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Gridley Kansas Map

Explore Gridley, 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 Gridley, Kansas

How to Use This Gridley, Kansas Map

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

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	Gridley
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Coffey County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	38.097803
Longitude	-95.8836
Population	313
Density	282.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66852
Area Code	913
County Seat	Burlington
School District	Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245

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About Gridley, Kansas

Gridley is a locality in Coffey County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 282.4 people per km². Gridley is located at 38.0978°N, 95.8836°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gridley is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66852.

Gridley occupies a modest expanse of the Kansas plains where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the eye toward a sky that dominates the architecture of the land. It lies 26.6 miles southeast of Emporia, KS (from Emporia, KS: bearing 143°T), and is situated 10.2 miles southwest of Burlington. The terrain around Gridley is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of tallgrass prairie, punctuated by the occasional silhouette of cottonwoods marking the path of Dinner Creek as it carves a shallow, verdant incision into the earth. Four miles to the west, the quiet surface of Birk Lake reflects the shifting temperaments of the clouds, while the distant, low rise of Jackrabbit Hill provides the only meaningful interruption to an otherwise level sweep of agriculture. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its harshness, turning the dry grasses to a shade of pale copper and casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the landscape to its deep, dark soil.

Agriculture serves as the slow, beating pulse of Gridley, where the industry of sowing and harvest dictates the cadence of the seasons and the movement of heavy machinery along narrow, straight roads. The history of the area is not written in grand monuments but in the sturdy endurance of family homesteads and the collective memory of a landscape that demands patience from those who work it. Residents often look toward the John Redmond Reservoir for recreation, finding a rare, expansive stillness in the water that contrasts with the relentless, productive energy of the surrounding fields. Life in Gridley moves with an unpretentious clarity, favoring the quiet reliability of neighborly exchange and the profound, open silence that settles over the plains once the sun dips below the far edge of the wheat.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John Redmond Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 025° NE
Katy Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 049° NE
Kelley Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 052° NE
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 012° N · 37k acres
Hamiliton Fossil Quarry (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 239° SW
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.1 mi, 175° S
Olpe Lions Club (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 307° NW
Woodson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 175° S
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 21.0 mi, 189° S
Melvern Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 003° N
Woodson Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.5 mi, 175° S
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 323° NW
Peter Pan (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 321° NW
Lyon County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 323° NW
Emporia Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 26.8 mi, 323° NW
National Teacher’s Hall of Fame (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 324° NW
Abstract Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 323° NW
Flint Hills 8 Theater (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 321° NW
ATSF Eureka Depot (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 230° SW
Fall River State Park (State Park) — 31.0 mi, 196° S
Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 025° NE
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 070° E
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 37.1 mi, 141° SE
ATSF Osage City Depot Museum (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 005° N
Pioneer Bluffs Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 38.8 mi, 272° W
Chase County Historical Society Library and Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 298° NW
Cassoday Museum (Museum) — 41.3 mi, 265° W
Ke La Lah Heo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 47.3 mi, 321° NW
Kick A Poo's Hut (Historic Ruins) — 47.4 mi, 321° NW
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 65.0 mi, 083° E · 15k acres

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