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Glen Elder Kansas Map

Explore Glen Elder, 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 Glen Elder, Kansas

How to Use This Glen Elder, Kansas Map

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

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	Glen Elder
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Mitchell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.498621
Longitude	-98.308667
Population	362
Density	320.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67446
Area Code	785
County Seat	Beloit
School District	Waconda Unified School District 272

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About Glen Elder, Kansas

Glen Elder is a locality in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 362. The population density is 320.6 people per km². Glen Elder is located at 39.4986°N, 98.3087°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glen Elder is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67446.

Glen Elder occupies a broad expanse of high plains where the sky asserts a gravity of its own, pressing down upon the earth in shades of bruised indigo and pale, bleached gold. It lies 58.9 miles northwest of Salina, KS (from Salina, KS: bearing 321°T), and is situated 11.2 miles west-northwest of Beloit. The Solomon River carves a deliberate, serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its banks flanked by the silver-leafed cottonwoods that tremble even when the air seems perfectly still. To the west, the distant Blue Hills rise like a slumbering spine against the horizon, providing a permanent, muted boundary to the view. Waconda Lake spreads its wide, placid waters over the landscape, catching the sudden, sharp clarity of the afternoon sun and holding the reflection until the light fades into the deep, cooling shadows of the prairie.

Glen Elder State Park serves as the primary gateway to these waters, drawing those who seek the quietude of the tallgrass and the persistent, dry rustle of the wind through the fields. The economy remains rooted in the ancient, rhythmic cycle of the grain harvest, with silos standing as sentinels over the flat, productive earth that has sustained generations through years of both abundance and drought. Life in Glen Elder follows the slow, reliable pace of the agricultural seasons, where the local knowledge of soil and weather is passed down with a gravity that honors the labor of the past. Even as modern machinery hums across the fields, the fundamental character of the locality remains tethered to the river and the open expanse, marked by a sturdy, unadorned resilience that defines the daily lives of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 181° S
Glen Elder Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 259° W
Glen Elder Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 320° NW
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 314° NW
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 295° NW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 276° W
Westside Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 104° E
Chautauqua Park (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 106° E
Sod and Stubble (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 273° W
Jewell State Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 006° N
Walronds Stockade (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 279° W
Geodetic Center of North America (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 261° W
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 328° NW
Lovewell Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 30.1 mi, 022° N
Lovewell State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 027° NE
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 202° S
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 165° S
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 32.8 mi, 165° S
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 202° S
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 165° S
Post Rock Scout Museum (Museum) — 32.9 mi, 165° S
Brown Grand Opera House (Theatre) — 34.7 mi, 081° E
Union Pacific Depot (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 081° E
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 36.7 mi, 194° S
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 38.1 mi, 195° S
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 38.5 mi, 354° N
Amphitheatre (Arts Centre) — 42.9 mi, 057° NE
Ottawa State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 47.2 mi, 124° SE
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 191° S
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 56.8 mi, 289° W

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