Trent Texas Map
Explore Trent, 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 Trent, Texas
How to Use This Trent, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Trent, 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 Trent.
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 | Trent |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Taylor County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.489565 |
| Longitude | -100.126488 |
| Population | 295 |
| Density | 281.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 79561 |
| Area Code | 806 |
| County Seat | Abilene |
| School District | Trent Independent School District |
About Trent, Texas
Trent is a locality in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 295. The population density is 281.9 people per km². Trent is located at 32.4896°N, 100.1265°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Trent is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79561.Trent stretches across a landscape defined by the persistent, dry passage of Noodle Creek, which carves a shallow, quiet path through the surrounding prairie. It lies 16.3 miles east of Sweetwater, TX (from Sweetwater, TX: bearing 85°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west of Merkel. The horizon here remains wide and unencumbered, a vast expanse of earth that catches the amber light of late afternoon, turning the dry grasses into a shimmering, brittle gold. Though the distant Edwards Plateau marks the far edge of the imagination, the immediate terrain is one of steady, flat plains punctuated by the occasional scrub of mesquite. The air in Trent carries the scent of sun-baked soil and distant dust, a stillness that seems to absorb the sound of the wind, leaving the land feeling ancient and profoundly singular in its quietude.
Life in Trent operates on the enduring cycles of the agrarian economy, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the day. Generations have worked this ground, finding stability in the resilience required to thrive where the rain is often sparse and the sun is a constant, heavy presence. Residents find respite in the nearby Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area, a place where the stillness of water offers a reprieve from the heat, or look toward the quiet expanse of Horse Hollow for a sense of the land’s deeper geological memory. While the Billy Doan Reservoir remains a silent, essential neighbor, the character of Trent is shaped most by the endurance of its people—a community that persists with a steady, unadorned grace in the face of an unforgiving, beautiful climate.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Cornelia Clark Fort (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 150° SE
- Mulberry Canyon (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 150° SE
- Lake Sweetwater Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 10.6 mi, 252° W
- Compere Cemetery (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 054° NE
- Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 266° W
- Newman Park (Local Park) — 16.4 mi, 269° W
- Scarborough Park (Local Park) — 19.5 mi, 101° E
- Abilene State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 143° SE
- Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 096° E
- Redbud Park (Local Recreation) — 21.7 mi, 104° E
- Spirit Wind (Public Artwork) — 22.4 mi, 101° E
- Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 22.4 mi, 091° E
- Ampitheater (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 141° SE
- CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 140° SE
- Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 092° E
- Behrens Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.9 mi, 092° E
- Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 094° E
- Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 24.3 mi, 093° E
- Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch (W.T. Martin Ranch) (Park) — 27.4 mi, 301° NW
- Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 068° E
- Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 32.1 mi, 193° S
- Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 031° NE
- Z I Hale Museum (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 165° S
- The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 47.2 mi, 067° NE
- Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 47.5 mi, 258° W
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About This Trent Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trent, Texas. Coordinates: 32.489565, -100.126488. 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 Trent includes the ZIP code (79561), telephone area code (806), county seat of Taylor County (Abilene), and school district assignment (Trent Independent School District).
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. |
