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Tornillo Texas Map

Explore Tornillo, 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 Tornillo, Texas

How to Use This Tornillo, Texas Map

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

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	Tornillo
State	Texas (TX)
County	El Paso County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	31.436592
Longitude	-106.103303
Population	1,432
Density	158.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79853
Area Code	915
County Seat	El Paso
School District	Tornillo Independent School District

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About Tornillo, Texas

Tornillo is a locality in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,432. The population density is 158.3 people per km². Tornillo is located at 31.4366°N, 106.1033°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 79853.

Tornillo stretches across a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon pulls the eye toward a sky that seems to possess more weight than the earth itself. It lies 14.5 miles southeast of San Elizario, TX (from San Elizario, TX: bearing 132°T), and is situated 5.7 miles southeast of Fabens. The landscape remains defined by the persistent presence of the Rio Grande, which carves a thin, vital vein through the arid brush just two miles from the center of Tornillo. To the north, the subtle silhouettes of the Whiterock Hills break the flatness of the terrain, while the San Felipe Arroyo channels the sporadic, aggressive energy of desert rains six miles away. The light here arrives with a startling clarity, bleaching the color from the dry soil and casting long, sharp shadows that transform the simple geometry of fences and irrigation lines into stark, haunting markers of the day’s slow progress.

Tornillo operates on the quiet, steady cadence of agricultural labor, where the cultivation of cotton and pecans anchors the economy in the dusty, fertile silt of the valley. While the bustle of larger hubs feels distant, the local character is defined by a resilient, bilingual heritage that has persisted through generations of working the land. Residents might seek a moment of reprieve at Risinger Park, a local park that serves as a modest green anchor in the heat, or look toward the Soil Conservation Service Site 3 Reservoir, fourteen miles out, as a quiet reminder of how water dictates the survival of the valley. Life in Tornillo moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, finding a subtle, grounded beauty in the way the twilight turns the gray desert scrub into a deep, bruised violet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tornillo (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 053° NE
Risinger Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 326° NW
Fabens Veterans Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 328° NW
San Elizario Chapel (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 316° NW
Juan de Onate Expedition - 1598 (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 316° NW
Micasa Art Center at San Elizario (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 316° NW
JR’s Art Gallery And Tea Room (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 316° NW
Romy Hawkins Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 316° NW
Main Street Stage and Saloon (Arts Centre) — 14.4 mi, 316° NW
Rio Bosque Wetlands Park (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 318° NW
River Trail 2 - Ascarate to Rio Bosque (Local Recreation) — 19.5 mi, 319° NW
AMC CLASSIC East Pointe 12 (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 328° NW
Highlander Stadium at Bel Air High School (Stadium) — 25.7 mi, 326° NW
Riverfront Stadium - Riverside High School (Stadium) — 26.1 mi, 322° NW
El Paso PREMIERE Montwood (Cinema) — 27.1 mi, 329° NW
Ascarate Park (Local Recreation) — 27.7 mi, 321° NW
The Equestrian (Public Artwork) — 30.2 mi, 325° NW
Philanthropy Theater (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 314° NW
Kidd Performance Hall (Theatre) — 31.8 mi, 315° NW
3rd Calvary Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 325° NW
DIY Workshop El Paso (Arts Centre) — 32.0 mi, 315° NW
Scenic Drive Overlook (Viewpoint) — 32.6 mi, 317° NW
Franklin Mountains State Park (State Park) — 33.1 mi, 320° NW
Organ/franklin Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 45.3 mi, 329° NW
La Union Maze (Attraction) — 46.0 mi, 318° NW
Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument (National Monument) — 46.7 mi, 333° NW · 574k acres
Aden Lava Flow Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 61.6 mi, 310° NW · 30k acres
Potrillo Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 64.3 mi, 303° NW · 118k acres
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 70.3 mi, 064° NE · 87k acres
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument (National Monument) — 77.3 mi, 325° NW · 5,262 acres

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