Glade Kansas Map

About Glade, Kansas

Glade is a locality in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 74.9 people per km². Glade is located at 39.6847°N, 99.3098°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glade is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67639.

Glade occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pinned to the earth only by the insistent, rhythmic sigh of the prairie wind. It lies 55.7 miles north of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 1°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south of Phillipsburg. The landscape around Glade consists of wide, open plains that hold the light with a startling, crystalline clarity, especially as the sun dips toward the North Fork Solomon River, gilding the cottonwoods that cling to the damp, shaded banks. To the west, the subtle rise of Blue Mound punctuates the otherwise level skyline, a solitary sentinel over the tallgrass that ripples like a pale, terrestrial tide under the pressure of the afternoon air. A few miles away, the quiet surface of Kirwin Reservoir mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a cool, still counterpoint to the restless, heat-shimmering fields that define the reach of the land.

Glade emerged from the quiet determination of early settlers who looked at this open geometry and saw a future carved from the dense, stubborn sod. The economy remains tethered to these same fields, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the pulse of the days, while the nearby Green Space provides a rare, protected sanctuary of native grasses and quiet wildlife. Life in Glade moves with the deliberate pace of seasons, far removed from the frantic noise of the industrial world, yet deeply connected to the legacy of those who first broke the soil. Occasionally, the distant, shadowed depths of Hungry Hollow remind travelers of the subtle, ancient shifts in the earth, a silent witness to the generations who have worked this ground and watched the evening shadows lengthen across the plains.

About This Glade Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glade, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.684732, -99.309819. 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 Glade includes the ZIP code (67639), telephone area code (785), county seat of Phillips County (Phillipsburg), and school district assignment (Phillipsburg Unified School District 325).

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.