Explore Grandview Plaza, 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 Grandview Plaza, 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 Grandview Plaza.
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 | Grandview Plaza |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Geary County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.029165 |
| Longitude | -96.789175 |
| Population | 1,697 |
| Density | 773.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66441 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Junction City |
| School District | Geary County Schools Unified School District 475 |
Grandview Plaza emerges from the flat, expansive horizon as a cluster of structures defined by the persistent, restless movement of the Kansas wind. It lies 2.3 miles east of Junction City, KS (from Junction City, KS: bearing 89°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south-southeast of Fort Riley. Franks Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the immediate landscape, its banks lined with the occasional silver-leafed cottonwood that leans toward the water as if listening to the current’s low, steady cadence. To the west, the elevated profile of Grant Ridge breaks the monotony of the prairie, while the nearby expanse of Unknown Park offers a quiet buffer of wild grasses and scrub. The light here at dusk is singular, turning the vast sky a bruised violet that makes the limestone outcrops glow with a faint, ghostly luminescence, grounding Grandview Plaza in a terrain that feels both ancient and exposed.
Economic life in Grandview Plaza has long been tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding plains and the pragmatic utility of the local soil. While the memory of the Dust Bowl lingers in the collective consciousness, the modern character of the place is shaped by a quiet resilience, with residents finding their way between the seasonal demands of agriculture and the maintenance of local infrastructure. Leisure time often draws people toward the stillness of Idle Hour Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting cloud formations, or toward the distant, rhythmic roar of Kansas Falls, which serves as a rare, dramatic punctuation in an otherwise level geography. Though the pace of life remains measured, the proximity to The Island provides a distinct topographical shift, reminding those who live and work here that Grandview Plaza occupies a specific, deliberate space amidst the vast, unbroken tallgrass.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grandview Plaza, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.029165, -96.789175. 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 Grandview Plaza includes the ZIP code (66441), telephone area code (913), county seat of Geary County (Junction City), and school district assignment (Geary County Schools Unified School District 475).
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. |