Explore Goessel, 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 Goessel, 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 Goessel.
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 | Goessel |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Marion County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.246399 |
| Longitude | -97.348923 |
| Population | 556 |
| Density | 566.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67053 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Marion |
| School District | Goessel Unified School District 411 |
Goessel sits upon a vast, level expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth, offering a horizon that seems to retreat the further one travels toward it. It lies 13.8 miles north of Newton, KS (from Newton, KS: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-northeast of Hesston. Middle Emma Creek carves a shallow, winding path through the heavy soil, its banks lined with cottonwoods that shiver in the persistent prairie breeze. The light here acts with a particular clarity, turning the fields to pale gold before dusk and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat stretches of farmland. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Smoky Hills occasionally press against the sky, serving as a reminder of the rugged terrain far beyond these fertile plains.
Goessel maintains a quiet endurance rooted in the traditions of the Mennonite settlers who broke this stubborn sod generations ago. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with rows of grain elevators rising like steeples above the flat landscape to signal the town’s agricultural purpose. Visitors might find a moment of stillness at Interstate Park, or perhaps contemplate the distance to Harvey County East Park Lake, yet the true character of the place resides in the deliberate, steady pace of its residents. Daily life follows the turning of the seasons, honoring a history of resilience that is kept alive in the clean lines of the architecture and the earnest, unhurried hospitality of those who call Goessel their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goessel, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.246399, -97.348923. 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 Goessel includes the ZIP code (67053), telephone area code (785), county seat of Marion County (Marion), and school district assignment (Goessel Unified School District 411).
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. |