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Denton Kansas Map

Explore Denton, 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 Denton, Kansas

How to Use This Denton, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.732777
Longitude	-95.26942
Population	130
Density	346.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66017
Area Code	913
County Seat	Troy
School District	Doniphan West Unified School District 111

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About Denton, Kansas

Denton is a locality in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 130. The population density is 346.2 people per km². Denton is located at 39.7328°N, 95.2694°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Denton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66017.

Denton occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and flat beneath a sky that often seems to claim more than its fair share of the view. It lies 14.1 miles northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 326°T), and is situated 16.4 miles east-southeast of Hiawatha. The land here holds a subtle, stubborn character, defined by the slow drift of the wind through fields that transition from the sharp green of spring wheat to the muted, sun-bleached gold of late harvest. Only a mile away, the North Branch Independence Creek carves a narrow, shaded path through the soil, its banks lined with the jagged silhouettes of cottonwoods that catch the light in a way that turns the air silver during the final hour of the day. While the landscape lacks the drama of high peaks, a traveler might catch the faint, distant suggestion of Lookout Mountain twelve miles to the west, providing a singular anchor in an otherwise fluid, open geography.

Denton emerged from the necessity of the rail era, its architecture and layout reflecting a time when the movement of grain dictated the pulse of local commerce. Agriculture remains the quiet engine of the region, with the rhythm of the seasons determining the pace of life more effectively than any clock. Those seeking a respite from the agricultural grid might venture eight miles to the Atchison State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area, a space that serves as a necessary punctuation mark in the vast, productive silence of the surrounding farmland. The history of the place is inscribed in the sturdy, unadorned materials of its older structures, which face the elements with a stoic patience that mirrors the temperament of those who make their livelihood from the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Atchison State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 147° SE
Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 324° NW
Statue of Liberty (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 069° E
Nelson Rogers Residence (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 069° E
Kansas Historical Marker - Troy (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 070° E
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 13.3 mi, 305° NW
Evah C. Cray Historical Home Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 145° SE
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 13.8 mi, 255° W
The Lookout (Viewpoint) — 13.8 mi, 142° SE
Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 144° SE
Brown (Bob) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 007° N
Riverbreaks Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 030° NE
International Forest of Friendship (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 155° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 302° NW
Govenor Morrill (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 302° NW
Windmill Lane (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 300° NW
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 141° SE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.8 mi, 002° N · 15k acres
Big Lake State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 351° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.4 mi, 050° NE · 3,906 acres

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