Explore Santa Anna, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Santa Anna, 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 Santa Anna.
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 | Santa Anna |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Starr County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 26.668113 |
| Longitude | -98.564465 |
| Population | 12 |
| Density | 6.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 78591, 76878 |
| Area Code | 830, 325 |
| County Seat | Rio Grande City |
| School District | San Isidro Independent School District |
Santa Anna rises from the caliche-dusted plains of the high prairie, a place where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth itself. It lies 25.4 miles northeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 38°T), and is situated 34.6 miles north-northwest of Mission. The landscape around Santa Anna is defined by a rugged, sun-bleached topography of limestone outcrops and low, scrub-covered ridges that catch the long, amber shadows of late afternoon. While the terrain remains far removed from any maritime influence, the air here is dry and carries the faint, sharp scent of parched earth and cedar, a reminder of the vast, open distances that define this inland reach. To the south, the protected scrublands of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge offer a sanctuary for migratory species, while the distant, quiet meanderings of Remadura de Sandia Creek carve a slow, seasonal path through the surrounding brush.
Economic life in Santa Anna has long been tethered to the slow pulse of the ranching industry and the persistent, quiet labor of agriculture that finds a way to thrive in the heat. The streets retain a functional, unadorned character, reflecting a history built on the resilience of those who arrived to work the limestone-heavy soil and manage the wide, unfenced spans of grazing land. Life moves with an observant, steady pace, punctuated by the seasonal rhythms of the harvest and the communal gatherings that anchor the spirit of the people. There is a particular beauty in the way the twilight deepens the color of the native grasses, turning the gray-green scrub into a muted velvet that marks the end of another day of honest, necessary work under the wide, unwavering sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Santa Anna, Texas. Coordinates: 26.668113, -98.564465. 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 Santa Anna includes the ZIP code (78591, 76878), telephone area code (830, 325), county seat of Starr County (Rio Grande City), and school district assignment (San Isidro 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. |