Tarpley Texas Map
Explore Tarpley, 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 Tarpley, Texas
How to Use This Tarpley, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tarpley, 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 Tarpley.
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 | Tarpley |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Bandera County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.65717 |
| Longitude | -99.27643 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78883 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Bandera |
About Tarpley, Texas
Tarpley is a locality in Bandera County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Tarpley is located at 29.6572°N, 99.2764°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78883.Tarpley reveals itself as a quiet intersection of limestone and scrub oak, where the earth rises in subtle folds toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau. It lies 28.2 miles south-southwest of Kerrville, TX (from Kerrville, TX: bearing 197°T), and is situated 34.0 miles west-southwest of Boerne. Williams Creek cuts a shallow, persistent path through the limestone bedrock, its seasonal flow carving a silver thread across the rugged terrain before disappearing into the thirsty soil of Monroe Hollow. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the pale native grasses into flickering embers against the darkening horizon. Three miles away, the vast, protected stretches of the Hill Country State Natural Area hold the land in a state of deliberate stillness, a buffer against the encroaching restlessness of the modern world.
Tarpley maintains a rhythm dictated by the sun and the slow turning of the seasons, rooted in a history of ranching families who long ago recognized the resilience required to thrive on this stony ground. While the local economy remains tethered to the land, the area draws those who seek the solitude found along the Hill Country State Natural Area Trail, a path that winds through the quietude of the brush. Unlike the busier corridors closer to Medina Lake, life here favors the deliberate pace of the rural porch and the steady labor of the fence line. It is a landscape that demands little and offers much to those who know how to watch the wind move through the cedar, finding a modest, enduring beauty in the quiet persistence of the high, inland plains.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Hill Country State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 089° E
- Patterson Energy (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 193° S
- Cow Camp Massacre on Hondo Creek (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 165° S
- Martin (Rothe) (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 174° S
- Clark Family Cemetery (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 064° NE
- River Oaks Courts (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 008° N
- Sabinal Canyon Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 260° W
- Lost Maples State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 301° NW
- Sabinal River Valley View (Viewpoint) — 21.4 mi, 302° NW
- Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 158° S
- Garner State Park (State Park) — 27.4 mi, 261° W
- White Rock Cave (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 259° W
- Crystal Cave (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 260° W
- Hill Country Arts Foundation - Main Building & Gift Shop (Arts Centre) — 28.7 mi, 003° N
- The Point Theatre (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 003° N
- Stonehenge II (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 003° N
- Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.7 mi, 004° N
- The Cross at Kerrville (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 019° N
- Friends Amphitheater (Theatre) — 32.2 mi, 133° SE
- Agricultural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 070° E
- Real County Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 294° NW
- Briscoe-Garner Museum (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 225° SW
- Nueces Canyon Historical Museum (Museum) — 44.2 mi, 271° W
- Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 47.6 mi, 073° E
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About This Tarpley Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tarpley, Texas. Coordinates: 29.65717, -99.27643. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Tarpley includes the ZIP code (78883), telephone area code (512, 830), county seat of Bandera County (Bandera), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
