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Burrton Kansas Map

Explore Burrton, 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 Burrton, Kansas

How to Use This Burrton, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.0239
Longitude	-97.669768
Population	861
Density	374.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67020
Area Code	785
County Seat	Newton
School District	Burrton Unified School District 369

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About Burrton, Kansas

Burrton is a locality in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 861. The population density is 374.8 people per km². Burrton is located at 38.0239°N, 97.6698°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burrton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67020.

Burrton occupies a wide, expansive stretch of the Kansas plains where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the earth in a blur of muted gold and gray. It lies 14.4 miles east of Hutchinson, KS (from Hutchinson, KS: bearing 100°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Halstead. The land here is defined by a rigorous flatness that allows the wind to carve invisible paths through the tallgrass, unobstructed by anything save for the occasional cluster of cottonwoods lining the banks of North Branch Kisiwa Creek. A mile from the center of Burrton, the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate pace, reflecting the shifting moods of the clouds above. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape occasionally swells into gentle rises, and for those who seek the quietude of wilder spaces, Sandhills State Park offers a sanctuary of dunes and scrub oak eleven miles away, while the still, reflective surface of Saucer Lake waits four miles out to catch the early light of dawn.

Burrton emerged from the late nineteenth-century push across the prairie, growing as a waypoint for those who saw the potential in the deep, dark soil. The economy remains tethered to this primary rhythm of the seasons, dominated by the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life for everyone who calls the region home. Grain elevators rise like monoliths above the grid of streets, serving as the town’s most visible markers of industry and commerce. There is a particular endurance in the way the buildings have weathered the decades, standing firm against the relentless sweep of the plains. Daily life in Burrton follows a steady, predictable cadence, where the loudest sound is often the rustle of dry stalks or the distant hum of machinery, creating a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 306° NW
Dillon Nature Center (Local Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 292° W
McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 345° N
Carey Park (Local Park) — 13.1 mi, 270° W
The Wind (Public Artwork) — 13.8 mi, 286° W
Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 13.9 mi, 282° W
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 14.0 mi, 282° W
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 278° W
Family Community Theatre (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 279° W
Hutchinson Art Center (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 279° W
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 060° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.8 mi, 270° W
Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 338° N
Mennonite Settler statue (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 085° E
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 205° SW · 16k acres
Unknown Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 17.9 mi, 078° E
Kauffman Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 078° E
Chisholm Trail 8 (Cinema) — 18.4 mi, 095° E
Cheney State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 195° S
Valley Center Cultural and Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 129° SE
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 000° N
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 003° N
Mingenback Theatre (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 003° N
Harvey County Homeless & Indigent Persons Memorial (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 082° E
Reticulated Giraffe (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 146° SE
Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 146° SE
Mcpherson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 32.2 mi, 019° N
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 020° N
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.0 mi, 277° W · 44k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.2 mi, 272° W · 232 acres

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