Texas region maps

Index · 16 cultural regions · 4 natural regions

Texas is too big to read on one map. These region pages zoom in on the parts of the state that people actually name, with the cities, counties and roads that define each.

Cultural regions

• West Texas

  Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin, Big Bend

• East Texas

  Piney Woods, Tyler, Nacogdoches

• North Texas

  Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

• South Texas

  Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Brush Country

• Central Texas

  Austin, Waco, Killeen–Temple

• Texas Hill Country

  Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Wimberley

• Texas Panhandle

  Amarillo, Palo Duro Canyon

• Gulf Coast

  Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi

• Big Bend

  Big Bend National Park, Terlingua, Marfa

• Rio Grande Valley

  McAllen, Brownsville, Harlingen

• Piney Woods

  Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Sam Houston NF

• Permian Basin

  Midland, Odessa, oil country

• South Plains

  Lubbock, cotton country

• Coastal Bend

  Corpus Christi, Rockport, Port Aransas

• Brazos Valley

  Bryan–College Station

• Concho Valley

  San Angelo

Natural regions

• Gulf Coastal Plains

  East and south Texas below the Balcones Escarpment

• Interior Lowlands

  North Central Plains, Cross Timbers

• Great Plains

  Panhandle, Llano Estacado, Edwards Plateau

• Basin and Range

  Trans-Pecos mountains and desert