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Southwest Sandhill Texas Map

Explore Southwest Sandhill, 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 Southwest Sandhill, Texas

How to Use This Southwest Sandhill, Texas Map

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

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	Southwest Sandhill
State	Texas (TX)
County	Ward County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.557
Longitude	-102.9066
Population	1,666
Density	87.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79756
Area Code	806
County Seat	Monahans
School District	Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District

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About Southwest Sandhill, Texas

Southwest Sandhill is a locality in Ward County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,666. The population density is 87.4 people per km². Southwest Sandhill is located at 31.5570°N, 102.9066°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79756.

Southwest Sandhill emerges from the horizon as a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the earth is defined by the persistent, shifting geometry of dunes and the brittle resilience of scrub brush. It lies 31.0 miles southwest of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 231°T), and is situated 2.7 miles south-southwest of Monahans. The air here holds a dry, metallic clarity that renders the distant horizon sharp, revealing a terrain that remains indifferent to the passage of seasons. A mere two miles away, Pearson Park preserves a quiet patch of native flora, offering a brief respite of stunted mesquite and wild grasses that struggle against the relentless wind. The light at dusk settles over the landscape in heavy, amber layers, turning the coarse sand into a shifting sea of copper and violet that seems to hold the heat long after the sun has vanished.

Southwest Sandhill draws its character from the stark necessity of the oil patch and the quiet, stubborn endurance of those who work the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic pulse of extraction and the wide, open spaces that facilitate industry, though the Pecos River, flowing fourteen miles away, reminds the observer of the ancient, slow-moving water that once shaped the broader region. Residents often look toward the Monahans Sandhills State Park Nature Trail, eight miles distant, as a reminder of the raw, untamed nature that exists just beyond the paved roads. While the sparkle of Ozark Lake, located nine miles off, provides a rare point of topographical contrast, the true life of Southwest Sandhill is found in the steady, unadorned work of the day and the deep, silent stillness that follows when the machinery finally falls quiet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pearson Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 019° N
Hill Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 023° NE
Monahan's Well (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 017° N
Million Barrel Tank (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 032° NE
Holman House (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 032° NE
Ward County Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 002° N
Monahans Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 032° NE
Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 266° W
Winkler County Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 25.7 mi, 317° NW
Southeast corner of New Mexico (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 343° N
Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 254° W
West of the Pecos Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 256° W
The Jackrabbit (Public Artwork) — 37.3 mi, 057° NE
Globe Theatre of the Great Southwest (Theatre) — 37.4 mi, 055° NE
Ector Theatre (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 057° NE
Mendoza Trail Museum (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 111° E
Historic Fort Stockton (Historic Castle / Fort) — 46.3 mi, 178° S
Pliska Aircraft Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 069° E
Big Sky Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 52.2 mi, 058° NE
Rankin Museum (Museum) — 57.9 mi, 105° E
Dub Day Arena (Stadium) — 60.9 mi, 112° E
Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 61.4 mi, 230° SW
Balmorhea State Park (State Park) — 65.6 mi, 230° SW
Hobbs Pbr 19 (Historic Ruins) — 71.6 mi, 324° NW
Pecos River\canyons Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 72.5 mi, 306° NW
Pecos River\canyons Complex Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 75.4 mi, 304° NW

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