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Bassett Kansas Map

Explore Bassett, 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 Bassett, Kansas

How to Use This Bassett, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.902814
Longitude	-95.404148
Population	20
Density	115.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66749
Area Code	913
County Seat	Iola
School District	Iola Unified School District 257

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About Bassett, Kansas

Bassett is a locality in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 20. The population density is 115.3 people per km². Bassett is located at 37.9028°N, 95.4041°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bassett is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66749.

Bassett emerges from the expansive Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, a boundary between the heavy earth and the vast, shifting sky. It lies 49.8 miles south of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 189°T), and is situated 1.5 miles south of Iola. Elm Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the silt and soil, its banks lined with the skeletal grace of cottonwoods that lean toward the water’s edge. Lake Bassola mirrors the pale, expansive light of the afternoon, holding the stillness of the prairie in its quiet basin. To the west, the subtle rise of Rose Dome breaks the otherwise level line of the land, a distant landmark that anchors the geography of the high grass. Even the air here feels seasoned by the wind, carrying the scent of dry stalks and the metallic chill that arrives before a storm.

History in Bassett remains written in the quiet endurance of the soil, a legacy of the farmers who carved a living from the stubborn, fertile plains. The local economy relies on the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle that dictates the pace of life as surely as the changing seasons. Residents often seek the open, unmanicured spaces of Happy Trails Dog Park, a simple stretch of land that serves as a communal point for those living in the shadow of the tallgrass. The character of Bassett is defined by a deep, understated resilience, where the labor of the day leaves a quiet satisfaction in its wake. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by monuments, but by the slow, steady growth of the wheat and the persistent, low hum of the wind over the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Spider Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 070° E
Happy Trails Dog Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 346° N
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 336° NW
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 190° S
Bourbon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 114° SE
Anderson County Prairies Fee (Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 020° N
Wilson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 226° SW
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 253° W
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 019° N
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 252° W
John Redmond Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 29.4 mi, 321° NW
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 29.5 mi, 082° E
Neosho Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 30.1 mi, 153° SE
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.5 mi, 320° NW · 37k acres
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 34.6 mi, 223° SW
Crawford State Park (State Park) — 37.0 mi, 121° SE
Ware Monument (Monument) — 39.2 mi, 098° E
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 39.5 mi, 169° S
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 169° S
Antietam Circle (Monument) — 40.2 mi, 167° S
Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial (Monument) — 40.9 mi, 025° NE
Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 43.5 mi, 343° N
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.8 mi, 061° NE · 15k acres
ATSF Cheryvale Depot (Attraction) — 44.5 mi, 190° S
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 124° SE
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 124° SE
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 47.8 mi, 204° SW
Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 49.9 mi, 009° N
Prairie State Park (Viewpoint) — 52.5 mi, 120° SE
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 54.5 mi, 310° NW

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