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Scissors Texas Map

Explore Scissors, 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 Scissors, Texas

How to Use This Scissors, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	26.139798
Longitude	-98.053894
Population	3,758
Density	910.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78537
Area Code	830
County Seat	Edinburg
School District	Donna Independent School District

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About Scissors, Texas

Scissors is a locality in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,758. The population density is 910.3 people per km². Scissors is located at 26.1398°N, 98.0539°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78537.

Scissors occupies a flat expanse of brush-scrub and cultivated fields where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a wide, unrelenting sky. It lies 2.1 miles south of Donna, TX (from Donna, TX: bearing 183°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-southeast of Pharr. The earth here is a deep, nutrient-rich loam that catches the amber light of late afternoon, turning the dust into a fine, shimmering haze that clings to the stalks of seasonal crops. Only three miles away, the Arroyo Colorado carves a quiet, meandering path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer a cool respite from the heat. To the north, the distant silhouette of Sunrise Hill rises like a faint, jagged notch against the clouds, while the Main Floodway serves as a subtle reminder of the water’s persistent, seasonal influence on the shaping of this low-lying plain.

Schroeder Park provides a central point of stillness for Scissors, offering a patch of green where the local pace slows to match the long shadows of the evening. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture, a tradition that has defined the character of the residents for generations. While the Mercedes Settling Basin sits ten miles off, a quiet presence in the wider geography, life in Scissors is defined more by the immediate, practical concerns of the land and the endurance of those who work it. Visitors seeking a slower rhythm often find their way toward the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Trail, eight miles distant, where the air holds a stillness that seems to linger long after the sun has slipped beneath the flat, dark line of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schroeder Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 294° NW
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 156° SE
La Plazita Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 031° NE
American Legion Hall (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 358° N
P.P. Ackley and the Texas Chisholm Trail (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 358° N
Donna Central Elementary School (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 001° N
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.4 mi, 153° SE · 277k acres
Lions/Alamo Volunteer Fireman's Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 304° NW
Estero Llano Grande State ParK (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 109° E
Boys and Girls Club of Alamo (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 307° NW
Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.2 mi, 225° SW · 4,218 acres
Plaza Sports Center (Stadium) — 9.5 mi, 313° NW
Topgolf (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 293° NW
R&N Thrift (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 291° W
Hidalgo County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 329° NW
Sharyland Rattlers Stadium (Stadium) — 15.0 mi, 289° W
Border Theater (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 287° W
Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 279° W
Hawk observation deck (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 276° W
The History of Mexico & Mankind (Public Artwork) — 22.4 mi, 081° E
Stillman House Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 115° SE
Brownsville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 115° SE
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum (Museum) — 38.6 mi, 116° SE
Welcome to Texas Sign (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 115° SE
Palmito Hill Battlefield (Viewpoint) — 48.2 mi, 105° E
Port Isabel Historical Museum (Museum) — 52.7 mi, 095° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 54.1 mi, 057° NE · 262k acres
Gravity Park (Theme Park) — 55.0 mi, 093° E

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