Yancey Texas Map
Explore Yancey, 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 Yancey, Texas
How to Use This Yancey, Texas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Yancey, 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 Yancey.
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 | Yancey |
| State | Texas (TX) |
| County | Medina County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.139407 |
| Longitude | -99.145036 |
| Population | 300 |
| Density | 23.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 78886 |
| Area Code | 512, 830 |
| County Seat | Hondo |
| School District | Hondo Independent School District |
About Yancey, Texas
Yancey is a locality in Medina County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 23.1 people per km². Yancey is located at 29.1394°N, 99.1450°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78886.Yancey occupies a quiet expanse of the South Texas brush country, where the land stretches out in a sun-bleached mosaic of mesquite and prickly pear. It lies 39.0 miles east of Uvalde, TX (from Uvalde, TX: bearing 97°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north of Pearsall. The West Tehuacana Creek defines the local hydrology, cutting a modest, winding path through the silt and caliche that characterizes the terrain. During the sweltering heat of mid-afternoon, the air vibrates with the dry song of cicadas, and the light takes on a pale, buttery quality that softens the sharp edges of the scrub. While the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau remains a conceptual boundary far to the northwest, the immediate horizon here belongs to the low-slung, persistent geometry of the plains.
Yancey carries the weight of a frontier history rooted in the hard, repetitive labor of the ranching economy that continues to dictate the local clock. Residents often look toward Hondo Recreation Park as a primary outlet for the rhythms of weekend life, finding in those fourteen miles of distance a necessary break from the persistent demands of fence-mending and livestock management. The social architecture of the place is built upon these agricultural foundations, favoring a stoic independence that mirrors the resilience of the native grasses. Life unfolds in a steady, unadorned cadence, defined by the seasonal movement of cattle and the occasional cooling relief brought by the late-summer thunderstorms that darken the western sky.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Yancey United Methodist Church (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 091° E
- Tehuacana Cemetery (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 156° SE
- Tomerlin Cemetery (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 102° E
- Hondo Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 14.4 mi, 359° N
- Hondo Welcome Sign (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 002° N
- Devine Opera House (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 090° E
- City Park (Local Park) — 15.9 mi, 357° N
- Victor Trevino Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 17.4 mi, 173° S
- Court House (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 170° S
- Frio Pioneer Jail Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 170° S
- Big Foot Wallace Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 109° E
- Castroville Regional Park (Local Park) — 20.8 mi, 049° NE
- Friends Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.0 mi, 048° NE
- Mustang Valley (Conservation Area) — 23.2 mi, 352° N
- Hammond (Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 327° NW
- Hill Country State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.0 mi, 357° N
- Government Canyon State Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.8 mi, 037° NE
- Texas Stingray (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 051° NE
- Riptide Rescue (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 051° NE
- Tidal Surge (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 051° NE
- South Bluff Spurs Overlook (Viewpoint) — 36.7 mi, 039° NE
- Applewhite House Ruins 1852-1930s (Historic Ruins) — 38.2 mi, 078° E
- Corn Crib Photographic Exhibit by Ansen Seale (Public Artwork) — 38.2 mi, 078° E
- Richard Beene Site (Historic Ruins) — 38.6 mi, 078° E
- Cooks Slough Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 39.1 mi, 275° W
- Sabinal Canyon Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 319° NW
- Garner State Park (State Park) — 46.0 mi, 311° NW
- Guadalupe River State Park (State Park) — 62.2 mi, 037° NE
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About This Yancey Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yancey, Texas. Coordinates: 29.139407, -99.145036. 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 Yancey includes the ZIP code (78886), telephone area code (512, 830), county seat of Medina County (Hondo), and school district assignment (Hondo 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. |
