Bison Kansas Map
Explore Bison, 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 Bison, Kansas
How to Use This Bison, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bison, 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 Bison.
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 | Bison |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Rush County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.522791 |
| Longitude | -99.197322 |
| Population | 179 |
| Density | 260.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67520 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | La Crosse |
| School District | Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 |
About Bison, Kansas
Bison is a locality in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 260.8 people per km². Bison is located at 38.5228°N, 99.1973°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67520.Bison occupies a vast, level expanse of the Great Plains where the horizon stretches into a thin, vibrating line of amber and slate. It lies 25.6 miles south-southeast of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 164°T), and is situated 25.8 miles west-northwest of Great Bend. The sky here possesses an immense, uncaring weight, pressing down upon the flat fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Jenkins Hill. A mile away, the quiet currents of Sand Creek provide a rare break in the monotony of the earth, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered trunks of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless wind. In the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows that emphasize the profound silence of the prairie and the absolute clarity of the air.
Bison remains a quiet anchor for the surrounding agricultural economy, where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the slow turning of the wheat cycles. The legacy of the region lingers in the stoic endurance of the local architecture, which serves as a stark reminder of the settlers who broke this stubborn ground when the plains were still raw and unmapped. Life in Bison moves with a deliberate, measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, yet linked to the wider world through the grain elevators that stand like sentinels above the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain dips toward the gentle depression of Hungry Hollow, while the distant, shimmering surface of Barton Lake remains a quiet destination for those seeking the stillness of water in an otherwise arid, terrestrial landscape.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 259° W
- Expo Center (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 122° SE
- Grant Memorial (Public Artwork) — 22.5 mi, 008° N
- Cheyenne Bottoms Fee (Conservation Area) — 22.9 mi, 095° E
- Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 118° SE
- Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 259° W
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 24.7 mi, 168° S
- Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.3 mi, 100° E
- Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.5 mi, 114° SE
- Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 26.1 mi, 341° N
- Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.6 mi, 303° NW
- Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 33.5 mi, 302° NW
- Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 304° NW
- Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 39.8 mi, 038° NE
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 123° SE · 44k acres
- Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 062° NE
- World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 44.3 mi, 062° NE
- Wilson State Park (State Park) — 45.5 mi, 054° NE
- Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 46.9 mi, 226° SW
- Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.8 mi, 132° SE · 232 acres
- Haun Museum (Museum) — 48.4 mi, 232° SW
- World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 044° NE
- Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 51.4 mi, 044° NE
- Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 55.2 mi, 103° E
- Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 57.6 mi, 111° E
- Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 59.7 mi, 035° NE
- Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 62.3 mi, 219° SW
- Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 63.7 mi, 186° S
- Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 66.8 mi, 057° NE
- Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 66.9 mi, 057° NE
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About This Bison Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bison, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.522791, -99.197322. 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 Bison includes the ZIP code (67520), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rush County (La Crosse), and school district assignment (Otis-Bison Unified School District 403).
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. |
