Explore Arma, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arma, 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 Arma.
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 | Arma |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Crawford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.543936 |
| Longitude | -94.70024 |
| Population | 1,407 |
| Density | 479.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66712 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Girard |
| School District | Northeast Unified School District 246 |
Arma anchors itself firmly upon the flat, expansive plains of southeastern Kansas, where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 9.2 miles north of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 2°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north of Frontenac. The air here holds the dry, honest weight of the interior, carrying the scent of disturbed soil and the persistent, restless movement of wind through the tall prairie grasses. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Rombaugh Hills marks the limits of the view, while the immediate landscape is defined by the gentle, carved path of First Cow Creek, which meanders through the fields a mere mile away. The light at dusk settles over the terrain in long, amber strips, illuminating the subtle variations in the topography that shift from gold to deep violet as the sun retreats behind the plains.
Arma grew from the deep, subterranean ambitions of the coal mining era, a history still etched into the character of the soil and the legacy of the surrounding land. Much of the local terrain has been reclaimed by the Mined Land Wildlife Area, where the scars of extraction have softened into a mosaic of ponds and scrub-timber that now serves as a quiet refuge for wildlife. The economy, once driven by the frantic pace of the mines, has shifted toward the slower, deliberate rhythms of regional agriculture and small-scale commerce. Residents maintain a steady pace of life, often taking their evening walks along the Franklin Sidewalk, a path that links the present to a time when the rails dictated the town's pulse. Beyond the municipal limits, the quiet reaches of the Bone Creek Reservoir offer a stillness that reflects the enduring, stoic nature of a place that has seen its industry change but its foundation remain unmoved.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arma, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.543936, -94.70024. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Arma includes the ZIP code (66712), telephone area code (913), county seat of Crawford County (Girard), and school district assignment (Northeast Unified School District 246).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |