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Water Valley Texas Map

Explore Water Valley, 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 Water Valley, Texas

How to Use This Water Valley, Texas Map

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

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	Water Valley
State	Texas (TX)
County	Tom Green County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.667651
Longitude	-100.717048
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	76958
Area Code	325
County Seat	San Angelo

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About Water Valley, Texas

Water Valley is a locality in Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Water Valley is located at 31.6677°N, 100.7170°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76958.

Water Valley occupies a quiet expanse of West Texas where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the persistent, silver-threaded path of Shin Oak Creek. It lies 21.7 miles northwest of San Angelo, TX (from San Angelo, TX: bearing 311°T), and is situated 11.7 miles west-northwest of Grape Creek. The landscape here is scrubbed clean by the wind, dominated by hardy grasses and mesquite that cling to the earth despite the relentless heat of the summer months. To the west, the distant rise of the Edwards Plateau silhouettes against an indigo sky, a reminder of the rugged limestone country that anchors the region. Light at dusk possesses a peculiar, heavy amber quality, turning the dust kicked up by passing vehicles into glowing embers that hang suspended in the cooling air. Only a mile away, Harper Park offers a small, quiet sanctuary of shade, providing a necessary reprieve from the exposure of the open plains.

Water Valley bears the quiet marks of a life tethered to the land and the unpredictable generosity of the soil. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the cycles of ranching and agriculture, an industry that has dictated the pace of development since the earliest homesteaders arrived to claim these dry stretches. Residents often look toward the basin of Williams Draw or the stillness of the Kenneth Brown Reservoir when considering the reach of their geography, recognizing that water in this part of the state is a currency as vital as any coin. The cultural character of Water Valley is one of deliberate economy, where words are measured and the daily rhythm is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the demands of a clock. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of those who continue to work the range, maintaining a life that is as stark and honest as the landscape itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

World War I Peace Monument (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 095° E
Harper Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 250° W
Anti-Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 (McKnight State Tuberculosis Hospital) (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 136° SE
Carlsbad Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 138° SE
Divide Cemetery (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 007° N
O.C. Fisher Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 133° SE
San Angelo State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 133° SE
O. C. Fisher Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.8 mi, 136° SE
Wildcat Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 17.9 mi, 037° NE
Sterling City Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 19.1 mi, 307° NW
Twin Buttes Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 19.4 mi, 161° S
Red Arroyo Trail (Local Conservation Area) — 20.6 mi, 140° SE
International Water Lily Garden (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 133° SE
ASU Planetarium (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 136° SE
Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 131° SE
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 131° SE
Railway Museum of San Angelo (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 132° SE
E H Danner Museum of Telephony (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 131° SE
Dog's Head Trail (El Swato) (Local Conservation Area) — 25.1 mi, 146° SE
Welcome to Bronte (Public Artwork) — 29.2 mi, 059° NE
Fort Chadbourne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 37.5 mi, 047° NE
Lake Colorado City State Park (State Park) — 46.3 mi, 345° N
Old Reagan County Courthouse (Historic Ruins) — 53.1 mi, 250° W
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 62.6 mi, 051° NE
CCC stonework (Historic Ruins) — 63.0 mi, 051° NE
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 79.1 mi, 046° NE
Dub Day Arena (Stadium) — 79.1 mi, 247° SW

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