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Texas maps: printable and free

5 free maps of Texas: high-resolution PNG (300 dpi) and PDF for US Letter or A4.

PDF = US Letter; A4 for other countries. Tap a map to view it full size. Free for personal, school and commercial use.

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

1. Texas blank outline map

The state border only, with a scale bar. Good for labeling, coloring and tracing.

Blank outline map of Texas with no labels: about 776 miles wide and 737 miles tall, on a letter-size page.View full size
Blank outline map of Texas with no labels: about 776 miles wide and 737 miles tall, on a letter-size page.
PNG (3,233 × 2,455, 64 KB)PDF, US Letter (29 KB)PDF, A4 (29 KB)

2. Texas county map

All 254 counties, outlined without names.

Map of Texas showing the borders of its 254 counties, without names.View full size
Map of Texas showing the borders of its 254 counties, without names.
PNG (3,233 × 2,455, 148 KB)PDF, US Letter (103 KB)PDF, A4 (101 KB)

3. Texas labeled county map

The same 254 counties, each named. Names that don't fit inside a small area sit just outside, joined by a short line.

Map of Texas's 254 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Brewster County, the largest by land area.View full size
Map of Texas's 254 counties with each name printed inside its border, including Brewster County, the largest by land area.
PNG (3,233 × 2,455, 281 KB)PDF, US Letter (125 KB)PDF, A4 (124 KB)

4. Texas map with major cities

23 cities, chosen by 2024 Census population and spaced so no labels overlap. The capital is marked with a star.

Map of Texas with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Austin (capital), Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.View full size
Map of Texas with 23 major cities marked and labeled, including Austin (capital), Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.
PNG (3,233 × 2,455, 191 KB)PDF, US Letter (128 KB)PDF, A4 (126 KB)

5. Texas elevation map

USGS 3DEP elevation as color plus hillshade. Legend in feet with meters underneath; the low point is sea level, so it has no marker, a star the capital.

Shaded-relief elevation map of Texas, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Guadalupe Peak (8,749 ft, highest) and Austin, with a legend in feet and meters.View full size
Shaded-relief elevation map of Texas, colored from green lowlands to brown and white high ground, marking Guadalupe Peak (8,749 ft, highest) and Austin, with a legend in feet and meters.
PNG (3,233 × 2,455, 1.2 MB)PDF, US Letter (288 KB)PDF, A4 (280 KB)

Texas: shape, counties and terrain

Texas spans about 776 miles from east to west and 737 miles from north to south, with 261,259 square miles of land. Its outline is irregular: the state fills only 47% of the box drawn around it on the map. The Census boundary file draws it as 32 separate land areas, 2 of them larger than 100 square miles.

Texas has 254 counties. The largest by land area is Brewster County (6,184 sq mi) and the smallest is Rockwall County (127 sq mi). The capital, Austin, sits at 487 ft downtown (USGS).

Elevation runs from sea level along the Gulf of Mexico to 8,749 ft (2,667 m) at Guadalupe Peak in Culberson County, a range of 8,749 ft. The sampled average is about 1,614 ft.

On the relief map's elevation grid, 1% of the state lies below 0 ft, 70% between 0 and 2,500 ft, 28% between 2,500 and 5,000 ft and 1% between 5,000 and 7,500 ft and under 1% above 7,500 ft. Split from west to east into thirds, the western third averages 3,746 ft, the central third 1,757 ft and the eastern third 339 ft, so the land is highest in the western third and lowest in the eastern third.

More figures, with sources: Texas elevation: highest, lowest and average points.

How teachers and students can use these maps

  • Blank map: label Austin, the capital, and the largest cities, then check them against the cities map. Older students can draw in rivers or mountain ranges from an atlas.
  • County map: find your own county among the 254. The labeled version works as an answer key; the blank one as a quiz.
  • Cities map: Austin to El Paso is about 526 miles in a straight line. Measure it with the scale bar and see how close you get.
  • Elevation map: find Guadalupe Peak (8,749 ft) and the coast, at sea level, and work out the difference: 8,749 ft. Then use the legend to estimate the elevation of your town and check it with our elevation tool.
  • Printing: each map has a US Letter PDF and an A4 PDF. The PDFs are vector files, so lines and labels stay sharp at any size. The outline maps use very little ink in black and white.

License: free to use

These maps are free for personal, school and commercial use. Print them, copy them, change them, and use them in worksheets, slides, books, apps or websites. No permission or fee is needed. A credit is appreciated: Map: MyCurrentElevation.org.

The data behind them (US Census Bureau boundaries and population, USGS elevation) is in the public domain. Inter, the typeface on the maps, is licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Sources

How each number is produced: methodology and data sources.

Other states and the US map: all printable maps · Texas elevation

Data updated · By Ankit Kumar, compiled from public U.S. government and open datasets · How these numbers are made

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