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Elyria Kansas Map

Explore Elyria, 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 Elyria, Kansas

How to Use This Elyria, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.290564
Longitude	-97.626987
Population	120
Density	9.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	67460
Area Code	785
County Seat	McPherson
School District	McPherson Unified School District 418

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About Elyria, Kansas

Elyria is a locality in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 9.7 people per km². Elyria is located at 38.2906°N, 97.6270°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67460.

Elyria exists as a quiet punctuation mark upon the expansive Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled wire. It lies 5.9 miles south-southeast of McPherson, KS (from McPherson, KS: bearing 160°T), and is situated 19.7 miles south of Lindsborg. The land surrounding Elyria maintains a steady, rhythmic incline, broken only by the intermittent, hushed passage of Turkey Creek, which threads its way through the soil just a mile from the center. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Smoky Hills marks the far edge of the sky, the immediate landscape is defined by the intimate scale of prairie grasses and the solitary, silver-barked cottonwoods that cluster near the water. At dusk, the light here possesses a heavy, amber quality, turning the expanse of wheat fields into a sea of burnished copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped away.

Elyria grew from the stubborn persistence of early settlers who recognized the potential in the deep, dark loam, establishing an economy anchored firmly to the cycle of the harvest. Today, the life of the people in Elyria remains tied to the rhythm of the seasons, with the occasional traveler venturing toward the quiet expanse of Lake Inman or finding a moment of reprieve at Sycamore Park. The local character is forged by a history of resilience, where the memory of the wind’s unrelenting force has shaped the architecture and the temperament of the people alike. There is a profound stillness in the daily routine, a sense that time in Elyria is not something to be measured by clocks, but by the slow, deliberate turning of the earth and the vast, unencumbered openness of the Kansas sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wall Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 344° N
Wesley Black Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.2 mi, 335° NW
Athletic Park (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 341° N
Lakeside Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 346° N
Mingenback Theatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 351° N
McPherson Museum and Arts Foundation (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 347° N
Brown Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 351° N
General McPherson Memorial Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 337° NW
McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 297° NW
Grant Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 346° N
Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 244° SW
Mcpherson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 035° NE
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 036° NE
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 137° SE
Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 225° SW
Kauffman Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 134° SE
Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 22.2 mi, 226° SW
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 22.3 mi, 226° SW
Mennonite Settler statue (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 139° SE
Liberty Monument (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 080° E
Hutchinson Art Center (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 226° SW
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 225° SW
Chisholm Trail 8 (Cinema) — 25.7 mi, 142° SE
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 319° NW
Kanopolis Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 28.2 mi, 321° NW
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 277° W
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 34.6 mi, 206° SW · 16k acres
Original Salina Airport (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 003° N
ATSF Florence Depot (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 095° E
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.1 mi, 265° W · 44k acres

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