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Alma Kansas Map

Explore Alma, 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 Alma, Kansas

How to Use This Alma, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.016666
Longitude	-96.289162
Population	802
Density	529.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66401
Area Code	913
County Seat	Alma
School District	Wabaunsee Unified School District 329

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About Alma, Kansas

Alma is a locality in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 802. The population density is 529.3 people per km². Alma is located at 39.0167°N, 96.2892°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66401.

Alma emerges from the tallgrass prairie as a quiet congregation of limestone and timber, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 19.0 miles southeast of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 127°T), and is situated 12.8 miles south of Wamego. The land here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of earth that lead toward the rugged edges of Clapboard Canyon, a mere mile from the center of town. Mill Creek carves a thin, reflective ribbon through the landscape, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless wind. Beyond the immediate terrain, the silhouette of Grant Ridge sits as a distant, hazy promise against the sky, while the vast, uncultivated expanses of the Greater Flint Hills Fee offer a sanctuary for the native flora that defines this high, inland plateau.

Alma carries the weight of a frontier heritage in the sturdy, pale blocks of the county-seat courthouse, a structure that anchors the town’s civic life with stoic elegance. The economy remains tethered to the soil, reflecting a long history of agricultural labor that persists despite the shifting tides of the modern world. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a season, where the golden light of late afternoon burnishes the stone facades and the scent of dry grass lingers in the cooling air. While Lake Elbo provides a more distant destination for those seeking a respite from the wheat-horizon plains, the local rhythm is dictated by the turning of the crops and the enduring, quiet industry of the people who call Alma home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 127° SE
Bolton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 030° NE
Shamrock Cafe (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 323° NW
William Mitchell Monument (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 357° N
George T. Fielding, III Monument (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 357° N
Guard of the Plains (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 072° E
Wamego Area Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 357° N
Wamego Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 13.1 mi, 358° N
Missile Silo Home (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 350° N
Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 021° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.0 mi, 043° NE
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.1 mi, 319° NW
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 21.9 mi, 316° NW
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 317° NW
Tuttle Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 317° NW
West Lawn Memorial Gardens (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 084° E
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 281° W
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 279° W
Old Mkt Depot (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 203° SW
Post Office Oak Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 203° SW
Wah Sko Mi A's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 27.5 mi, 196° S
Kick A Poo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 27.6 mi, 196° S
Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 084° E
Shawnee State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 28.6 mi, 063° NE
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 29.0 mi, 272° W
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 29.1 mi, 272° W
Topeka Art Guild Gallery (Arts Centre) — 29.1 mi, 088° E
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 272° W
Perry State Park (State Park) — 42.8 mi, 078° E
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.7 mi, 162° S · 37k acres

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