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Taft Texas Map

Explore Taft, 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, Texas

How to Use This Taft, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	27.978907
Longitude	-97.398604
Population	2,801
Density	648.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	78390
Area Code	830
County Seat	Sinton
School District	Taft Independent School District

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About Taft, Texas

Taft is a locality in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,801. The population density is 648.0 people per km². Taft is located at 27.9789°N, 97.3986°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Taft is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 78390.

Taft maintains a quiet command over the flat, expansive horizon of the coastal plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 8.4 miles north-northwest of Portland, TX (from Portland, TX: bearing 327°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-southeast of Sinton. The landscape around Taft unfolds in a series of unadorned, sun-bleached stretches, marked by the occasional verdant brush of Hidalgo Park which serves as a small, cultivated anchor amidst the vastness. To the east, the air carries a faint, salt-crusted memory of the nearby coastline, while the terrain tilts almost imperceptibly toward the distant basin of Gum Hollow. Chiltipin Creek carves a thin, meandering artery through the surrounding fields, its banks often brittle under the intense, unrelenting sun that bleaches the grasses to a pale, straw-colored gold.

Agriculture and the steady pulse of industry have long defined the lifeblood of Taft, tracing a lineage of labor that binds the local economy to the deep, dark soil of the region. Where the rail lines once dictated the rhythm of commerce, today the town persists with a deliberate pace, its character forged by the intersection of traditional farming and the enduring influence of the oil patch. While the surface of the land appears uniform, the history of the area is layered in the grit of those who cultivated these plains, working under a light that turns deep violet at dusk, softening the sharp edges of the grain silos and industrial structures. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the proximity of Nueces Bay and the distant, obscure waters of Tailing Ponds Number 2 remind the traveler that this dry, terrestrial expanse is never truly far from the influence of the tides.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Taft Agricultural Industrial Complex (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 307° NW
President William Howard Taft Visits Taft (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 089° E
Taft Blackland Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 078° E
Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 080° E
Hidalgo Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 220° SW
Taft Little League Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
Sports Complex Park (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 139° SE
Welder Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 357° N
Sunset Lake (Local Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 149° SE
Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation (Nature Reserve) — 10.2 mi, 345° N
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.2 mi, 063° NE
Giant milk bottle (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 176° S
Fan Pavillion (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 178° S
Robert E. Salle Observation Pavilion (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 179° S
Museum Of Hispanic Culture (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 179° S
Tejano Civil Rights Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 179° S
K Space Contemporary (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 179° S
Mesquite Street Comedy Club (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 179° S
Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 125° SE
Red Fish Bay State Scientific Area (Recreation Easement) — 16.5 mi, 125° SE
Texas Maritime Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 081° E
Mustang Island State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 143° SE
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 073° E
WWII Bunker Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 23.3 mi, 115° SE
Goose Island State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 26.5 mi, 067° NE
Bulldog Stadium (Stadium) — 26.9 mi, 244° SW
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 062° NE · 298k acres
Lake Corpus Christi State Park (State Park) — 28.9 mi, 281° W
Padre Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 31.2 mi, 168° S · 262k acres
Rialto Theater (Theatre) — 36.2 mi, 324° NW

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