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Hanston Kansas Map

Explore Hanston, 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 Hanston, Kansas

How to Use This Hanston, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.121962
Longitude	-99.712901
Population	259
Density	370.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67849
Area Code	785
County Seat	Jetmore
School District	Hodgeman County Schools Unified School District 227

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About Hanston, Kansas

Hanston is a locality in Hodgeman County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 259. The population density is 370.4 people per km². Hanston is located at 38.1220°N, 99.7129°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hanston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67849.

Hanston spreads across the high, flat plains of the central interior where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the earth. It lies 30.4 miles north-northeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 33°T), and is situated 33.6 miles west of Larned. Buckner Creek carves a shallow, meandering path near the settlement, its presence marked by the silver-gray shimmer of cottonwood leaves that tremble even when the air seems perfectly still. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Pullers Peak acts as a dim anchor to the west, though the immediate world is defined by the vast, open expanse of prairie grasses and the patient geometry of cultivated fields. Light in this corner of the world possesses a peculiar clarity, turning the golden stubble of harvested wheat into a luminous, burnished copper as the sun dips low.

Hanston remains a quiet pulse of activity defined by the rhythms of agriculture and the legacy of early homesteaders who broke the stubborn sod. The local economy stays tied to the cycle of the seasons, with grain elevators standing as sentinels over the tracks and the surrounding farms. Eight miles away, the Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the movement of waterfowl or the rustle of dry stalks. Life proceeds with a deliberate pace here, shaped by the persistent wind and the enduring memory of years when the dust rose to meet the clouds, yet the spirit of the place endures in the simple, sturdy architecture and the deep, shared stillness of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hodgeman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 230° SW
Haun Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 255° W
Goodman State Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.3 mi, 337° NW
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 010° N
Ford State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.2 mi, 208° SW
Ford Lake (Viewpoint) — 23.6 mi, 208° SW
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 019° N
Saint Mary Of The Plains Park (Local Recreation) — 28.5 mi, 214° SW
B&B Dodge City Village 8 (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 215° SW
Santa Fe Caboose (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 213° SW
ATSF Dodge City Depot (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 213° SW
Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame and Gunfighters Wax Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 214° SW
Boot Hill Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 214° SW
Doc Holliday Statue (Public Artwork) — 30.5 mi, 213° SW
Santa Fe 1139 Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 213° SW
Wright Park (Local Park) — 30.6 mi, 213° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 33.2 mi, 084° E
Finney State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.4 mi, 275° W
Greensburg Big Well Country (Monument) — 41.6 mi, 149° SE
Cedar Bluff State Park (State Park) — 44.1 mi, 357° N
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 45.2 mi, 357° N
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 071° E
Stauth Memorial Museum (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 228° SW
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 54.2 mi, 071° E
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.4 mi, 087° E · 44k acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 62.6 mi, 160° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.6 mi, 094° E · 232 acres
Lee Richardson Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 64.1 mi, 260° W
Scott State Park (State Park) — 74.7 mi, 300° NW

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