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Cedar Kansas Map

Explore Cedar, 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 Cedar, Kansas

How to Use This Cedar, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.657233
Longitude	-98.940359
Population	11
Density	23.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	66018, 67628
Area Code	785
County Seat	Olathe
School District	Smith Center Unified School District 237

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About Cedar, Kansas

Cedar is a locality in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 11. The population density is 23.9 people per km². Cedar is located at 39.6572°N, 98.9404°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cedar is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 66018, 67628.

Cedar occupies a vast expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulled straight by the relentless Kansas wind. It lies 9.2 miles northwest of Olathe, KS (from Olathe, KS: bearing 318°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-southwest of Bonner Springs. The landscape is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of the plains, where the light at dusk turns the grasses into a sea of bruised gold and shadow. A mile from the center of town, Cedar Creek marks the earth with a narrow, winding ribbon of riparian shade, offering a cool respite from the heat that radiates off the dry soil. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Badger Ridge rises against the sky like a broken promise of elevation, while the nearby Kill Creek Streamway Trail offers a quiet path through the tallgrass for those who seek the solitude of the open ground.

Cedar persists as a testament to the endurance of those who first broke this heavy sod, their legacy preserved in the weathered limestone that still anchors the older structures against the elements. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, a cycle of planting and reaping that dictates the pace of every season. Residents often gather near the Cedar Creek Boat Ramp to watch the water catch the fading light, finding a particular beauty in the stillness that settles over the land after the machinery has gone quiet. Though Elmers Lake sits just a few miles away, the character of the place is shaped less by standing water and more by the expansive, shifting sky that dominates the view, reminding everyone that in Cedar, the weather is the only true architect of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 104° E
Kirwin Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 9.8 mi, 270° W
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 120° SE
Francis Wachs Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 339° N
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 137° SE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 21.5 mi, 289° W
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 058° NE
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 120° SE
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.5 mi, 229° SW
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 27.4 mi, 115° SE
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 111° E
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 29.7 mi, 332° NW
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 30.6 mi, 331° NW
Webster State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 238° SW
Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 359° N
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 31.5 mi, 107° E
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 33.4 mi, 107° E
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 34.5 mi, 107° E
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 40.3 mi, 046° NE
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 152° SE
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 152° SE
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 52.9 mi, 061° NE
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 60.0 mi, 135° SE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 60.1 mi, 135° SE
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 60.2 mi, 135° SE
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 62.7 mi, 156° SE
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 68.2 mi, 095° E
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 70.7 mi, 080° E
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.7 mi, 010° N · 642 acres

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