Explore Barnard, 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 Barnard, 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 Barnard.
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 | Barnard |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Lincoln County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.19056 |
| Longitude | -98.041991 |
| Population | 64 |
| Density | 110.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67418 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Lincoln Center |
| School District | Lincoln Unified School District 298 |
Barnard anchors itself upon the wide, shifting expanse of the Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that seems to swallow the earth. It lies 33.5 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 316°T), and is situated 18.7 miles south of Beloit. Salt Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the soil nearby, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless wind. To the west, the Blue Hills rise as a hazy, indigo suggestion against the sunset, marking the boundary of a landscape defined by its stubborn openness and the clarity of its light. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and turned earth, a sensory tether to the vast, quiet spaces that define the character of the region.
Agriculture serves as the pulse of Barnard, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the quiet tempo of the days. The surrounding fields remain a testament to a long history of cultivation, where the soil yields to the persistence of those who work it, maintaining a livelihood that has endured through changing seasons and shifting economic tides. While the solitude of the plains suggests a permanent stillness, the occasional traveler passing through might recognize the enduring presence of a culture built on resilience and the simple, functional architecture of a prairie settlement. Though Waconda Lake lies twenty-four miles away, the life of the inhabitants remains turned toward the immediate horizon, observing the subtle shifts in color as the sun dips low over the plains and shadows lengthen across the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barnard, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.19056, -98.041991. 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 Barnard includes the ZIP code (67418), telephone area code (785), county seat of Lincoln County (Lincoln Center), and school district assignment (Lincoln Unified School District 298).
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. |