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Blue Rapids Kansas Map

Explore Blue Rapids, 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 Blue Rapids, Kansas

How to Use This Blue Rapids, Kansas Map

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

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	Blue Rapids
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Marshall County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.681945
Longitude	-96.659739
Population	928
Density	180.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66411
Area Code	913
County Seat	Marysville
School District	Valley Heights Unified School District 498

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About Blue Rapids, Kansas

Blue Rapids is a locality in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 928. The population density is 180.5 people per km². Blue Rapids is located at 39.6819°N, 96.6597°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Blue Rapids is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66411.

Blue Rapids exists where the horizon flattens into an endless expanse of prairie, defined by the quiet persistence of the wind moving through tallgrass. It lies 34.8 miles north of Manhattan, KS (from Manhattan, KS: bearing 352°T), and is situated 11.0 miles south of Marysville. The land here holds a subtle, ancient weight, anchored by the Big Blue River which cuts a shallow, meandering path through the limestone-laced earth. To the west, the gentle rise of Indian Mound punctuates the skyline, a singular elevation that catches the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows over the surrounding fields. Nearby, the quiet waters of Idlewild Lake provide a still mirror for the vast, cloud-swept sky, while the expansive Tuttle Creek Recreation Area offers a wilder, unmanicured edge to the countryside where cottonwoods lean toward the water.

Blue Rapids carries the quiet gravity of a place built on the promise of the plains, where the economy has long been tethered to the slow turn of agricultural cycles and the extraction of gypsum from the earth beneath. The architecture of the streets reflects a time when stone was the primary language of construction, with sturdy masonry buildings standing as silent observers to the shifts of the century. Life in Blue Rapids moves with the deliberation of the seasons, characterized by the hum of machinery in the distance and the sudden, sharp clarity of air after a summer storm. Residents navigate a landscape where the primary landmarks are not monuments of artifice, but the enduring presence of the river and the way the evening sun turns the dry grasses into a sea of muted gold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 0.0 mi, 110° E
Tuttle Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 352° N
Alcove Spring (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 348° N
City Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 004° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 003° N
Pony Express Rider (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 003° N
Feldhausen Field (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 007° N
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 194° S
Tuttle Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 191° S
Olsburg Pioneers (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 172° S
Mariadahl Steeple (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 173° S
Immanuel Lutheran School Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 342° N
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 1 And Wildlife (State Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 139° SE
Pottawatomie State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 137° SE
California-Oregon Trail Historical Marker (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 147° SE
Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 337° NW
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 198° S
Pawnee Prairie Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 29.4 mi, 035° NE
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 33.3 mi, 196° S
Missile Silo Home (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 152° SE
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 042° NE
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 043° NE
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 40.7 mi, 353° N
Jefferson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 41.4 mi, 319° NW
Locomotive 6072 (Attraction) — 42.2 mi, 188° S
Site of old Union Pacific Engine Shops (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 191° S
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 46.0 mi, 191° S
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 46.0 mi, 192° S
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.5 mi, 331° NW · 124 acres
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 69.5 mi, 054° NE

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