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Detroit Kansas Map

Explore Detroit, 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 Detroit, Kansas

How to Use This Detroit, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.935
Longitude	-97.120851
Population	102
Density	80.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67410
Area Code	785
County Seat	Abilene
School District	Chapman Unified School District 473

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About Detroit, Kansas

Detroit is a locality in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 80.4 people per km². Detroit is located at 38.9350°N, 97.1209°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67410.

Detroit occupies a quiet expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the pale sky down to meet the earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 16.8 miles west-southwest of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 248°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east-northeast of Abilene. The land here is defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Smoky Hill River, which carves a modest path through the soil just one mile away, its banks lined with the silver-green shivering of cottonwood leaves. When the sun begins to retreat, the light catches the tallgrass, turning the fields into a sea of muted gold that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows have lengthened. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Arnold Divide offers a jagged contrast to the otherwise level gravity of the prairie, a reminder of the vast, shifting geological scale that governs this quiet corner of the state.

Detroit preserves the remnants of an agricultural legacy that once relied on the rhythm of the harvest to dictate the pulse of daily life. Though the economy has evolved, the patterns of the past remain visible in the weathered grain elevators and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local character. Residents might spend their afternoons at Pocket Park, five miles distant, or find a moment of stillness near the quiet margins of Terrapin Lake, three miles from the center of activity. Life in Detroit moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the unpredictable temperament of the wind that sweeps across the plains, shaping both the landscape and the resilience of those who call these fields their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pocket Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 266° W
Great Plains Theatre (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 255° W
Honor Roll of Dickinson County Servicemen (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 251° W
Dwight David Eisenhower Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 252° W
Texas Cattle Trail Terminus (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 256° W
Rock Island Depot (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 251° W
Abilene & Smokey Valley Railway (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 251° W
Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 256° W
UPRR Abilene Depot (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 256° W
North Diamond Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 262° W
Eisenhower Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 259° W
Milford Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 042° NE
Milford Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 045° NE
Geary State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 098° E
Geary State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 099° E
Geary County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 067° NE
C.L. Hoover Opera House (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 067° NE
Wounded Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 068° E
Junction City Arts Council Gallery (Arts Centre) — 16.9 mi, 067° NE
Herington Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 153° SE
Terrace Lane Farm (Conservation Area) — 21.4 mi, 192° S
Kansas First Territorial Capitol (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 062° NE
Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 257° W
Magic School (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 038° NE
AMC Salina 10 (Cinema) — 27.8 mi, 251° W
Arts & Memories Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 032° NE
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 35.2 mi, 210° SW
Tuttle Creek State Parks (State Park) — 35.8 mi, 052° NE
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 50.0 mi, 250° W
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 71.8 mi, 123° SE · 37k acres

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