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Ada Kansas Map

Explore Ada, Kansas, 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 Ada, Kansas

How to Use This Ada, Kansas Map

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

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	Ada
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Ottawa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.1622
Longitude	-97.885948
Population	86
Density	13.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67467
Area Code	785
County Seat	Minneapolis
School District	North Ottawa County Unified School District 239

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About Ada, Kansas

Ada is a locality in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 86. The population density is 13.1 people per km². Ada is located at 39.1622°N, 97.8859°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67467.

Ada sits amidst a vast expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled tight by the constant, restless weight of the wind. It lies 26.2 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 325°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-northwest of Minneapolis. Salt Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening for the quiet movement of the current. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Blue Hills marks the boundary of the visible world, rising like a bruised shadow against the evening sky. The air here holds a clarity that renders the gold of the wheat fields almost brittle, and when the sun slips low, the light pools in the furrows of the land with an intensity that makes the very soil seem luminous.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Ada, driving a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of harvest that has long defined the character of the people who reside here. The landscape bears the quiet marks of a history built on perseverance, where the scarcity of water necessitates a careful stewardship of the land. While the Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a place of respite seventeen miles away, the daily life of Ada is tethered to the local fields and the steady, unadorned work of the plains. Even when the distant, shimmering surface of State Lake draws those seeking a momentary stillness, the residents return to the familiar, flat topography that demands nothing more than an honest day’s labor and a tolerance for the wide, unshielded sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 231° SW
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 239° SW
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 239° SW
Lincoln Art Center (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 239° SW
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 16.4 mi, 239° SW
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 239° SW
Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 100° E
Ottawa State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.2 mi, 103° E
Aardvark (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 163° S
Giant Anteater (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 163° S
Pronghorn (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 163° S
Mule Deer (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 163° S
Lakewood Park Natural Area (Local Recreation) — 26.9 mi, 144° SE
In Appreciation of Robert J. Paulette, P.E. (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 144° SE
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 145° SE
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.2 mi, 137° SE
Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 153° SE
East Crawford Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 28.9 mi, 143° SE
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 29.1 mi, 149° SE
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 023° NE
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 023° NE
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.8 mi, 314° NW
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 023° NE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 31.0 mi, 313° NW
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 31.3 mi, 313° NW
Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 32.0 mi, 194° S
Jamestown Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.6 mi, 358° N
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 33.6 mi, 190° S
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 34.0 mi, 249° W
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.3 mi, 206° SW · 44k acres

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