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Columbus Kansas Map

Explore Columbus, 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 Columbus, Kansas

How to Use This Columbus, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.169228
Longitude	-94.844124
Population	2,929
Density	464.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66725
Area Code	913
County Seat	Columbus
School District	Columbus Unified School District 493

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About Columbus, Kansas

Columbus is a locality in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,929. The population density is 464.8 people per km². Columbus is located at 37.1692°N, 94.8441°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Columbus is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66725.

Columbus spreads across the expansive, level horizons of the Cherokee Plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 18.4 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 205°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west-northwest of Joplin. The landscape maintains a steady, quiet composure, defined by broad stretches of fertile soil and the occasional silhouette of Bell Mound rising ten miles to the west. A mile from the center, the steady flow of Brush Creek carves a thin, wooded vein through the prairie, feeding the local flora with a persistence that ignores the shifting temperament of the Kansas weather. At 224 S Kansas Ave, the ground offers a small, deliberate space for stillness, where the light at dusk turns the grasses a muted, bruised gold, grounding the vastness of the plains into a singular, tangible moment.

Columbus carries the weight of a regional history rooted in the extraction of earth’s deep, mineral-rich treasures, a legacy that once defined the rhythm of local commerce and industry. The limestone courthouse stands as a heavy, permanent anchor in the center of the grid, a silent witness to the generations who organized their lives around the cycles of the harvest and the fluctuating demands of the regional economy. While Grand Lake O' the Cherokees lies twenty-four miles to the south, the daily existence of Columbus remains tethered to the land rather than the water, moving with a deliberate, measured pace that favors the endurance of the seasons. The wind, ever-present and restless, moves through the town with a frequency that seems to carry the dust of the past, ensuring that Columbus remains a place defined by its sturdy, unyielding character and the quiet resilience of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 073° E
615 S Kansas Ave (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 163° S
128 E Country Rd (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 178° S
Mined Land Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 007° N
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 139° SE
Rainbow Bridge (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 139° SE
Marsh arc bridge (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 139° SE
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 324° NW
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 325° NW
Spring River Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 084° E
Baxter Springs Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 148° SE
Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 11.5 mi, 153° SE
Cherokee Lowlands Fee (Conservation Area) — 11.7 mi, 242° SW
Treece, Kansas Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 177° S
1a Football State Champs 1984 (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 177° S
Tow Mater (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 118° SE
Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 120° SE
Conoco Hole In The Wall (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 186° S
Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 109° E
Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 109° E
National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 109° E
Old Tristate Marker (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 133° SE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 105° E
Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 112° E
Crawford Fishing Lake Number One (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 020° N
Prairie State Park (State Park) — 27.4 mi, 032° NE
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 29.4 mi, 114° SE · 241 acres
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.8 mi, 171° S · 8,813 acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 64.3 mi, 122° SE · 1.5M acres
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 72.2 mi, 162° S · 1.1M acres

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