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Fort Dodge Kansas Map

Explore Fort Dodge, 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 Fort Dodge, Kansas

How to Use This Fort Dodge, Kansas Map

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

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	Fort Dodge
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Ford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.731965
Longitude	-99.93541
Population	97
Density	204.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	67801, 67843
Area Code	785
County Seat	Dodge City
School District	Dodge City Unified School District 443

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About Fort Dodge, Kansas

Fort Dodge is a locality in Ford County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 97. The population density is 204.7 people per km². Fort Dodge is located at 37.7320°N, 99.9354°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 67801, 67843.

Fort Dodge commands the expansive, sun-bleached plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut like a pulled wire against the sky. It lies 4.7 miles east-southeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 108°T), and is situated 53.7 miles east-southeast of Garden City. The Arkansas River carves a shallow, sandy path through the earth here, its waters often sluggish and silt-heavy under the relentless Kansas sun. Beyond the river’s reach, the land rises into subtle, wind-scoured swells that hold the heat of the day long after the shadows lengthen. Five miles to the west, the rise of Boot Hill stands as a silent sentinel over the flat expanse, while six miles away, the quiet basin of Ford County Lake offers a meager reprieve from the parched intensity of the plains. Vegetation is sparse and hardy, mostly coarse grasses and the occasional stubborn cottonwood that clings to the riverbanks, their silvered leaves shivering in the constant, restless wind.

Fort Dodge serves as a quiet witness to the layered history of the frontier, its foundations resting on the bones of a strategic military outpost that once guarded the passage of settlers and traders. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the cycles of the harvest, echoing a legacy of endurance that defines the character of those who remain. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the memory of dust-choked years and the enduring promise of the wheat fields. Residents often look toward the quiet acreage of Thurow Park for an afternoon of respite, finding a singular beauty in the way the twilight turns the tallgrass into a sea of burnished copper. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, pervasive presence that demands a steady and patient hand from all who dwell within its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thurow Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 294° NW
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 288° W
ATSF Dodge City Depot (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 288° W
Wright Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 284° W
Saint Mary Of The Plains Park (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 307° NW
Santa Fe 1139 Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 287° W
Doc Holliday Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 287° W
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 287° W
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 288° W
Ford State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 007° N
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 5.5 mi, 305° NW
Youth Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 285° W
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 008° N
Hain State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 029° NE
Santa Fe Trail Remains Lookout (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 286° W
Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.0 mi, 014° N
Clark State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.2 mi, 160° S
Haun Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 005° N
Stauth Memorial Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 252° W
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 34.7 mi, 104° E
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 134° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 46.2 mi, 134° SE
Meade State Park (State Park) — 47.4 mi, 215° SW
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 52.3 mi, 018° N
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 53.5 mi, 287° W
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 71.5 mi, 007° N
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 77.5 mi, 055° NE

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