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Elmdale Kansas Map

Explore Elmdale, 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 Elmdale, Kansas

How to Use This Elmdale, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.373626
Longitude	-96.644732
Population	40
Density	93.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66850
Area Code	913
County Seat	Cottonwood Falls
School District	Chase County Unified School District 284

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About Elmdale, Kansas

Elmdale is a locality in Chase County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 40. The population density is 93.6 people per km². Elmdale is located at 38.3736°N, 96.6447°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elmdale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66850.

Elmdale occupies a quiet expanse of the Flint Hills, where the tallgrass prairie stretches toward a horizon defined by the persistent, restless motion of the wind. It lies 25.2 miles west of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 265°T), and is situated 30.4 miles east of Hillsboro. Middle Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the limestone-laced soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only shade against the unrelenting clarity of the Kansas light. To the west, the land rises in subtle, sweeping folds, while the distant silhouette of Texaco Hill marks the edge of the sky. Three miles away, the Chase State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area provides a sanctuary of quiet water and open brush, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sharp call of a meadowlark or the dry rattle of grass in the heat.

Elmdale maintains a tempo dictated by the cycles of the earth and the memory of the soil, grounded in an economy that has always looked to the pasture and the plow. The history of the region is etched into the very masonry of the local limestone structures, which catch the honeyed glow of dusk and hold it long after the sun has slipped beneath the plains. Life here moves with the deliberate patience of a season, far removed from the clamor of larger centers, though the proximity of Lake Kahola, fifteen miles distant, offers a familiar, cooling presence to those who travel its edges. In the quiet streets of Elmdale, the work of the day is measured not in hours, but in the slow, steady persistence of those who have learned to live in rhythm with the high, wide sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chase State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 094° E
Chase State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 104° E
Greater Flint Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 046° NE
Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 091° E
Strong City Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Depot (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 076° E
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 049° NE · 33 acres
Barbara's Knoll (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 030° NE
Kansas Historical Marker: Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 076° E
Rockne Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 162° S
Matfield Station Prairy Art Path (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 163° S
Charles P. Coughlin Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 103° E
ATSF Florence Depot (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 239° SW
Agency Building (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 033° NE
Kaw Tribal Seal (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 034° NE
Ke La Lah Heo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 033° NE
Kick A Poo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 033° NE
Covered Wagon (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 023° NE
Post Office Oak Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 023° NE
Council Grove Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.1 mi, 015° N
Cassoday Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 179° S
Marion Lake (Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 270° W
Flint Hills 8 Theater (Cinema) — 23.5 mi, 083° E
Emporia Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 25.3 mi, 084° E
National Teacher’s Hall of Fame (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 083° E
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 085° E
El Dorado State Park (State Park) — 33.3 mi, 195° S
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.1 mi, 092° E · 37k acres
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 42.8 mi, 279° W
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 55.1 mi, 137° SE
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 74.9 mi, 235° SW · 16k acres

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