Gove Kansas Map
Explore Gove, 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 Gove, Kansas
How to Use This Gove, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gove, 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 Gove.
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 | Gove |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Gove County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 38.957788 |
| Longitude | -100.488749 |
| Population | 80 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 67736 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Gove City |
About Gove, Kansas
Gove is a locality in Gove County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 80. Gove is located at 38.9578°N, 100.4887°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 67736.Gove occupies a vast, open expanse where the sky dictates the daily temperament of the land. It lies 62.7 miles west of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 275°T), and is situated 23.5 miles east-southeast of Oakley. Hackberry Creek carves a shallow, verdant artery through the soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that offer the only reprieve from the relentless sweep of the wind. To the west, the distant silhouette of Devils Backbone provides a jagged punctuation to the horizon, a reminder of the tectonic patience required to shape this high plains geography. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the prairie grasses into a sea of amber and violet that seems to stretch toward an infinite, quiet void.
Gove remains a testament to the endurance of the agricultural frontier, where the economy is tethered to the slow cycle of grain and the stubborn persistence of the local harvest. The architecture of the region reflects a lean, functional history, defined by the stark lines of the limestone courthouse that anchors the center of the grid. While the Chalk Bluffs offer a rugged, sculptural reminder of the region’s geological depth eighteen miles away, the pace of life in Gove is measured not by monuments but by the seasonal shifting of the wheat-horizon. People here move with a deliberate, tempered grace, acknowledging that in a landscape this expansive, the individual is merely a temporary guest of the elements.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Chalk Bluffs (Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 248° W
- Castle Rock (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 111° E
- Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.6 mi, 052° NE
- Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 301° NW
- Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 301° NW
- Buffalo Bill (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 300° NW
- Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 23.8 mi, 261° W
- Scott State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 231° SW
- Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 30.8 mi, 027° NE
- Battle of Punished Woman's Fork (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 228° SW
- Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.6 mi, 110° E
- Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 265° W
- Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 156° SE
- Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 39.6 mi, 107° E
- Palmer Park (Local Park) — 39.6 mi, 214° SW
- Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 39.7 mi, 109° E
- Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 40.0 mi, 268° W
- El Quartelejo Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 215° SW
- Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 314° NW
- Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 57.5 mi, 127° SE
- Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 60.2 mi, 359° N
- Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 60.6 mi, 124° SE
- Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 63.7 mi, 025° NE
- Haun Museum (Museum) — 68.3 mi, 152° SE
- World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 70.3 mi, 292° W
- Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 72.0 mi, 197° S
- Seoul Canal Pump (Viewpoint) — 78.2 mi, 179° S
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About This Gove Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gove, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.957788, -100.488749. 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 Gove includes the ZIP code (67736), telephone area code (785), county seat of Gove County (Gove City), and school district assignment.
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. |
