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Elsmore Kansas Map

Explore Elsmore, 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 Elsmore, Kansas

How to Use This Elsmore, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.794486
Longitude	-95.150255
Population	50
Density	127.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66732
Area Code	913
County Seat	Iola
School District	Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256

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About Elsmore, Kansas

Elsmore is a locality in Allen County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 50. The population density is 127.0 people per km². Elsmore is located at 37.7945°N, 95.1503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Elsmore is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66732.

Elsmore occupies a quiet stretch of the Kansas prairie where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 36.0 miles northwest of Pittsburg, KS (from Pittsburg, KS: bearing 318°T), and is situated 18.6 miles east-northeast of Chanute. The landscape is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition between open farmland and the thickets of timber that follow the Jackie Branch Marmaton River, a waterway that marks the land just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Rombaugh Hills provides a jagged, blue-tinted anchor to the otherwise level expanse, while the nearby Bourbon Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary for switchgrass and native birds. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular violet that clarifies the edges of the barns and fence lines, casting long, lean shadows that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the wheat.

Elsmore retains the quiet gravity of a place built on the steady cycles of agriculture and the persistence of local rail history. The economy remains tethered to the surrounding fields, where the patterns of planting and harvest dictate the pace of life, moving with a gravity that feels indifferent to the frantic noise of larger centers. While the proximity to Nyman Lake provides a modest relief from the summer heat, the true character of the place is found in the weathered wood of its remaining structures and the way the wind carries the scent of dry soil and curing hay across the porch steps. Residents navigate their days with an observant, low-key endurance, finding a particular beauty in the way the seasons turn the plains from a brittle, pale gold to a deep, verdant green, grounding their routines in the unchanging demands of the Kansas soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bourbon Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 097° E
Bourbon State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 098° E
Spider Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 15.3 mi, 300° NW
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 16.5 mi, 300° NW
Hollister Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 099° E
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 245° SW
Santa Fe Park (Local Park) — 19.0 mi, 240° SW
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 19.3 mi, 053° NE
Crawford State Park Lake (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 120° SE
Crawford State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 123° SE
Ware Monument (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 086° E
Neosho State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 25.2 mi, 187° S
Miners Hall Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 128° SE
Franklin Community Center & Heritage Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 128° SE
Parsons Theater (Cinema) — 31.8 mi, 191° S
Antietam Circle #2 (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 189° S
Iron Horse Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 191° S
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 352° N
Railroad Depot (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 137° SE
Prairie State Park (Viewpoint) — 36.8 mi, 120° SE
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.6 mi, 041° NE · 15k acres
Page Dragline (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 162° S
Big Brutus (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 162° S
World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 43.6 mi, 029° NE
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.5 mi, 313° NW · 37k acres
Fort Africa (Toothman Farm) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 49.2 mi, 051° NE
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 49.3 mi, 223° SW
Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 57.0 mi, 151° SE
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 70.4 mi, 142° SE · 241 acres

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