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South La Paloma Texas Map

Explore South La Paloma, 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 South La Paloma, Texas

How to Use This South La Paloma, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for South La Paloma, 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 South La Paloma.

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	South La Paloma
State	Texas (TX)
County	Jim Wells County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	27.8947
Longitude	-97.9685
Population	347
Density	92.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78372
Area Code	830
County Seat	Alice
School District	Orange Grove Independent School District

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About South La Paloma, Texas

South La Paloma is a locality in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 92.3 people per km². South La Paloma is located at 27.8947°N, 97.9685°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78372.

South La Paloma rises from the sun-bleached plains of Texas, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that shifts from pale turquoise to a bruised, heavy violet at dusk. It lies 11.6 miles north-northeast of Alice, TX (from Alice, TX: bearing 32°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west-northwest of Robstown. The land here is defined by the modest, dry meanderings of Ruces Creek, which cuts a subtle, earthen scar through the brush just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the north, the distant rise of the Carmel Hills provides a faint, jagged silhouette against the heat haze, while the terrain itself remains a patchwork of scrub oak and tenacious grasses. The air in South La Paloma often carries the dry, metallic scent of sun-baked limestone, a stillness that feels as though the earth is holding its breath against the relentless intensity of the afternoon light.

South La Paloma bears the quiet marks of a ranching heritage, where the local economy has long been tethered to the slow cycles of livestock and the seasonal rhythms of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape opens toward the deeper, more rugged topography of Hobbs Hollow, a place where the shadows pool in the late hours of the afternoon. Residents often find respite in the quiet expanses of Lake Findley, a local wildlife area that offers a sanctuary for the migratory birds and hardy flora that define this interior stretch of the state. Life in South La Paloma moves with the deliberate patience of a clock whose pendulum has slowed, a place where the legacy of the nineteenth-century cattle drives still lingers in the architecture of the older storefronts and the pragmatic, unadorned character of the people who call this region home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Agua Dulce (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 119° SE
Lake Findley (Local Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 220° SW
Battle of Agua Dulce (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 152° SE
Los Preseños (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 206° SW
Alice Municipal Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 213° SW
P.S. Anderson Park (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 214° SW
San Patricio Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 061° NE
John J Sablatura Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 127° SE
La Fruta Park (Local Park) — 11.9 mi, 034° NE
South Texas Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 213° SW
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 12.2 mi, 119° SE
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 025° NE
Violet Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 121° SE
John E Conner Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 168° S
1904 Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 167° S
Rio 7 Cinemas (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 164° S
Skidmore Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 035° NE
St. John Paul II Statue (Public Artwork) — 35.3 mi, 111° E
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 35.5 mi, 099° E
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 099° E
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 35.7 mi, 101° E
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 35.7 mi, 064° NE
K Space Contemporary (Gallery) — 35.7 mi, 101° E
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 021° N
Choke Canyon State Park (State Park) — 43.0 mi, 337° NW
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 45.1 mi, 076° E
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 48.3 mi, 121° SE · 262k acres
Mustang Island State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 49.4 mi, 107° E
WWII Bunker Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 56.0 mi, 094° E
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.4 mi, 072° E · 298k acres

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