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Hiawatha Kansas Map

Explore Hiawatha, 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 Hiawatha, Kansas

How to Use This Hiawatha, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.852503
Longitude	-95.535816
Population	3,280
Density	494.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66434
Area Code	913
County Seat	Hiawatha
School District	Hiawatha Unified School District 415

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About Hiawatha, Kansas

Hiawatha is a locality in Brown County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,280. The population density is 494.9 people per km². Hiawatha is located at 39.8525°N, 95.5358°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hiawatha is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66434.

Hiawatha emerges from the expansive Kansas plains as a collection of brick facades and orderly streets that catch the low, honeyed light of the setting sun. It lies 29.7 miles northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 312°T), and is situated 14.8 miles south-southeast of Falls City. The North Fork Wolf River carves a quiet, serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that tremble even when the air feels perfectly still. Within the center of the grid, Courthouse Park serves as a green anchor for the landscape, where the grass grows thick and the shadows of mature trees stretch long across the ground during the late afternoon. To the far west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Pigeon Ridge occasionally haunts the horizon on exceptionally clear days, a distant reminder of the earth’s ancient, uneven crust. Two miles away, the waters of Lake Hiawatha mirror the shifting sky, providing a steady, reflective surface that breaks the relentless horizontal reach of the prairie.

Hiawatha persists as a place built upon the quiet resilience of agriculture, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of commerce and the movement of heavy machinery along the outskirts of the grid. The limestone courthouse stands as a central architectural sentinel, its heavy masonry grounding the local character in the same geological strata that defines the regional economy. Generations have worked this soil, turning the deep, fertile earth into a patchwork of crops that shifts in color from spring green to the burnished gold of harvest. The pace of life here is measured by the wind and the deliberate, unhurried transit of residents who maintain the legacy of their forebears while navigating the modern demands of the plains. Even as the decades turn, the quietude of the surroundings remains, reinforced by the steady, persistent growth of a community that understands its place in the vast, open silence of the midwestern interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mother of Modern Halloween (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 217° SW
Brown County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 209° SW
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 206° SW
Frances Sewell Plamann History Center (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 274° W
Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 256° W
Widman Plaque (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 245° SW
Perk Coffee Cup (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 077° E
Maple Grove Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 184° S
Pottawatomie St Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 245° SW
Noble Ball Park & Hiawatha Aquatic Center (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 126° SE
Brown County Ag Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 113° SE
Windmill Lane (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 122° SE
Bruning Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 278° W
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 3.3 mi, 102° E
Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 092° E
Brown State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 093° E
Margrave Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 018° N
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 176° S
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 036° NE
Brown (Bob) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 061° NE
Big Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 029° NE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 047° NE · 15k acres
Nelson Rogers Residence (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 101° E
Kansas Historical Marker - Troy (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 099° E
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 001° N
Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 201° S
Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 29.7 mi, 131° SE
The Lookout (Viewpoint) — 29.7 mi, 130° SE
Perry Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 30.9 mi, 178° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.1 mi, 072° E · 3,906 acres

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