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Alexander Kansas Map

Explore Alexander, 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 Alexander, Kansas

How to Use This Alexander, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.469459
Longitude	-99.55317
Population	54
Density	80.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67513
Area Code	785
County Seat	La Crosse
School District	LaCrosse Unified School District 395

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About Alexander, Kansas

Alexander is a locality in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 80.5 people per km². Alexander is located at 38.4695°N, 99.5532°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alexander is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67513.

Alexander occupies a stretch of high, open plains where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth, creating a vast, luminous theater for the passing weather. It lies 30.8 miles south-southwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 203°T), and is situated 31.7 miles northwest of Larned. The Walnut Creek carves a shallow, verdant ribbon through the landscape, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwoods that offer the only reprieve from the relentless sweep of the wind. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain holds the quiet memory of ancient, leveled earth, occasionally punctuated by the distant, jagged profile of Round House Rock rising nineteen miles away. In the soft, amber light of late afternoon, the flatness of the land seems to amplify the stillness, turning the simple act of watching the sun descend into a profound, daily ritual of color and shadow.

Agriculture serves as the heartbeat of Alexander, with the rhythm of the seasons dictated by the planting and harvest of wheat, a cycle that has defined the local economy since the earliest settlers broke the prairie sod. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, life in Alexander remains deeply tethered to the soil, reflecting a heritage of resilience that persists in the quiet maintenance of grain silos and the steady, purposeful work of local families. For those seeking the solitude of the outdoors, the Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area lies seventeen miles distant, providing a sanctuary for native grasses and migratory birds that mirrors the wilder character of the surrounding plains. The presence of Cedar Bluff Reservoir, twenty-three miles to the west, acts as a rare, shimmering anchor in an otherwise arid expanse, reminding the inhabitants of the complex relationship between the land and the water that sustains it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 230° SW
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 256° W
Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 251° W
Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 338° N
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 331° NW
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 23.4 mi, 337° NW
Hereford Bull (Public Artwork) — 29.4 mi, 024° NE
Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 30.0 mi, 020° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 31.9 mi, 130° SE
Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 32.1 mi, 208° SW
Haun Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 215° SW
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 268° W
Expo Center (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 101° E
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 40.5 mi, 100° E
Cheyenne Bottoms Fee (Conservation Area) — 42.1 mi, 089° E
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 42.9 mi, 309° NW
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 43.1 mi, 099° E
Finney State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 46.0 mi, 246° SW
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 49.0 mi, 204° SW
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 54.1 mi, 208° SW
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 55.6 mi, 207° SW
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 55.7 mi, 207° SW
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.8 mi, 109° E · 44k acres
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 61.0 mi, 168° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 61.6 mi, 117° SE · 232 acres
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 63.2 mi, 067° NE
Webster State Park (State Park) — 63.3 mi, 006° N
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 68.1 mi, 053° NE
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 74.9 mi, 103° E
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 75.0 mi, 046° NE

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