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Taft Southwest Texas Map

Explore Taft Southwest, 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 Taft Southwest, Texas

How to Use This Taft Southwest, Texas Map

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

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	Taft Southwest
State	Texas (TX)
County	San Patricio County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	27.9711
Longitude	-97.4055
Population	1,296
Density	967.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	78390
Area Code	830
County Seat	Sinton
School District	Taft Independent School District

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About Taft Southwest, Texas

Taft Southwest is a locality in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,296. The population density is 967.9 people per km². Taft Southwest is located at 27.9711°N, 97.4055°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78390.

Taft Southwest occupies a stretch of flat, sun-bleached prairie where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by anything save for the occasional silhouette of grain silos or the rhythmic pulse of wind-driven energy. It lies 8.2 miles northwest of Portland, TX (from Portland, TX: bearing 322°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southeast of Sinton. The air here holds a tangible weight, a humid persistence that travels inland from the nearby coastline, carrying the faint, briny scent of salt marsh and damp earth. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Chiltipin Creek carve a serpentine path through the sediment, while the broader, more expansive presence of Nueces Bay exerts a subtle, atmospheric pressure on the climate, tempering the heat with a persistent maritime breeze. Within the immediate boundaries of the locality, Hidalgo Park provides a modest, verdant anchor for the landscape, offering a patch of managed green against the vast, shifting colors of the surrounding brush.

Economic life in Taft Southwest remains inextricably linked to the cycles of the soil and the industrial heritage of the coastal plains. The proximity to Gum Hollow shapes the drainage of the fields, dictating the patterns of agricultural labor that have defined the region for generations. Beyond the agricultural reach, the landscape is marked by the utilitarian infrastructure of modern industry, including the distant Tailing Ponds Number 2, which serve as silent, functional sentinels in the remote corners of the territory. Taft Southwest carries a quiet, unadorned composure, where the passage of the day is marked not by the frantic tempo of urban centers, but by the slow, shifting angle of the sun against the galvanized metal of warehouses and the sprawling, open expanse of the Texan sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hidalgo Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 031° NE
Taft Agricultural Industrial Complex (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 032° NE
President William Howard Taft Visits Taft (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 045° NE
Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 049° NE
Taft Blackland Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 049° NE
Taft Little League Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 066° NE
Sports Complex Park (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 133° SE
Sunset Lake (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 148° SE
Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 357° N
Giant milk bottle (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 173° S
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 348° N
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 175° S
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.8 mi, 062° NE
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 177° S
Museum Of Hispanic Culture (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 177° S
Tejano Civil Rights Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 177° S
K Space Contemporary (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 177° S
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 177° S
Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 123° SE
Red Fish Bay State Scientific Area (Recreation Easement) — 16.6 mi, 125° SE
Texas Maritime Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 080° E
Mustang Island State Park (State Park) — 22.6 mi, 141° SE
WWII Bunker Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 23.5 mi, 114° SE
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 072° E
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 26.3 mi, 245° SW
Goose Island State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 27.1 mi, 066° NE
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.6 mi, 061° NE · 298k acres
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 283° W
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 30.7 mi, 167° S · 262k acres
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 36.4 mi, 325° NW

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