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Sterling City Texas Map

Explore Sterling City, 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 Sterling City, Texas

How to Use This Sterling City, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.83625
Longitude	-100.984832
Population	1,121
Density	442.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76951
Area Code	325
County Seat	Sterling City
School District	Sterling City Independent School District

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About Sterling City, Texas

Sterling City is a locality in Sterling County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,121. The population density is 442.1 people per km². Sterling City is located at 31.8362°N, 100.9848°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sterling City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76951.

Sterling City emerges from the expansive plains as a quiet convergence of limestone soil and sun-bleached grasses, where the North Concho River carves a narrow, winding artery through the arid landscape. It lies 40.7 miles southeast of Big Spring, TX (from Big Spring, TX: bearing 135°T), and is situated 31.2 miles northwest of Grape Creek. The horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the occasional silhouette of mesquite or the distant, hazy suggestion of the Edwards Plateau rising against the western sky. Within the immediate vicinity, the terrain dips into the subtle, parched depression of Bodcaw Draw, a reminder of the water’s persistent work on this stubborn earth. Residents find a singular point of repose at City Park, a modest stretch of green that offers a pause in the relentless light, while the surface of W H Reed Reservoir sits six miles away, reflecting the high, unblinking clarity of the Texas sky.

Sterling City maintains its steady pulse through a deep-rooted connection to the land, where the rhythms of ranching and the demands of the oil industry dictate the seasonal turn of the calendar. The architecture remains functional and unadorned, echoing the pragmatic spirit of those who first settled these plains to graze cattle and brave the unpredictable cycles of drought and rain. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place where history is measured in fence lines and the resilience of homesteads that have weathered generations of wind. When dusk settles, the air loses its sharp edge, and the town settles into a profound, resonant stillness that feels less like isolation and more like an intentional alignment with the quiet gravity of the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 095° E
Sterling County (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 271° W
Sterling City Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 093° E
State Hotel - First State Bank (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 276° W
Concho, San Saba & Llano Valley Railroad Station (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 003° N
Paint Creek Park (Local Park) — 23.4 mi, 079° E
Wildcat Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 26.6 mi, 084° E
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.0 mi, 129° SE
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 30.0 mi, 129° SE
Maddin Prairie (Park) — 32.8 mi, 020° N
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 33.2 mi, 005° N
O. C. Fisher Lake (Recreation Area) — 35.3 mi, 130° SE
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 37.2 mi, 144° SE
Heart of West Texas Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 010° N
Red Arroyo Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 39.9 mi, 134° SE
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 40.7 mi, 085° E
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 130° SE
Irion County Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 166° S
ASU Planetarium (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 131° SE
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 129° SE
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 129° SE
Old Reagan County Courthouse (Historic Ruins) — 45.3 mi, 229° SW
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 45.4 mi, 072° E
Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 63.5 mi, 023° NE
Big Sky Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 69.1 mi, 277° W
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 70.1 mi, 067° NE
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 70.5 mi, 067° NE
Dub Day Arena (Stadium) — 71.1 mi, 234° SW

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