Explore Bluff City, 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 Bluff City, 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 Bluff City.
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 | Bluff City |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Harper County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.076412 |
| Longitude | -97.875057 |
| Population | 45 |
| Density | 34.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67018 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Anthony |
| School District | Chaparral Schools Unified School District 361 |
Bluff City emerges from the expansive plains of Kansas as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity. It lies 44.3 miles southwest of Haysville, KS (from Haysville, KS: bearing 221°T), and is situated 10.1 miles east-southeast of Anthony. Bluff Creek carves a shallow, persistent path through the surrounding terrain, its banks lined with the occasional silver-leafed cottonwood that leans against the relentless push of the prairie wind. The land here possesses a raw, unadorned geometry, defined by the subtle shifts in elevation that catch the long, golden light of late afternoon. Far to the south, the distant silhouette of Red Hill provides the only significant break in the flat expanse, anchoring the view and reminding observers of the geologic age of the soil beneath their boots.
Agriculture remains the pulse of Bluff City, with the rhythm of the seasons dictated by the planting and harvest of wheat fields that turn from emerald to amber under the intense sun. The economy relies on the stubborn endurance of these farms, a legacy that echoes the grit of those who first settled these plains during eras of intense drought and change. Life moves with a deliberate pace, far removed from the bustle of the larger world, with residents often traveling toward Anthony Municipal Lake when they seek a moment of stillness near the water. There is a profound honesty in the way the local architecture keeps its head down against the elements, a testament to a place where the people have learned to harmonize with the immense, open silence of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bluff City, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.076412, -97.875057. 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 Bluff City includes the ZIP code (67018), telephone area code (785), county seat of Harper County (Anthony), and school district assignment (Chaparral Schools Unified School District 361).
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. |