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Tye Texas Map

Explore Tye, 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 Tye, Texas

How to Use This Tye, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.457624
Longitude	-99.871481
Population	1,176
Density	94.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79563
Area Code	806
County Seat	Abilene
School District	Merkel Independent School District

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About Tye, Texas

Tye is a locality in Taylor County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,176. The population density is 94.6 people per km². Tye is located at 32.4576°N, 99.8715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tye is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79563.

Tye stretches across a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the flat, arid plains. It lies 8.1 miles west of Abilene, TX (from Abilene, TX: bearing 274°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east of Merkel. Indian Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the local topography, its banks often dry and bleached white, reflecting the relentless clarity of the Texas sun. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers like a memory against the western sky, reminding those who traverse these roads of the rugged limestone geography waiting far beyond the immediate reach of the prairie. Four miles away, University Park offers a quiet, maintained green space that stands in stark contrast to the wild, scrub-heavy brush that dominates the surrounding acreage. The light at dusk here is heavy and golden, casting long, bruised shadows that seem to slow the very momentum of the day, turning the earth into a quiet stage for the evening wind.

Tye emerged from the steady expansion of the rail lines that once dictated the pulse of commerce across this dry interior, evolving from a transit point into a place of grounded, industrious life. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the plains, where the labor of the soil and the movement of freight define the daily grind. While Mulberry Canyon sits nine miles away as a geological curiosity of the region, the life of Tye is found in the more immediate, practical concerns of its inhabitants and the steady hum of commerce. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, shaped by the awareness that Truitt Davis Lake, five miles distant, serves as one of the few reliable reservoirs of respite in a landscape that rarely offers shade. There is a particular, solitary beauty in the way the town holds its own against the vastness, a resilience forged in the quiet spaces between the grain silos and the passing trains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Butterfield Mail and Stage Line (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 281° W
Taylor County (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 094° E
Lt. Col. William E. Dyess (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 107° E
University Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 086° E
Scarborough Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 110° E
Morgan Jones Planetarium (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 090° E
Oscar Rose Park (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 100° E
Redbud Park (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 117° SE
Spirit Wind (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 105° E
Myers Memorial Arena (Stadium) — 7.7 mi, 077° E
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 093° E
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 080° E
Behrens Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 080° E
Women for Abilene Christian University Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 086° E
Elmer Gray Stadium (Stadium) — 9.4 mi, 084° E
Abilene State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 185° S
CCC Stonework (Historic Ruins) — 15.3 mi, 181° S
Fort Phantom Hill (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 041° NE
Callahan County Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 099° E
Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 272° W
Cowboy Country Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 007° N
The Old Jail Art Center (Arts Centre) — 35.3 mi, 054° NE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.5 mi, 217° SW
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 73.9 mi, 214° SW

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