Pandale Texas Map

About Pandale, Texas

Pandale is a locality in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Pandale is located at 30.1844°N, 101.5510°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 78872.

Pandale exists as a stark, sun-bleached punctuation mark upon the vast expanse of the high desert, defined by the relentless clarity of the Texas light and the jagged persistence of the limestone earth. It lies 69.0 miles northwest of Del Rio, TX (from Del Rio, TX: bearing 326°T), and is situated 41.9 miles south-southwest of Ozona. The landscape around Pandale is defined by the deep, silent incision of Two Section Canyon, where the earth drops away in abrupt, calcified layers that glow a bruised purple as the sun retreats. Only two miles distant, the Pecos River cuts a serpentine path through this arid terrain, its waters acting as the primary agent of change in a region otherwise dominated by the stillness of scrub brush and the slow, heat-shimmered movement of the horizon. Economic life in Pandale remains tied to the hard necessities of the range, where the sparse vegetation dictates the limits of livestock grazing and the slow, deliberate pace of the inhabitants. History here is not recorded in grand monuments but in the weathered fence lines and the remnants of early homesteads that have surrendered their structural integrity to the wind and the grit of the plains. While the distant silhouette of the Edwards Plateau lingers on the far edge of perception, the immediate reality of Pandale is one of profound isolation, punctuated only by the occasional migration of cattle or the infrequent, dusty passage of a vehicle on the lone access road. Life here demands a quiet endurance, a recognition that the environment dictates the rhythm of the day, leaving little room for artifice in a land where the shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel.

About This Pandale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pandale, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.184356, -101.550951. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Pandale and Val Verde County.

Detailed location data for Pandale includes the ZIP code (76943), telephone area code (325, 512, 830), county seat of Val Verde County (Del Rio), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Pandale is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.