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Ames Kansas Map

Explore Ames, 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 Ames, Kansas

How to Use This Ames, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.569444
Longitude	-97.441979
Population	33
Density	29.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	66901
Area Code	913
County Seat	Concordia
School District	Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224

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About Ames, Kansas

Ames is a locality in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 33. The population density is 29.9 people per km². Ames is located at 39.5694°N, 97.4420°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66901.

Ames occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches in an unbroken, pale-gold line that seems to swallow the sky. It lies 49.6 miles northwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 319°T), and is situated 11.7 miles east of Concordia. The Republican River carves a deliberate path through the earth less than a mile away, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that shiver whenever the persistent prairie wind exhales. To the west, the Twin Mounds rise six miles off like ancient, slumbering sentinels against the vastness of the fields, grounding a landscape that otherwise feels as though it might drift into the clouds. The quality of light here at dusk is heavy and honeyed, thickening the air until the shadows of the tallgrass blur into the deep violet of the coming night.

Ames emerged from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the soil, serving as a steady anchor for the families who have long tended the surrounding wheat fields. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle of labor that demands a patient, quiet endurance from those who make their lives in these furrows. While the Concordia Sports Complex provides a place for recreation ten miles away, the daily pulse of the people is dictated by the slow turning of the seasons and the maintenance of their own quiet traditions. History here is not found in grand monuments but in the weathered grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned storefronts that have seen generations of farmers pass through, each leaving a faint, indelible mark upon the quiet grit of the dirt roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Concordia Sports Complex (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 270° W
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 271° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 270° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.7 mi, 268° W
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 272° W
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 271° W
Strawberry (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 045° NE
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 329° NW
Train caboose (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 329° NW
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 330° NW
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 20.8 mi, 331° NW
Jamestown Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.0 mi, 281° W
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 25.3 mi, 132° SE
Milford Lake (Recreation Area) — 28.0 mi, 131° SE
Michael Brzon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.1 mi, 332° NW
Washington State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.4 mi, 035° NE
Sixth Principal Meridian (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 007° N
Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.5 mi, 192° S
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 38.3 mi, 104° E
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 38.6 mi, 306° NW
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 40.6 mi, 126° SE
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 079° E
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 42.5 mi, 073° E
Pony Express Rider (Public Artwork) — 46.2 mi, 066° NE
Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 165° S
UPRR Abilene Depot (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 165° S
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 46.8 mi, 164° S
Old Abilene Town (Attraction) — 47.1 mi, 165° S
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.3 mi, 014° N · 124 acres

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