Explore Eskridge, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Eskridge, 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 Eskridge.
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 | Eskridge |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Wabaunsee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.858892 |
| Longitude | -96.10916 |
| Population | 439 |
| Density | 327.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66423 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Alma |
| School District | Mission Valley Unified School District 330 |
Eskridge occupies a stretch of high-plains prairie where the sky claims more authority than the earth. It lies 26.6 miles west-southwest of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 241°T), and is situated 33.5 miles southeast of Manhattan. Dragoon Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the local topography, its banks lined with the skeletal grace of cottonwoods that shiver when the prairie gusts arrive. Six miles to the west, the silhouette of Gun Barrel Hill interrupts the horizon, a firm reminder of the geological upheaval that once defined this region. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape dips into the quiet shadows of Hungry Hollow, while the proximity of the Greater Flint Hills Fee ensures that the tallgrass remains a dominant, swaying presence. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular gold, catching the dry blades of grass and turning the entire expanse into a field of flickering, amber embers.
Eskridge grew from the rugged ambition of settlers who saw promise in the stubborn, lime-rich soil and the promise of the rail line. The local economy persists as a quiet dialogue between the seasonal demands of agriculture and the maintenance of a life lived in accordance with the wind. While Smith Lake sits eleven miles away, providing a nearby reservoir for those seeking the stillness of standing water, the focus of the inhabitants remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of sowing and harvest. The architecture of the older streets bears witness to a time when stone was pulled directly from the ground to build the foundations of a permanent life. Today, the pace of the day is dictated by the slow migration of shadows across the storefronts, a deliberate stillness that feels less like isolation and more like a chosen, steady persistence in the heart of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eskridge, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.858892, -96.10916. 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 Eskridge includes the ZIP code (66423), telephone area code (913), county seat of Wabaunsee County (Alma), and school district assignment (Mission Valley Unified School District 330).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |