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Turkey Texas Map

Explore Turkey, 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 Turkey, Texas

How to Use This Turkey, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	34.392564
Longitude	-100.897641
Population	317
Density	149.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79261
Area Code	806
County Seat	Memphis
School District	Turkey-Quitaque Independent School District

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About Turkey, Texas

Turkey is a locality in Hall County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 317. The population density is 149.6 people per km². Turkey is located at 34.3926°N, 100.8976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Turkey is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79261.

Turkey sits beneath an expansive, pale sky where the horizon stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of John Haynes Ridge. It lies 48.4 miles east-northeast of Plainview, TX (from Plainview, TX: bearing 73°T), and is situated 30.9 miles southwest of Memphis. The earth here is defined by the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of the Caprock Canyons Trailway, which pulls the surrounding prairie into deep, jagged folds of red dirt and exposed stone. Only a mile away, the quiet passage of Turkey Creek cuts through the scrub brush, offering a thin ribbon of moisture to a landscape that otherwise drinks deep of the relentless, dry heat. Three miles to the north, the water of Green Tank remains a still, reflective mirror for the hawks that circle above the basin of Wolf Flat, where the ground levels out into a vast, silent plain.

Turkey carries the weight of a frontier history, emerging from the rugged ambitions of those who settled the high plains to build a life upon the cultivation of cotton and the endurance of ranching. The local economy persists in this quiet rhythm, tied to the yield of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the cattle trade, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Memories of the Western swing legend Bob Wills linger in the local spirit, providing a cultural resonance that persists long after the dance halls have quieted for the night. Life in Turkey moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the days are marked by the slow migration of shadows across the fields and the persistent, whistling wind that shapes the character of everyone who calls this austere terrain home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ham's Barber Shop (RTHL) (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 297° NW
Hotel Turkey (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 357° N
1928 Phillips 66 Service Station (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 080° E
Bob Wills Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 120° SE
Caprock Canyons Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 348° N
Caprock Canyons State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 304° NW
Quitaque Panthers & Pantherettes (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 259° W
Matador Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.4 mi, 124° SE
Motley County Jail Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 171° S
Memphis City Park (Local Park) — 30.0 mi, 043° NE
Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.9 mi, 010° N
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.8 mi, 076° E · 15k acres
Fair Park (Local Park) — 39.3 mi, 086° E
Childress County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 39.4 mi, 087° E
North Ramp (Local Recreation) — 42.4 mi, 360° N
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.3 mi, 235° SW · 14k acres
Joliet East (Local Recreation) — 48.5 mi, 252° W
Palo Duro Canyon State Park (State Park) — 48.9 mi, 309° NW
Museum of the Llano Estacado (Museum) — 49.4 mi, 254° W
J. V. Hilliard Filed (Stadium) — 49.7 mi, 254° W
Swisher County Museum (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 282° W
McClellan Creek National Grassland (National Grassland) — 55.8 mi, 001° N · 1,402 acres
Britten Water Tower (Attraction) — 56.6 mi, 349° N
Groom Route 66 (Attraction) — 57.1 mi, 348° N
Texaco Super Service Station (Attraction) — 57.4 mi, 009° N
Alanreed Baptist Church (Attraction) — 57.4 mi, 009° N
Lone Star Interpretive Area (Theatre) — 59.2 mi, 312° NW
Pioneer Ampitheater (Theatre) — 60.0 mi, 312° NW
CCC Overlook (Viewpoint) — 60.6 mi, 312° NW
Gee Family Farm Pumpkin Farm (Theme Park) — 70.7 mi, 317° NW

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