised purple of a coming dusk, anchoring the vast, inland geography in a permanent, stoic tension.

Sanctuary bears the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the grit of agrarian labor and the slow, steady persistence of local trade. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, shifting between the seasonal demands of the plains and the quiet, industrial pulse of the surrounding counties. Residents often find their way toward the paths of the Crosstimbers Trail to trace the older, harder patterns of the terrain, while the proximity to Melanie Park offers a reprieve of managed wildness amidst the encroaching sprawl of modern development. Life in Sanctuary is marked by the particular silence of a place that understands its own scale, where the local character is measured not by grand gestures, but by the endurance of those who continue to work the soil and navigate the long, dry silences between the rains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoggard-Reynolds Cemetery (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 137° SE
Coho and Nancy Jane Smith Farmstead Site (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 148° SE
Central Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 117° SE
Walnut Creek Baptist Church (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 003° N
Azle Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 117° SE
Shady Grove Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 090° E
Eagle Mountain Park (Waterfowl Production Area) — 5.4 mi, 081° E
Fort Worth Nature Center And Wildlife Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 123° SE
Jacksboro Hwy (Local Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 132° SE
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 310° NW
Casino Beach Park (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 129° SE
North Side Consolidated School (Historic Ruins) — 11.9 mi, 243° SW
Northwest Community (Local Recreation) — 12.9 mi, 094° E
Texas Trail Buds (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 134° SE
Pearls Dance Hall (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 122° SE
Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 121° SE
Museum of the Americas (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 230° SW
Fort Worth Stockyards Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 121° SE
Livestock Exchange Building (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 121° SE
Vintage Car Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 230° SW
Stockyards (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 121° SE
Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 16.6 mi, 239° SW
Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 131° SE
Movie Tavern (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 130° SE
Vernon Solomon Performing Arts Theater (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 062° NE
Benbrook Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 159° S
Eagle Stadium (Stadium) — 20.2 mi, 156° SE
Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland (National Grassland) — 23.5 mi, 349° N · 20k acres
Lake Mineral Wells State Park (State Park) — 25.0 mi, 265° W
Ray Roberts Lake State Park (State Park) — 38.6 mi, 051° NE

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