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Burr Oak Kansas Map

Explore Burr Oak, 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 Burr Oak, Kansas

How to Use This Burr Oak, Kansas Map

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

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	Burr Oak
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Jewell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.866124
Longitude	-98.305053
Population	140
Density	65.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66936
Area Code	913
County Seat	Mankato
School District	Rock Hills Unified School District 107

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About Burr Oak, Kansas

Burr Oak is a locality in Jewell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 65.7 people per km². Burr Oak is located at 39.8661°N, 98.3051°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burr Oak is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66936.

Burr Oak occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the sky dictates the temperament of the day, pressing low over the flat, wheat-horizon plains. It lies 49.9 miles south of Hastings, NE (from Hastings, NE: bearing 175°T), and is situated 30.2 miles north-northwest of Beloit. White Rock Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the silt and soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that tremble at the slightest provocation of the prairie wind. To the west, the subtle rise of the Blue Hills Upland breaks the monotony of the horizon, offering a distant, bruised-purple silhouette against the evening light. The atmosphere here is thick with a dry, honest heat that seems to hold the memory of the earth itself, cooling only when the shadows stretch long and thin across the stubble of the fields.

Burr Oak persists as a quiet sentinel of the central plains, its existence tied to the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest that defines the local economy. Though the legacy of the Dust Bowl lingers in the collective memory of the older generations, the spirit of the place remains anchored in the resilience of its agricultural roots. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Lovewell Wildlife Area serves as a sanctuary for the wilder remnants of the landscape, while the quiet waters of Scholtz Reservoir offer a rare stillness in an otherwise industrious terrain. Life in Burr Oak moves with a deliberate, measured pace, guided by the turning of the seasons and the enduring, stoic character of those who continue to work the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lovewell Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 076° E
Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 11.2 mi, 077° E
Jewell State Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 172° S
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 077° E
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 342° N
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 260° W
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 050° NE
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 23.5 mi, 189° S
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 186° S
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 185° S
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 24.7 mi, 182° S
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 196° S
Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 207° SW
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 223° SW
Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 30.4 mi, 237° SW
Heritage Room Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 040° NE
High Banks Racing Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 094° E
Train caboose (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 096° E
Republic County Historical Society (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 096° E
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 35.9 mi, 093° E
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 39.7 mi, 121° SE
Roman L. Hruska U.s. Animal Meat Research Center (Recreation Easement) — 40.6 mi, 013° N
Crystal Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 41.1 mi, 350° N
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 017° N
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 48.9 mi, 285° W
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 50.2 mi, 356° N
Big Bird House (Attraction) — 51.6 mi, 348° N
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 54.6 mi, 262° W
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.1 mi, 342° N · 642 acres
Hamilton County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.4 mi, 017° N · 324 acres

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