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Welch Texas Map

Explore Welch, 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 Welch, Texas

How to Use This Welch, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	32.926484
Longitude	-102.127116
Population	234
Density	61.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	79377
Area Code	806
County Seat	Lamesa
School District	Dawson Independent School District

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About Welch, Texas

Welch is a locality in Dawson County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 61.9 people per km². Welch is located at 32.9265°N, 102.1271°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 79377.

Welch sits upon a vast, sun-bleached expanse of the South Plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a wire pulled across the sky. It lies 47.7 miles south-southwest of Lubbock, TX (from Lubbock, TX: bearing 199°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-southeast of Brownfield. The land here is defined by an absolute, unsparing flatness, a high plateau where the soil is the color of dried wheat and the wind moves with a persistent, dry authority. Seven miles away, the subtle depression of Lost Draw marks a quiet fracture in the earth, a reminder of the slow, ancient work of water on this arid terrain. During the deep amber of late afternoon, the light catches the dust kicked up from the fields, turning the air into a shimmering, translucent haze that softens the sharp edges of the fence lines and grain silos.

Welch maintains its existence through a quiet, agrarian discipline, tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pulse of the regional economy. The history of the place is written in the endurance of the families who settled these plains, carving a living from the stubborn earth long before modern irrigation changed the geometry of the fields. While the stillness of the landscape might suggest a dormant state, the local life remains anchored in the grit of agricultural labor and the steady, predictable rhythms of the seasons. Distance is measured here by the miles to distant landmarks like Tobacco Creek, and the sparse, open space creates a solitude that is not empty, but rather filled with the immense, quiet weight of the prairie sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of Mail Relay Station (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 333° NW
New Moore (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 040° NE
Forrester Cemetery (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 309° NW
Antique Tractor (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 320° NW
Forrest Park (Local Park) — 17.1 mi, 145° SE
O'Donnell Heritage Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 081° E
Terry County/Coleman Park (Local Park) — 18.6 mi, 333° NW
Terry County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 334° NW
Gaines County Golf Course & Park (Local Recreation) — 30.4 mi, 259° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 33.3 mi, 245° SW
Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 38.0 mi, 315° NW
Denver City Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 274° W
Council Ring (Theatre) — 44.8 mi, 068° E
Engine 1809 (Attraction) — 45.1 mi, 038° NE
CO-OPt Research + Projects (Arts Centre) — 45.8 mi, 018° N
Helen Devitt Jones Theatre for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 47.1 mi, 343° N
O S Ranch Museum (Museum) — 47.1 mi, 067° NE
Tornado Gallery (Gallery) — 47.9 mi, 020° N
The Buddy Holly Center (Museum) — 48.0 mi, 020° N
The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny (Attraction) — 48.7 mi, 015° N
Santa Land (Attraction) — 48.8 mi, 021° N
East Lubbock Art House (Arts Centre) — 49.3 mi, 021° N
Battle of Yellow House Canyon (Registered Battlefield) — 50.4 mi, 016° N
Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 59.9 mi, 142° SE
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.7 mi, 007° N · 14k acres

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