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Hill City Kansas Map

Explore Hill City, 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 Hill City, Kansas

How to Use This Hill City, Kansas Map

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

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	Hill City
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Graham County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.364728
Longitude	-99.842065
Population	1,403
Density	539.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67642
Area Code	785
County Seat	Hill City
School District	Graham County Unified School District 281

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About Hill City, Kansas

Hill City is a locality in Graham County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,403. The population density is 539.5 people per km². Hill City is located at 39.3647°N, 99.8421°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hill City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67642.

Hill City emerges from the expansive plains of Kansas as a quiet gathering of structures defined by the vast, unyielding sky and the slow, rhythmic sweep of the prairie. It lies 43.5 miles northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 321°T), and is situated 32.5 miles south of Norton. The land here carries a subtle, ancient weight, characterized by low, muted rises that stretch toward an infinite horizon, punctuated only by the occasional silhouette of a fence line or the stark, vertical reach of a utility pole. A mile away, the South Fork Solomon River cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil, its presence marked by the rhythmic rustle of cottonwoods that find purchase in the damp earth of the banks. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised violet and amber, casting long, thin shadows that lend the fields an air of profound, meditative stillness.

Agriculture serves as the steady pulse of Hill City, where the labor of the harvest dictates the cadence of the seasons and the cycle of the local economy. The architecture of the downtown district reflects a sturdy, utilitarian past, with the limestone of the courthouse standing as a heavy, gray anchor amidst the shifting cycles of wheat and oil. Residents often look toward the history of the region, acknowledging the legacy of those who settled nearby at the Nicodemus National Historic Site, a reminder of the persistence required to carve a life from this resilient terrain. On quiet evenings, the air carries the dry, clean scent of turning earth, and the distance to Antelope Lake feels like a small, necessary measure of space in a landscape that prioritizes the slow, deliberate work of survival.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Webster State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 084° E
Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 269° W
Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.9 mi, 231° SW
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 27.8 mi, 087° E
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 28.7 mi, 347° N
Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 30.0 mi, 350° N
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 347° N
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 32.8 mi, 355° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 38.6 mi, 045° NE
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 38.7 mi, 045° NE
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 207° SW
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 39.5 mi, 172° S
Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 41.8 mi, 142° SE
Geese Statue (Public Artwork) — 42.6 mi, 141° SE
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 47.2 mi, 314° NW
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 50.0 mi, 028° NE
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 52.3 mi, 030° NE
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 56.5 mi, 253° W
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 57.0 mi, 254° W
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 63.9 mi, 166° S
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 64.2 mi, 271° W
Cambridge Museum (Museum) — 65.7 mi, 345° N
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 66.0 mi, 197° S
Franklin County Museum (Museum) — 69.6 mi, 043° NE
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 71.2 mi, 325° NW
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 73.1 mi, 106° E

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