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Talpa Texas Map

Explore Talpa, 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 Talpa, Texas

How to Use This Talpa, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.776537
Longitude	-99.709523
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76882
Area Code	325
County Seat	Coleman

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About Talpa, Texas

Talpa is a locality in Coleman County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Talpa is located at 31.7765°N, 99.7095°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76882.

Talpa occupies a quiet expanse of West Texas where the horizon stretches wide under a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. It lies 42.5 miles west of Brownwood, TX (from Brownwood, TX: bearing 276°T), and is situated 17.0 miles west-southwest of Coleman. The land here consists of parched, sun-bleached plains that shift into subtle depressions, such as the nearby Dry Hollow, where the shadows of clouds move like slow, deliberate brushstrokes across the brush. A mile from the center, Cow Branch carves a thin, seasonal vein through the scrub, its banks often dry and brittle until the sudden, heavy rains of the season bring a fleeting, muddy vitality to the soil. At dusk, the atmosphere takes on a clarity that sharpens the edges of the mesquite, and the air cools with a sudden, sharp relief that feels like a long-held breath finally released.

Talpa remains a place defined by the slow, grinding persistence of the agricultural cycles that once drew settlers to these plains. Residents look toward the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau, a jagged memory of elevation on the far horizon, while the local economy continues to pivot around the rhythms of ranching and the maintenance of the surrounding acreage. Seven miles away, the Hords Creek Recreation Area offers a rare, managed space for respite, standing in contrast to the wild, unkempt expanses that dominate the landscape. Daily life in Talpa orbits around the modest stillness of Talpa City Lake, a quiet basin that reflects the vast, shifting colors of the Texas sky, serving as a reminder that in this geography, water remains the most precious and deliberate of all natural gifts.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hords Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 058° NE
Hords Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 060° NE
Centennial School (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 081° E
Valera Cemetery (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 105° E
Richard A. Pauley (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 106° E
Padgitt Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 13.7 mi, 172° S
City Park (Local Park) — 13.9 mi, 262° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.9 mi, 262° W
Concho Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 179° S
Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 310° NW
Doole High School (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 166° S
Santa Anna (Conservation Area) — 31.4 mi, 130° SE
The Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 214° SW
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 32.6 mi, 342° N
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 33.3 mi, 343° N
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 33.3 mi, 342° N
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 283° W
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.3 mi, 300° NW
Lake Brownwood State Park (State Park) — 39.2 mi, 083° E
Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 42.9 mi, 095° E
Brown County Museum of History (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 095° E
Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem (Museum) — 43.1 mi, 095° E
Regal Heartland (Cinema) — 44.0 mi, 093° E
Callahan County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 46.5 mi, 023° NE
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 48.1 mi, 360° N
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 48.4 mi, 358° N
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 48.9 mi, 244° SW
McGillivray and Leona McKie Muse Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 49.5 mi, 081° E
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 55.7 mi, 238° SW
Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 68.9 mi, 156° SE

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