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Elkhart Kansas Map

Explore Elkhart, 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 Elkhart, Kansas

How to Use This Elkhart, Kansas Map

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

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.

CityElkhart
StateKansas (KS)
CountyMorton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.008079
Longitude-101.890166
Population1,888
Density354.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code67950
Area Code785
County SeatElkhart
School DistrictElkhart Unified School District 218

About Elkhart, Kansas

Elkhart is a locality in Morton County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,888. The population density is 354.9 people per km². Elkhart is located at 37.0081°N, 101.8902°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elkhart is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67950.

Elkhart stretches across a vast, high-plains expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 53.5 miles west of Liberal, KS (from Liberal, KS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 31.9 miles northwest of Guymon. The landscape around Elkhart is defined by the Cimarron National Grassland, which anchors the horizon with a quiet, rugged persistence, while the subtle depression of Pasture Number Thirtythree marks the land with an ancient, tectonic patience. A mile away, the modest channel of Happy Ditch carves a thin, seasonal line through the topsoil, its presence felt more in the lush, dark green of the cottonwood leaves it sustains than in any roar of water. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic gold, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the constant, restless wind.

History in Elkhart is measured in the resilience of those who stayed after the great storms, their legacy etched into the limestone of the local courthouse and the steady, cyclical labor of the wheat harvest. The regional economy remains tethered to the rhythmic output of the soil, a cycle punctuated by the distant, ghostly echoes of the Santa Fe Trail that once drew travelers across these same relentless plains. Life moves with an unpretentious gravity, influenced by the proximity of the Cimarron National Grassland, where the wild prairie grasses still sway with a pre-settlement freedom. Those seeking the stillness of deeper water might travel twelve miles to Wilburton Pond, yet most find sufficient meaning in the vast, open theater of the horizon, where the day’s end brings a profound, hollow silence that settles over the fields like a heavy blanket.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cimarron National Grassland (National Grassland) — 0.5 mi, 168° S · 109k acres
  • Point of Rocks (Viewpoint) — 7.1 mi, 338° N
  • Eight Mile Corner (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 263° W
  • Comanche National Grassland (National Grassland) — 24.0 mi, 270° W · 444k acres
  • Lesser-Prairie Chicken Habitat Zoological Area (National Conservation Area) — 24.0 mi, 270° W · 9,303 acres
  • Burchfield Lake State Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 27.4 mi, 339° N
  • Thompson Park (Local Park) — 31.2 mi, 136° SE
  • Campo Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 37.7 mi, 276° W
  • Cimmaronosaurus (Public Artwork) — 39.1 mi, 242° SW
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 39.1 mi, 242° SW
  • Optima Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 41.3 mi, 120° SE
  • Optima Lake (Recreation Area) — 43.6 mi, 120° SE
  • The Oslo Community (Monument) — 44.6 mi, 153° SE
  • Sherman County Depot Museum (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 192° S
  • Kiowa/Rita Blanca (Park) — 48.1 mi, 201° S
  • Public Shooting Range (Attraction) — 50.6 mi, 292° W
  • CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 53.5 mi, 087° E
  • Black Mesa State Park & Nature Preserve (State Park) — 54.8 mi, 259° W
  • Petrified Log Exhibit (Attraction) — 56.1 mi, 259° W
  • Arkalon Park (State Recreation Area) — 61.2 mi, 083° E
  • Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 66.9 mi, 113° SE
  • Meyer's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 67.4 mi, 196° S
  • Hamilton County Museum (Museum) — 67.6 mi, 006° N
  • Stationmasters House Museum (Museum) — 67.9 mi, 145° SE
  • Hamilton State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 70.2 mi, 003° N
  • Kearny County Rodeo Grounds (Attraction) — 72.4 mi, 027° NE
  • Museum of the Plains (Museum) — 73.1 mi, 124° SE
  • Amache Museum (Museum) — 76.4 mi, 343° N

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About This Elkhart Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Elkhart, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.008079, -101.890166. 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 Elkhart includes the ZIP code (67950), telephone area code (785), county seat of Morton County (Elkhart), and school district assignment (Elkhart Unified School District 218).

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.