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Santa Cruz Texas Map

Explore Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz, Texas

How to Use This Santa Cruz, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.353689
Longitude	-98.767615
Population	74
Density	1020.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	78349, 78582
Area Code	830
County Seat	Rio Grande City
School District	Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District

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About Santa Cruz, Texas

Santa Cruz is a locality in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 1020.4 people per km². Santa Cruz is located at 26.3537°N, 98.7676°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 78349, 78582.

Santa Cruz occupies a sprawling expanse of brush-choked plains where the horizon stretches thin and pale under an uncompromising sun. It lies 3.7 miles east-southeast of Rio Grande City, TX (from Rio Grande City, TX: bearing 118°T), and is situated 0.8 miles south-southeast of Las Lomas. The earth here is a mosaic of caliche and stubborn mesquite, marked by the persistent, winding path of Los Olmos Creek, which cuts a dry, vein-like scar through the parched soil just a mile from the center. Beyond the town limits, the landscape shifts toward the quiet, scrub-covered reach of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp flight of birds disturbed from the thicket. During the heat of the afternoon, the air shimmers with a dry intensity, bleaching the color from the grasses until the entire world seems cast in shades of bone and dust.

History in Santa Cruz remains etched into the weathered faces of the storefronts and the deep, abiding patience of its residents, who have long worked the surrounding acreage. The economy moves with the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the occasional hum of energy production, grounding the people in a life dictated by the yield of the land rather than the clock. While Gongora Hill sits as a distant, silent sentinel sixteen miles away, the daily existence here is focused on the local rhythms of the ranching life and the enduring, cross-cultural heritage that defines the region. Residents often look toward the broader, basin-like expanse of the Arroyo los Morenos to the north, acknowledging a geography that demands resilience and offers a stark, quiet beauty to those who choose to stay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 129° SE · 277k acres
Rio Grande City Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 344° N
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Parc (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 307° NW
Old Ringgold Barracks Hospital (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 302° NW
Fort Ringgold, C.S.A. (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 302° NW
Fort Ringgold (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 302° NW
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 136° SE
Las Estrellas Preserve (Park) — 10.2 mi, 323° NW
Los Ebanos Park (Local Recreation) — 14.7 mi, 120° SE
Javelina Ranch (Park) — 20.2 mi, 092° E
Roma Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 319° NW
Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 116° SE
Falcon State Park (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 304° NW
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 118° SE
Shary Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 28.9 mi, 107° E
Border Theater (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 109° E
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 31.6 mi, 108° E
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 108° E
Topgolf (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 107° E
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 095° E
Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 38.2 mi, 103° E
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.0 mi, 116° SE · 4,218 acres
La Paz Museum (Museum) — 66.3 mi, 329° NW
The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 67.2 mi, 099° E

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