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Bala Kansas Map

Explore Bala, 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 Bala, Kansas

How to Use This Bala, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.309719
Longitude	-96.949735
Population	29
Density	26.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	66531
Area Code	913
County Seat	Manhattan
School District	Riley County Unified School District 378

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About Bala, Kansas

Bala is a locality in Riley County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 29. The population density is 26.1 people per km². Bala is located at 39.3097°N, 96.9497°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 66531.

Bala occupies a stretch of high prairie where the relentless Kansas wind dictates the posture of every cedar and fence line. It lies 20.4 miles north-northwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 342°T), and is situated 15.9 miles north-northwest of Fort Riley. Timber Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil here, its banks lined with the gnarled, pale trunks of cottonwoods that shiver as the gusts pass through their canopy. To the west, the faint, jagged suggestion of the Arnold Divide haunts the horizon, a distant barrier that keeps the sky vast and intimidatingly clear. During the golden hour, the light flattens against the tallgrass, turning the landscape into a sea of copper and burnt umber that stretches toward the shimmering expanse of Milford Lake, visible just a few miles to the east.

Bala traces its roots to the early settlers who saw promise in the stubborn, fertile soil, though the echoes of the Dust Bowl still linger in the cautious way the locals speak of rainfall and crop yields. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the region, with the economy tethered to the slow rotation of wheat and the steady maintenance of livestock. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally interrupted by a weekend excursion to the nearby Milford Recreation Area, where the water offers a brief, cool respite from the heat of the plains. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the local limestone buildings hold the heat of the day, standing as sturdy, silent witnesses to a history defined not by grand events, but by the persistent, daily labor of those who chose to call this prairie home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 237° SW
Milford Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 213° SW
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 097° E
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 135° SE
Fairgrounds Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 295° NW
Utility Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 294° NW
Huntress Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 296° NW
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 051° NE
General Leonard Wood Monument (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 141° SE
Funston Monument (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 141° SE
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 147° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 137° SE
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 149° SE
Tuttle Creek Dam and Reservoir Monument (Viewpoint) — 18.9 mi, 102° E
Site of Old Up Turntable and Roundhouse (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 160° S
Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 160° S
Bill Snyder (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 111° E
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 162° S
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 20.4 mi, 162° S
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 162° S
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 127° SE
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 104° E
Geary State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 28.2 mi, 171° S
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 031° NE
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 30.5 mi, 207° SW
Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 40.0 mi, 092° E
Cloud County Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 296° NW
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 42.2 mi, 296° NW
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 70.7 mi, 233° SW
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 75.2 mi, 351° N · 124 acres

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