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Van Horn Texas Map

Explore Van Horn, 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 Van Horn, Texas

How to Use This Van Horn, Texas Map

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

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	Van Horn
State	Texas (TX)
County	Culberson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.039856
Longitude	-104.83077
Population	1,941
Density	264.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79855
Area Code	915
County Seat	Van Horn
School District	Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District

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About Van Horn, Texas

Van Horn is a locality in Culberson County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,941. The population density is 264.1 people per km². Van Horn is located at 31.0399°N, 104.8308°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Van Horn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79855.

Van Horn emerges from the high desert floor as a stark, sun-bleached outpost where the horizon stretches toward a limitless, pale sky. It lies 92.9 miles east-southeast of Horizon City, TX (from Horizon City, TX: bearing 119°T), and is situated 96.7 miles east-southeast of Socorro. The landscape is defined by the austere geometry of the arid plains, marked by the nearby presence of Threemile Peak and the low, shadowed contours of Eagle Flat Draw four miles out. At the center of this expanse, Hackberry Creek traces a thin, intermittent line through the parched earth, a quiet testament to the scarcity of water in a land where the light at dusk turns the dust into a fine, bruised violet. Okey D. Lucas Municipal Park offers a modest clearing of green against the monochrome scrub, providing a place where the stillness of the desert is interrupted only by the sudden, dry rattle of wind through creosote bushes.

Van Horn serves as a resilient waypoint for travelers crossing the vast, inland expanse of the Trans-Pecos, its character forged by the long-standing rhythm of the cattle trade and the enduring influence of the railroad. The economy remains tethered to the movement of goods and the quiet persistence of ranching, reflecting a culture that values self-reliance and the slow, deliberate pace of life in the borderlands. History here is written in the weathered facades of old structures and the bilingual hum of daily commerce, where the legacy of early settlers persists in the sturdy, sun-baked architecture. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in how the residents of Van Horn hold their ground against the sun, finding a steady, grounded grace in a region where the vastness of the landscape demands a quiet, unwavering strength.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clark Hotel (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 274° W
Colonel David B. Culberson, (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 021° N
Texas Civil War Indian Trouble (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 021° N
Little League Field (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 069° E
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 210° SW
Mountain View Municipal Golf Course (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 246° SW
Culberson County Historic Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 017° N
Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 340° N
Indio Ranch (Recreation Easement) — 16.4 mi, 209° SW
10,000 Year Clock (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 351° N
Wolf Den Tank (Historic Ruins) — 48.7 mi, 122° SE
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (National Park) — 53.4 mi, 359° N · 87k acres
McDonald Observatory (Attraction) — 53.9 mi, 117° SE
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 54.9 mi, 359° N · 46k acres
Salt Basin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 57.1 mi, 358° N
Neill Museum (Museum) — 58.9 mi, 113° SE
Overland Trail Museum (Museum) — 58.9 mi, 113° SE
The Pinery Butterfield Stage Station Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 59.0 mi, 001° N
Pine Springs Amphitheater (Theatre) — 59.2 mi, 000° N
Lincoln National Forest (National Forest) — 66.3 mi, 002° N · 1.1M acres
Guadalupe Cave Protection Area (Administrative) (National Conservation Area) — 66.3 mi, 002° N · 28k acres
Brokeoff Mountains Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 66.4 mi, 358° N · 31k acres
Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 66.7 mi, 093° E
The Block (Public Artwork) — 69.6 mi, 136° SE
Glitch Gallery (Gallery) — 69.7 mi, 136° SE
Marfa and Presidio County Museum (Museum) — 69.7 mi, 136° SE
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 69.7 mi, 007° N · 46k acres
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 69.7 mi, 007° N · 31k acres
Chinati Foundation (Attraction) — 70.0 mi, 137° SE
Maintenant (Gallery) — 71.0 mi, 135° SE

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