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Herndon Kansas Map

Explore Herndon, 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 Herndon, Kansas

How to Use This Herndon, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.909726
Longitude	-100.785152
Population	119
Density	145.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67739
Area Code	785
County Seat	Atwood
School District	Rawlins County Unified School District 105

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About Herndon, Kansas

Herndon is a locality in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 119. The population density is 145.9 people per km². Herndon is located at 39.9097°N, 100.7852°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Herndon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67739.

Herndon occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains where the land stretches toward a flat, infinite horizon, broken only by the persistent, rhythmic swaying of wheat and the occasional, solitary cottonwood. It lies 105.5 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 313°T), and is situated 21.9 miles south-southwest of McCook. Beaver Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the earth nearby, its presence marked by a slight deepening of the soil’s color and the thin, verdant ribbon of vegetation that clings to the banks. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk when the fading light turns the vast sky into a bruised violet, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch across the open fields until they vanish into the deepening gray of the prairie. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the terrain is defined by the absence of obstruction, allowing the relentless wind to dictate the movement of the clouds and the subtle shifts in the seasonal temperature.

Herndon carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, its identity forged in the stubborn soil and the cycles of planting and harvest that dictate the pace of life. While the local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding farms, the character of the settlement is shaped by the memory of those who first broke the sod, transforming the open grassland into a landscape of patterned fields. Those seeking the company of nature often travel to Sappa Park, while the curious may look toward the distant, rugged features of East Oak Canyon for a sense of the region's deeper geological history. Life in Herndon moves with a deliberate, quiet intensity, reflecting a resilience that persists long after the harvest has been gathered and the machinery has been stilled for the winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 243° SW
Metal Garden (Public Artwork) — 15.5 mi, 242° SW
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 15.6 mi, 109° E
Barnett Park (Local Park) — 20.9 mi, 024° NE
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 023° NE
Swanson Lake (Resource Management Area) — 21.9 mi, 316° NW
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 327° NW
Kelley Park (Local Park) — 22.4 mi, 022° N
McCook Army Air Base Historical Marker (Monument) — 27.7 mi, 009° N
Little House Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 305° NW
Hugh Butler Lake (Resource Management Area) — 30.6 mi, 008° N
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 39.6 mi, 103° E
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 200° S
Dundy County Museum (Museum) — 40.8 mi, 284° W
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 43.5 mi, 099° E
South Fork Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 46.3 mi, 272° W
Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 47.3 mi, 142° SE
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 47.5 mi, 096° E
Land and Sky (Attraction) — 61.2 mi, 276° W
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 62.9 mi, 231° SW
Pleasant Hill School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 63.1 mi, 274° W
German Plains School (Historic Ruins) — 64.1 mi, 269° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 69.8 mi, 078° E
South Republican Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 70.2 mi, 255° W
Sherman State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 72.0 mi, 227° SW
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 78.3 mi, 097° E
Road Ranches along the Platte Historical Marker (Attraction) — 79.3 mi, 012° N
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 79.6 mi, 155° SE

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