Explore Wimberley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wimberley, 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 Wimberley.
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 | Wimberley |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Hays County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.984804 |
| Longitude | -98.090553 |
| Population | 2,839 |
| Density | 122.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 78676 |
| Area Code | 512, 737 |
| County Seat | San Marcos |
| School District | Wimberley Independent School District |
Wimberley anchors itself where the limestone earth meets the cool, persistent clarity of Cypress Creek. It lies 12.3 miles northwest of San Marcos, TX (from San Marcos, TX: bearing 310°T), and is situated 2.3 miles south-southeast of Woodcreek. The landscape defines itself through the slow compression of geologic time, rising from the basin of Heaton Hollow toward the limestone ridges that define this stretch of the interior. Sunlight behaves differently here, filtering through the dense canopy of live oaks and Ashe junipers to cast sharp, angular shadows against the pale, porous stone. The air holds a distinct weight, dry and smelling of crushed cedar and sun-warmed rock, while the movement of the water remains the primary pulse of the terrain. One senses the vast, invisible presence of the Edwards Plateau rising far to the west, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that fractured this ground into the deep ravines and rocky outcrops that define the local horizon.
Wimberley emerged from the pragmatism of early settlers who recognized the potential of the water, building a life around the mills that once turned the wheels of industry. Today, the economy leans into a quiet resilience, shifting from the labor of the past to a culture centered on the arts and the deliberate preservation of the land. Visitors gather at the Wimberley Community Center, a public space that serves as a quiet nexus for those who value the deliberate, measured pace of life away from the density of larger centers. The influence of the nearby Canyon Lake informs the regional hydrology, though the life of the people remains tethered to the smaller, more intimate flow of the creeks. Those seeking the rugged character of the region often follow the Old Hancock Trail, traversing the same limestone-strewn paths that have seen the slow transition from agrarian settlement to a place defined by its artistic and natural heritage.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wimberley, Texas. Coordinates: 29.984804, -98.090553. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Wimberley includes the ZIP code (78676), telephone area code (512, 737), county seat of Hays County (San Marcos), and school district assignment (Wimberley Independent School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |