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Carlton Kansas Map

Explore Carlton, 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 Carlton, Kansas

How to Use This Carlton, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.687226
Longitude	-97.293359
Population	40
Density	90.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67448
Area Code	785
County Seat	Abilene
School District	Chapman Unified School District 473

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About Carlton, Kansas

Carlton is a locality in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. The population density is 90.8 people per km². Carlton is located at 38.6872°N, 97.2934°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carlton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67448.

Carlton emerges from the expanse of the Kansas plains as a quiet collection of structures anchored to the earth by the relentless, sweeping horizon. It lies 20.1 miles east-southeast of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 122°T), and is situated 16.5 miles south-southwest of Abilene. The landscape surrounding Carlton consists of flat, fertile stretches of soil that catch the golden light of late afternoon, turning the fields into a shimmering expanse of amber and bronze. A mile away, the quiet passage of West Holland Creek carves a thin, wooded vein through the prairie, providing a cool sanctuary for the cottonwoods that lean toward the water. On the far southern horizon, the distant rise of Iron Mound stands as a solitary sentinel, breaking the otherwise level line of the world and reminding the observer of the slow, geologic patience of this region.

Agriculture defines the pulse of the local economy, as the cycles of planting and harvest dictate the movement of machinery and the quiet labor of the people. While time seems to move at the pace of the shifting wind, the influence of the nearby Terrace Lane Farm remains a constant presence, preserving a natural rhythm that persists alongside the modern demands of the grain trade. The character of Carlton is forged in the silence between the gusts, where the sky claims more than its share of the view and the stillness carries a weight that feels both ancient and immediate. Here, the architecture of the prairie is simple and functional, reflecting a people who have learned to measure their days by the depth of the soil and the clarity of the wide, unobstructed heavens.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Terrace Lane Farm (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 141° SE
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 211° SW
Old Abilene Town (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 016° N
Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 016° N
Rock Island Depot (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 016° N
Marty Bender Nature Area Art Exhibit 1 (Public Artwork) — 16.1 mi, 295° NW
Honor Roll of Dickinson County Servicemen (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 016° N
Eisenhower Monument (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 016° N
UPRR Abilene Depot (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 015° N
Texas Cattle Trail Terminus (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 015° N
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 016° N
East Crawford Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 16.7 mi, 300° NW
Salina Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 16.8 mi, 296° NW
Mcpherson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.8 mi, 213° SW
Marion Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 162° S
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.5 mi, 313° NW
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 302° NW
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 295° NW
Herington Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 095° E
Geary State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.0 mi, 057° NE
Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 221° SW
Mingenback Theatre (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 221° SW
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 221° SW
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.4 mi, 222° SW
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.9 mi, 034° NE
McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 31.1 mi, 231° SW
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 34.1 mi, 046° NE
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 36.9 mi, 262° W
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.3 mi, 244° SW · 44k acres
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.8 mi, 108° E · 37k acres

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