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Cawker City Kansas Map

Explore Cawker 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.

Interactive Map of Cawker City, Kansas

How to Use This Cawker City, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cawker 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 Cawker 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	Cawker City
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Mitchell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.51251
Longitude	-98.433672
Population	457
Density	175.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67430
Area Code	785
County Seat	Beloit
School District	Waconda Unified School District 272

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About Cawker City, Kansas

Cawker City is a locality in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 457. The population density is 175.4 people per km². Cawker City is located at 39.5125°N, 98.4337°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cawker City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67430.

Cawker City emerges from the vast, open plains of Kansas as a collection of rooftops and grain elevators silhouetted against a sky that seems to possess a singular, infinite depth. It lies 64.0 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 317°T), and is situated 17.9 miles west-northwest of Beloit. The horizon here is defined by the steady, unyielding expansion of prairie grasses, broken only by the distant, hazy contour of the Blue Hills that anchor the western edge of the view. Nearby, the water of Waconda Lake catches the afternoon light, its surface a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift across the expanse, while the corridor of Oak Creek provides a winding, shaded sanctuary for cottonwoods to thrive. The air holds a dry, clean weight, carrying the scent of parched earth and the persistent, restless movement of wind that shapes the character of the landscape as much as the soil itself.

Cawker City occupies a storied place in the regional consciousness, anchored by a unique monument—a massive, ever-expanding ball of twine that serves as a tactile record of local labor and communal persistence. This curiosity stands as a quiet defiance of the quietude, drawing travelers to witness the accumulation of a history built on agriculture and the steady, iterative toil of farm life. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, while the nearby Glen Elder Wildlife Area offers a preserved expanse that speaks to the deeper, wilder history of the plains before they were partitioned into fields of wheat and sorghum. Life in Cawker City moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, where the architecture of the storefronts reflects a mid-century endurance, and the people maintain a grounded, observant existence that is as enduring as the limestone foundations of the older buildings that still define the center of the street.

Nearby Outdoor Places

World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 0.2 mi, 180° S
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 247° SW
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 158° S
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 078° E
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 091° E
Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 268° W
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 093° E
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 280° W
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 253° W
Jewell State Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 032° NE
Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 17.4 mi, 103° E
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 340° N
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 190° S
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 190° S
Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 32.3 mi, 033° NE
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 33.6 mi, 036° NE
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 155° SE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 155° SE
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 155° SE
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 155° SE
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 36.6 mi, 184° S
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 37.4 mi, 004° N
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 37.8 mi, 185° S
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 029° NE
Kansas Wildlife and Parks Area #1 (Local Recreation) — 40.9 mi, 198° S
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 41.2 mi, 084° E
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 47.6 mi, 261° W
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 47.6 mi, 183° S
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 48.2 mi, 062° NE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 50.2 mi, 290° W

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