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Culver Kansas Map

Explore Culver, 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 Culver, Kansas

How to Use This Culver, Kansas Map

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

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.

CityCulver
StateKansas (KS)
CountyOttawa County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.970836
Longitude-97.758927
Population114
Density247.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code67484
Area Code785
County SeatMinneapolis
School DistrictTwin Valley Unified School District 240

About Culver, Kansas

Culver is a locality in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 114. The population density is 247.3 people per km². Culver is located at 38.9708°N, 97.7589°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Culver is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67484.

Culver remains a quiet pivot point upon the vast, open expanse of the Kansas plains, where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 12.0 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 319°T), and is situated 10.8 miles south-southwest of Minneapolis. The landscape around Culver is defined by an immense, horizontal grace, characterized by subtle swells of land that catch the low, amber light of late afternoon. A mile away, the Saline River cuts a winding, brush-lined path through the silt, providing a rare verticality to the flat horizon where cottonwoods lean against the constant, restless movement of the air. To the distance, the silhouette of North Pole Mound offers a singular, jagged interruption to the otherwise seamless transition between the soil and the clouds, grounding the vista in a permanence that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing seasons.

Agriculture forms the slow, deliberate pulse of the local economy, with the surrounding fields dictating the rhythm of the year through the green surge of spring and the brittle, golden quiet of harvest. The history of Culver is etched into the very soil, reflecting a lineage of survival that persists in the austere, functional architecture of the streets and the resilient character of those who remain. Life here is measured by the changing shadows on the grain elevators and the occasional trek toward the Saline State Fishing Lake, where the water offers a brief, reflective pause in the dry intensity of the plains. Even when the wind scours the fields, the people of Culver maintain a steady, unadorned presence, finding a quiet dignity in a landscape that demands both patience and a deep, intuitive understanding of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Saline State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.1 mi, 131° SE
  • Aardvark (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 181° S
  • Giant Anteater (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 181° S
  • Pronghorn (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 182° S
  • Mule Deer (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 182° S
  • Oakdale Park (Local Park) — 12.4 mi, 138° SE
  • Lakewood Park Natural Area (Local Recreation) — 12.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Kenwood Park (Local Park) — 12.6 mi, 138° SE
  • In Appreciation of Robert J. Paulette, P.E. (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 134° SE
  • Bill Burke Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 13.2 mi, 136° SE
  • Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 137° SE
  • Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 047° NE
  • Steve Fossett Plaza (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 153° SE
  • AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 145° SE
  • Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 122° SE
  • Marty Bender Nature Area Art Exhibit 3 (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 141° SE
  • Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 283° W
  • Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 283° W
  • Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 283° W
  • Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 283° W
  • Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 283° W
  • Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 212° SW
  • Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.7 mi, 212° SW
  • Kanopolis Lake (Recreation Area) — 24.4 mi, 212° SW
  • Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 29.8 mi, 097° E
  • McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 38.5 mi, 180° S
  • Wilson State Park (State Park) — 39.3 mi, 265° W
  • Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 39.7 mi, 255° W
  • McPherson High School Theatre (Theatre) — 41.3 mi, 172° S
  • Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.4 mi, 217° SW · 44k acres

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About This Culver Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Culver, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.970836, -97.758927. 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 Culver includes the ZIP code (67484), telephone area code (785), county seat of Ottawa County (Minneapolis), and school district assignment (Twin Valley Unified School District 240).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.