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Colony Kansas Map

Explore Colony, 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 Colony, Kansas

How to Use This Colony, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.070863
Longitude	-95.365536
Population	381
Density	303.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66015
Area Code	913
County Seat	Garnett
School District	Crest Unified School District 479

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About Colony, Kansas

Colony is a locality in Anderson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 303.9 people per km². Colony is located at 38.0709°N, 95.3655°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Colony is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66015.

Colony occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 38.0 miles south of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 188°T), and is situated 10.3 miles north of Iola. The land here is defined by its deep, earthen silence, broken only by the persistent rustle of wind through the grasses and the seasonal pulse of Carlyle Creek, which carves a modest, verdant path just a mile from the center of the grid. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Sand Hills creates a jagged ink-line against the evening light, while the Anderson County Prairies Fee preserves the wild, native character of the soil eight miles out, protecting the original texture of the landscape from the reach of the plow.

Colony emerged from the mid-continental push of settlers who sought stability in the heavy, fertile dirt, establishing an economy long anchored to the rhythms of grain and the patient cycles of the local harvest. While the pace of the day is dictated by the slow turning of seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, the influence of the nearby Lake Welda offers a rare stillness to the geography, providing a basin of reflection for the surrounding fields. The architecture of the streets remains spare and utilitarian, a collection of honest structures that have weathered decades of sun and gale, standing as quiet witnesses to a history written in the fiber of the wheat and the steady, enduring labor of those who call Colony their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Anderson County Prairies Fee (Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 034° NE
Anderson County (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 033° NE
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 10.8 mi, 193° S
Spider Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 187° S
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 025° NE
North Lake Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 024° NE
John Redmond Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 298° NW
Bourbon State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.8 mi, 139° SE
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 190° S
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.5 mi, 301° NW · 37k acres
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 28.2 mi, 105° E
Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 031° NE
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.2 mi, 235° SW
Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 33.4 mi, 334° NW
Marais Des Cygne Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.6 mi, 070° E
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 35.9 mi, 235° SW
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 36.9 mi, 037° NE
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.6 mi, 076° E · 15k acres
World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 37.9 mi, 060° NE
Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 38.2 mi, 008° N
Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking) (Historic Ruins) — 38.4 mi, 004° N
Crawford State Park (State Park) — 42.0 mi, 134° SE
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 45.0 mi, 215° SW
ATSF Osage City Depot Museum (Attraction) — 46.3 mi, 327° NW
Black Jack Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 49.4 mi, 015° N
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 298° NW
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 49.8 mi, 011° N
Emporia Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 50.0 mi, 298° NW
National Teacher’s Hall of Fame (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 299° NW
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 50.7 mi, 174° S

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