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Wink Texas Map

Explore Wink, 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 Wink, Texas

How to Use This Wink, Texas Map

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

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

Latitude	31.75124
Longitude	-103.159888
Population	915
Density	302.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	79789
Area Code	806
County Seat	Kermit
School District	Wink-Loving Independent School District

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About Wink, Texas

Wink is a locality in Winkler County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 915. The population density is 302.7 people per km². Wink is located at 31.7512°N, 103.1599°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wink is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 79789.

Wink emerges from the Permian Basin as a stark, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a sky of pale, brilliant azure. It lies 39.3 miles west of West Odessa, TX (from West Odessa, TX: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-southwest of Kermit. The landscape is defined by the coarse, resilient scrub of the high desert, punctuated by the shifting, amber-hued crests of the Kermit Sand Hills that loom seventeen miles to the northwest. Within the immediate boundaries of Winkler County Park - Wink, the earth carries a dry, mineral scent, and the light at dusk bleeds a bruised purple across the low-lying plains, turning the sparse vegetation into silhouettes of jagged iron. While Monument Pond sits eleven miles away and the Pecos River carves its path twenty-three miles distant, the land here remains resolutely thirsty, holding a quiet, arid stillness that hums only with the wind.

Wink bears the indelible marks of the petroleum industry, a legacy etched into the very soil through decades of rhythmic pumping and the steady industry of extraction. The economy remains tethered to the black gold beneath the surface, a reality that has shaped the lives of residents who navigate the dusty grid of streets with a pragmatic, unpretentious grace. In the early days, the promise of oil transformed this modest settlement into a bustling hub of enterprise, leaving behind a character forged by the boom-and-bust temperaments of the oil patch. Today, life in Wink moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, where the persistence of the workers and the vast, open space create a sense of isolation that feels less like loneliness and more like a profound, watchful solitude.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Winkler County Park - Wink (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 347° N
Roy Orbison (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 065° NE
Wink Junior and High School (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 059° NE
Old Wink Cemetery (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 294° NW
Winkler County Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 333° NW
Winkler County Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 034° NE
Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 173° S
Ward County Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 17.5 mi, 124° SE
Southeast corner of New Mexico (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 018° N
Monahans Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 108° E
The Trail Ahead (Public Artwork) — 28.0 mi, 356° N
West of the Pecos Museum (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 222° SW
Buck Jackson Rodeo Arena (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 220° SW
Permian Playhouse (Theatre) — 46.2 mi, 079° E
Globe Theatre of the Great Southwest (Theatre) — 46.3 mi, 080° E
Hobbs Pbr 19 (Historic Ruins) — 52.1 mi, 329° NW
Carlsbad Pbr #26 (Historic Ruins) — 52.2 mi, 329° NW
Pecos River\canyons Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 52.6 mi, 303° NW
Pecos River\canyons Complex Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 55.7 mi, 302° NW
Pliska Aircraft Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 087° E
Big Sky Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 60.7 mi, 076° E
Sandia Wetlands (Nature Reserve) — 61.8 mi, 212° SW
Historic Fort Stockton (Historic Castle / Fort) — 62.0 mi, 164° S
Mendoza Trail Museum (Museum) — 62.8 mi, 117° SE
Balmorhea State Park (State Park) — 65.8 mi, 213° SW
Rankin Museum (Museum) — 76.3 mi, 112° E
Carlsbad Caverns National Park (National Park) — 76.9 mi, 293° NW · 46k acres
Carlsbad Wildife Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 79.6 mi, 309° NW · 12k acres

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