Explore Auburn, 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 Auburn, 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 Auburn.
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 | Auburn |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Shawnee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.906114 |
| Longitude | -95.816097 |
| Population | 1,273 |
| Density | 706.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66402 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Topeka |
| School District | Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 |
Auburn holds a quiet posture upon the expansive Kansas landscape, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that feels remarkably vast. It lies 12.3 miles southwest of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 217°T), and is situated 18.8 miles north of Osage City. The land here is defined by a rhythmic rise and fall of prairie grasses, interrupted only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods that mark the path of the North Branch Wakarusa River. To the west, the subtle prominence of Stenger Hill offers a slow elevation against the plains, while the distant, shadowed hollows of Gladden Ravine suggest the hidden complexity of the earth. Light at dusk here possesses a particular clarity, turning the dry grasses to shades of pale gold and deepening the gray shadows that congregate in the low-lying fields.
Auburn emerged from the early ambition of prairie settlement, evolving from a frontier stop into a place defined by the steady, measured pace of agricultural life. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding soil, a legacy that respects the endurance required to work this terrain. While the modern world moves through the regional corridors, the quietude of the area is occasionally broken by the sounds of a community focused on its own persistence. Residents often look toward the wider resources of the region, perhaps visiting the expanse of Shawnee South Community Park or the stillness of Strowbridge Reservoir, yet the character of Auburn remains firmly rooted in the simple, enduring cycle of the harvest and the seasonal shifts of the wind across the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Auburn, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.906114, -95.816097. 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 Auburn includes the ZIP code (66402), telephone area code (913), county seat of Shawnee County (Topeka), and school district assignment (Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437).
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. |