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Sand Springs Texas Map

Explore Sand Springs, 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 Sand Springs, Texas

How to Use This Sand Springs, Texas Map

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

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	Sand Springs
State	Texas (TX)
County	Howard County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.28262
Longitude	-101.350956
Population	878
Density	132.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79720
Area Code	806
County Seat	Big Spring
School District	Coahoma Independent School District

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About Sand Springs, Texas

Sand Springs is a locality in Howard County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 878. The population density is 132.0 people per km². Sand Springs is located at 32.2826°N, 101.3510°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79720.

Sand Springs emerges from the expansive plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the persistent, arid character of the high western landscape. It lies 7.8 miles east-northeast of Big Spring, TX (from Big Spring, TX: bearing 73°T), and is situated 29.3 miles west-southwest of Colorado City. The horizon stretches thin and pale, broken only by the subtle deepening of Sandy Hollow, a basin that catches the long, amber shadows of late afternoon. Two miles to the east, Beals Creek cuts a vein through the dry soil, its channel an intermittent reminder of the water that once carved the foundation of this terrain. Three miles distant, Moss Creek Lake offers a still, metallic surface that mirrors the shifting violet clouds of dusk, providing a rare reprieve from the sun-baked dust. The air here holds a dry clarity, and when the wind moves across the sparse, resilient grasses, it carries the faint, sharp scent of limestone and parched earth.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the oil patch have long dictated the pulse of Sand Springs, anchoring its economy to the stubborn productivity of the soil and the hidden energy beneath it. The history of the locality is etched into the fence lines and the weathered facades of structures that have stood against decades of heat, reflecting a culture forged by self-reliance and the necessity of endurance. While the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers on the far edge of memory, the immediate life of Sand Springs remains tied to the cycles of the land, where the labor of the day gives way to the vast, star-heavy silence of the night. Life here moves with a steady, deliberate pace, acknowledging the harsh beauty of a region where the sun defines both the beginning and the end of every endeavor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

W.T. ("Uncle Bud") Roberts (1849 - 1940) (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 190° S
Moss Creek Lake (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 153° SE
Stink Creek Ballfields (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 248° W
Big Spring School District (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 249° W
First Christian Church of Big Spring (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 251° W
Comanche Trail City Park and Golf Course (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 240° SW
Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 243° SW
Comanche Trail Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 235° SW
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 083° E
Heart of West Texas Museum (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 075° E
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 32.2 mi, 086° E
Bonnie Plant Farm Sasquatch (Public Artwork) — 41.9 mi, 240° SW
Big Sky Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 52.1 mi, 245° SW
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 53.6 mi, 059° NE
O'Donnell Heritage Museum (Museum) — 54.9 mi, 329° NW
Lake Alan Henry Wildlife Habitat Area (Local Conservation Area) — 56.1 mi, 020° N
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 56.9 mi, 076° E
Pliska Aircraft Museum (Museum) — 58.6 mi, 235° SW
Council Ring (Theatre) — 61.3 mi, 357° N
Old Reagan County Courthouse (Historic Ruins) — 61.8 mi, 192° S
O S Ranch Museum (Museum) — 62.7 mi, 359° N
Ector Theatre (Theatre) — 66.7 mi, 244° SW
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 66.8 mi, 104° E
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 66.8 mi, 138° SE
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 74.8 mi, 144° SE
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 77.6 mi, 137° SE

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