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Skidmore Texas Map

Explore Skidmore, 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 Skidmore, Texas

How to Use This Skidmore, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	28.268362
Longitude	-97.685296
Population	863
Density	31.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78389
Area Code	830
County Seat	Beeville
School District	Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District

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About Skidmore, Texas

Skidmore is a locality in Bee County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 863. The population density is 31.6 people per km². Skidmore is located at 28.2684°N, 97.6853°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78389.

Skidmore occupies a stretch of South Texas prairie where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the slow turning of the seasons. It lies 10.8 miles south-southeast of Beeville, TX (from Beeville, TX: bearing 159°T), and is situated 18.5 miles northwest of Sinton.

The land around Skidmore is characterized by a flat, sun-bleached expanse that yields to the occasional scrub brush and mesquite, with the terrain dipping toward the drainage of Aransas Creek just a short distance away. To the northwest, the subtle rise of Chalk Hill breaks the monotony of the plains, while the deeper depressions of McFall Draw carve shallow, seasonal pathways through the soil. During the heat of midday, the air shimmers with a dry, vibrating intensity, bleaching the color from the grasses until they turn the pale shade of cured hay. Even the shadows cast by the utility poles seem to shrink under the weight of the sun, leaving the earth beneath them baked and hard, waiting for the brief, violent thunderstorms that occasionally bruise the sky.

History in Skidmore is written in the rusted iron of old rail sidings and the persistent, singular focus of an economy rooted in the land. The legacy of the region remains tied to the cycles of agriculture and the quiet labor of those who manage the surrounding acreage, far removed from the cooling influence of Lake Corpus Christi. Residents look toward the distant presence of Moore Park for a respite in the shade, though the rhythm of daily life is mostly dictated by the work of the fields and the maintenance of local infrastructure. There is a specific, quiet beauty in the way the evening light catches the dust kicked up by a passing truck, turning the particles into suspended gold before they settle back onto the gravel roads. It is a place where the past lingers in the architecture of modest, enduring structures, and the future is measured by the steady, unadorned endurance of the people who call Skidmore home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Skidmore Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 178° S
Aransas Creek Settlers (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 179° S
Papalote Creek (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 142° SE
Poesta Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 341° N
Beeville on the Poesta (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 337° NW
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 337° NW
Northwest Area Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 330° NW
Us-Tx-142-12 (Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 076° E
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 219° SW
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 124° SE
Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 123° SE
San Patricio Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 21.6 mi, 196° S
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 24.4 mi, 096° E
Refugio County Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 084° E
Grace Armantrout Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 277° W
Taft Blackland Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 138° SE
Presidio la Bahia Museum (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 035° NE
CCC Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 32.5 mi, 034° NE
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 32.5 mi, 192° S
Giant milk bottle (Public Artwork) — 35.5 mi, 149° SE
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 150° SE
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 36.1 mi, 151° SE
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 36.6 mi, 292° W
James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 36.8 mi, 294° NW
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 37.0 mi, 151° SE
K Space Contemporary (Gallery) — 37.1 mi, 151° SE
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 108° E
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.6 mi, 098° E · 298k acres
Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 48.9 mi, 071° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 55.9 mi, 154° SE · 262k acres

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