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Elk Falls Kansas Map

Explore Elk Falls, 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 Elk Falls, Kansas

How to Use This Elk Falls, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.367264
Longitude	-96.188604
Population	113
Density	60.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67345
Area Code	785
County Seat	Howard
School District	West Elk Unified School District 282

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About Elk Falls, Kansas

Elk Falls is a locality in Elk County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 113. The population density is 60.0 people per km². Elk Falls is located at 37.3673°N, 96.1886°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elk Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67345.

Elk Falls anchors itself upon the rugged limestone shelf of the Kansas prairie, where the persistent flow of Wildcat Creek carves a distinct path through the native grass and scrub oak. It lies 45.2 miles east-northeast of Winfield, KS (from Winfield, KS: bearing 79°T), and is situated 28.2 miles west-northwest of Independence. The landscape surrounding Elk Falls is defined by the sharp, abrupt transitions of the terrain, where weathered stone outcroppings break the long, horizontal reach of the plains. As evening approaches, the light stretches thin across the tallgrass, casting long, violet shadows that make the earth seem to inhale the cooling air. While the distant Chautauqua Hills rise like a faint, jagged promise on the southern horizon, the immediate environment remains intimate, shaped by the quiet endurance of the creek and the stubborn tenacity of the prairie flora.

History in Elk Falls is written in the heavy, hand-cut stone of its architecture, a testament to the early settlers who recognized the utility of the local geology for building their lives. The economy has long mirrored the cyclical nature of the surrounding fields, rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the land that sustains it. Residents occasionally find respite at Polk Daniels Lake, a quiet expanse of water that serves as a mirror to the expansive, cloud-streaked sky, or they travel toward the Duck Creek Wildlife Area to observe the seasonal migrations of birds through the tallgrass. The pace of life here is dictated by the wind and the seasons, a steady, unadorned existence that values the weight of a handshake and the patience required to work the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Berentz-Dick Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.2 mi, 134° SE
Fall River State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 013° N
Fall River Lake (Recreation Area) — 20.3 mi, 011° N
Elk City Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.1 mi, 112° E
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 059° NE
Elk City State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 108° E
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 106° E
Hulah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.5 mi, 184° S
Caney Valley Speedway (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 151° SE
Historic Frisco Water Tower (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 317° NW
Montgomery State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 29.8 mi, 117° SE
ATSF Eureka Depot (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 350° N
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.8 mi, 033° NE
Greater Flint Hills (Conservation Area) — 34.9 mi, 193° S
Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 37.1 mi, 270° W
Spencer/Rounds Performing Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 38.8 mi, 126° SE
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 39.0 mi, 126° SE
Civilian Conservtion Corps and Osage Hills State Park Pawhuska - Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Monument) — 43.5 mi, 180° S
Bartlesville Art Assocations (Arts Centre) — 44.0 mi, 164° S
Heritage Rock (Monument) — 44.0 mi, 259° W
Allen Podium (Monument) — 44.0 mi, 260° W
Gateway to the Future (Public Artwork) — 45.2 mi, 260° W
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 45.9 mi, 061° NE
E.B. White Gallery (Gallery) — 48.7 mi, 309° NW
Osage County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 49.2 mi, 189° S
Trebuchet (Registered Battlefield) — 49.5 mi, 288° W
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 50.8 mi, 092° E
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.1 mi, 011° N · 37k acres

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