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Halstead Kansas Map

Explore Halstead, 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 Halstead, Kansas

How to Use This Halstead, Kansas Map

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

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.

CityHalstead
StateKansas (KS)
CountyHarvey County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude38.0014
Longitude-97.508652
Population2,179
Density624.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code67056
Area Code785
County SeatNewton
School DistrictHalstead Unified School District 440

About Halstead, Kansas

Halstead is a locality in Harvey County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,179. The population density is 624.1 people per km². Halstead is located at 38.0014°N, 97.5087°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Halstead is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67056.

Halstead unfolds across a landscape of expansive, level plains where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 9.4 miles west-southwest of Newton, KS (from Newton, KS: bearing 251°T), and is situated 13.7 miles north-northwest of Valley Center. The Little Arkansas River carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its banks lined with the gnarled, silvered silhouettes of cottonwoods that shiver in the constant, restless Kansas air. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar weight, bleaching the horizon to a pale, hazy gold by afternoon and casting long, indigo shadows across the fields as the day wanes. Eight miles distant, the quiet surface of Saucer Lake catches the evening light, a still, glass-like interruption in the vast, agricultural flatness that defines the surrounding horizon.

Halstead emerged from the prairie as a center for trade and transit, its growth tethered to the iron rails that once dictated the pulse of the plains. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the soil, with grain elevators standing as sentinels over a grid of streets that maintain a steady, measured pace of life. Families often travel nine miles to reach Athletic Park, a space that serves as a communal hearth for recreation and the quiet gatherings of residents. The heritage of the region is etched into the very grain of its architecture and the resilience of its people, who navigate the seasonal shifts of a climate that demands both endurance and a deep, practiced attunement to the natural world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Mennonite Settler statue (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 069° E
  • Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 069° E
  • Chisholm Trail 8 (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 091° E
  • Dyck Arboretum of the Plains (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 025° NE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 059° NE
  • Kauffman Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 060° NE
  • Unknown Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 059° NE
  • Blue Sky Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 066° NE
  • Valley Center Cultural and Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 147° SE
  • Harvey County Homeless & Indigent Persons Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 073° E
  • McPherson Valley Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 18.1 mi, 320° NW
  • Sandhills State Park (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 294° NW
  • Reticulated Giraffe (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 165° S
  • Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 165° S
  • Inman Rock Island Depot (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 318° NW
  • Mopig's Collectibles and Custom Paint (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 163° S
  • Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 225° SW · 16k acres
  • Cheney State Park (State Park) — 22.0 mi, 219° SW
  • Old Cowtown Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 159° S
  • Wichita Art Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 159° S
  • Gowans Stadium (Stadium) — 22.8 mi, 281° W
  • Art Gallery (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 149° SE
  • Carey Dome (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 281° W
  • Keeper of the Plains (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 158° S
  • Family Community Theatre (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 280° W
  • Mcpherson State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 32.0 mi, 003° N
  • Maxwell Wildlife Refuge (State Conservation Area) — 32.0 mi, 004° N
  • Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.9 mi, 278° W · 44k acres
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.1 mi, 274° W · 232 acres
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 59.5 mi, 060° NE · 33 acres

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About This Halstead Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Halstead, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.0014, -97.508652. 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 Halstead includes the ZIP code (67056), telephone area code (785), county seat of Harvey County (Newton), and school district assignment (Halstead Unified School District 440).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.