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Thorndale Texas Map

Explore Thorndale, 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 Thorndale, Texas

How to Use This Thorndale, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	30.61381
Longitude	-97.205548
Population	1,263
Density	506.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	76577
Area Code	254
County Seat	Cameron
School District	Thorndale Independent School District

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About Thorndale, Texas

Thorndale is a locality in Milam County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,263. The population density is 506.9 people per km². Thorndale is located at 30.6138°N, 97.2055°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Thorndale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 76577.

Thorndale occupies a stretch of Milam County where the horizon flattens into a vast, sun-bleached expanse of blackland prairie. It lies 12.5 miles east-northeast of Taylor, TX (from Taylor, TX: bearing 76°T), and is situated 12.5 miles west-southwest of Rockdale. Berry Branch cuts a quiet, muddy incision through the landscape, its seasonal flow carving subtle geometries into the clay-heavy soil that defines the local topography. To the west, the distant profile of Clay Hill rises like a faint, serrated bruise against the pale sky, offering the only vertical relief in a domain governed by the horizontal. The light here settles heavily in the late afternoon, turning the fields of wheat and sorghum into a shimmering, bronze-colored sea that catches the heat rising from the earth. Three miles to the north, the Soil Conservation Service Site 20 Reservoir holds a stillness that mirrors the clouds, providing a rare, glassy interruption to the otherwise rhythmic, unbroken terrain.

Thorndale maintains the steady, measured cadence of a settlement built upon the persistence of the railroad and the resilience of the surrounding agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the small-scale commerce that sustains the families who have long anchored their lives to these plains. Beyond the local storefronts, the influence of the nearby Granger Recreation Area draws those who seek the quiet solitude of the open country, providing a respite from the exertion of the fields. There is a particular, austere beauty in the way the town organizes itself around the tracks, acknowledging a history of expansion that once relied on the steam and grit of the early century. Life in Thorndale moves with the gravity of the seasons, where the primary concerns are the moisture in the soil and the turning of the crops under an uncompromising, wide-open sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St. Paul Luthern Church, School and Cemetery (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 269° W
St. John Lutheran Church (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 291° W
Locklin Cemetery (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 012° N
Granger Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 310° NW
Coupland Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 231° SW
Pecan Grove Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 308° NW
Granger Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 302° NW
Sore Finger Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 307° NW
Murphy Park (Local Park) — 12.4 mi, 260° W
The Dan Moody Museum Home & Garden (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 258° W
Bill Picket (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 256° W
East Williamson County Park (Local Park) — 12.8 mi, 266° W
Sweet Eats Adventure Farm & Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.3 mi, 276° W
The Yegua Knobbs Preserve (Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 176° S
Milam County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 040° NE
Mayfield-Dobbs Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 327° NW
JB Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 23.1 mi, 334° NW
Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 24.3 mi, 261° W
Northeast Metropolitan Park (Local Recreation) — 26.4 mi, 240° SW
Argosy Stage (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 175° S
Sherwood Forest Faire (Theme Park) — 26.5 mi, 175° S
Greenwoode Theatre (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 175° S
Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp (Park) — 26.8 mi, 183° S
Cordovan Art School @ Georgetown Art Center (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 273° W
Artisans Connect Gallery (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 273° W
The Williamson Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 273° W
Walter E. Long Metro Park (Local Recreation) — 30.8 mi, 225° SW
Bastrop State Park (State Park) — 31.6 mi, 181° S
Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit (State Park) — 31.7 mi, 125° SE
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.8 mi, 264° W · 43k acres

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