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Aurora Kansas Map

Explore Aurora, 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 Aurora, Kansas

How to Use This Aurora, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.451943
Longitude	-97.527256
Population	56
Density	214.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67417
Area Code	785
County Seat	Concordia
School District	Concordia Unified School District 333

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About Aurora, Kansas

Aurora is a locality in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 214.1 people per km². Aurora is located at 39.4519°N, 97.5273°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Aurora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67417.

Aurora emerges from the vast Kansas plains as a quiet convergence of earth and sky, defined by the relentless, sweeping horizon that dictates the scale of every structure within its borders. It lies 42.5 miles north of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 6°T), and is situated 10.9 miles southeast of Concordia. The landscape is a study in subtle shifts, where the flat, fertile ground is punctuated only by the rise of Twin Mounds four miles away, their silhouettes offering a rare verticality against the expansive dome of the atmosphere. Nearby, the East Branch Elm Creek cuts a verdant, shadowed path through the soil, its banks lined with the gnarled, pale trunks of cottonwoods that lean into the wind. When the light of dusk descends, it bleeds a deep, bruised violet across the wheat fields, turning the air thick with the scent of dry stalks and the cooling dust of a day’s labor.

Aurora maintains a rhythm tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the quiet endurance of those who work the soil. The economy remains deeply rooted in the productivity of the surrounding expanse, a legacy that survives the memory of harsher, drier seasons when the wind held a more unforgiving edge. Residents often look toward the Concordia Sports Complex ten miles away for local recreation, or seek the stillness of Stillwater Lake, seventeen miles distant, when the heat of the plains grows too heavy. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a history of settlement that values the resilience of the individual over the clamor of the outside world. It is a place where the architecture of the past persists in simple, sturdy forms, grounding the identity of Aurora in the quiet, persistent labor of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Concordia Sports Complex (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 324° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 318° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 319° NW
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 320° NW
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 319° NW
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 320° NW
Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.8 mi, 185° S
Jamestown Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.9 mi, 304° NW
Strawberry (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 039° NE
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.9 mi, 111° E
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 347° N
Train caboose (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 347° N
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 347° N
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 26.9 mi, 348° N
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 41.7 mi, 274° W

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