Explore Cheney, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cheney, 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 Cheney.
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 | Cheney |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Sedgwick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.630015 |
| Longitude | -97.782551 |
| Population | 2,181 |
| Density | 363.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67025 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Wichita |
| School District | Cheney Unified School District 268 |
Cheney asserts its presence amidst a vast, unyielding expanse of high plains where the sky claims the lion’s share of the horizon. It lies 24.0 miles west of Haysville, KS (from Haysville, KS: bearing 281°T), and is situated 11.5 miles west of Goddard. The earth here is a study in muted earth tones, a flat and open reach where the North Fork Ninnescah River carves a quiet, meandering path through the silt and heavy soil. Cottonwoods stand as sentinels along the banks, their leaves shivering in the constant, persistent wind that defines the local atmosphere. Not far from these riparian corridors, the landscape gives way to the stillness of Lake Forty-eight, a body of water that mirrors the expansive, cloud-swept Kansas heavens. The quality of light at dusk is particularly striking, turning the wheat fields into a sea of burnished copper just before the blue shadows of evening settle over the prairie.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Cheney, with the rhythm of the seasons dictated by the planting and harvest cycles that have sustained the region for generations. History lingers in the architecture of the older streets, reflecting a legacy of resilience shaped by the demanding prairie climate and the steady work of those who first settled these plains. Beyond the town limits, the Cheney Wildlife Area offers a preserved sanctuary for native grasses and local fauna, serving as a reminder of the landscape as it existed before the plow. Daily life maintains an intentional pace, centered on the quiet industry of local shops and the shared expectations of a community that understands its place within the wide, open geography of the plains. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a crisp, dry quality that makes every sunset feel like a singular, quiet event.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cheney, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.630015, -97.782551. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Cheney includes the ZIP code (67025), telephone area code (785), county seat of Sedgwick County (Wichita), and school district assignment (Cheney Unified School District 268).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |