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Hoisington Kansas Map

Explore Hoisington, 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 Hoisington, Kansas

How to Use This Hoisington, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.518067
Longitude	-98.778139
Population	2,699
Density	898.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67544
Area Code	785
County Seat	Great Bend
School District	Hoisington Unified School District 431

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About Hoisington, Kansas

Hoisington is a locality in Barton County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,699. The population density is 898.4 people per km². Hoisington is located at 38.5181°N, 98.7781°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hoisington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67544.

Hoisington emerges from the expansive Kansas plains as a collection of structures defined by the relentless, horizontal reach of the prairie. It lies 10.6 miles north of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 356°T), and is situated 15.5 miles northwest of Ellinwood. The sky here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, pressing down upon the flat horizon where the wind shifts the dust in low, monochromatic swirls. Life maintains a steady tether to the ground, with the gentle depression of Blood Creek carving a shallow, verdant path only a mile away, its banks lined with the persistent, silver-leafed cottonwoods that anchor the soil. At the edge of the residential grid, Pride Park offers a quiet expanse of cultivated green, a deliberate contrast to the vast, unyielding wheat-colored fields that stretch toward the faint, hazy suggestion of Barton Lake in the distance.

Hoisington bears the quiet marks of a history built upon the labor of the railroad and the hidden currents of the oil industry, which once dictated the erratic pulse of local prosperity. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the industrious maintenance of regional infrastructure, reflecting a culture that values endurance over flash. Evenings arrive with a profound stillness, the kind that settles over metal grain elevators and quiet streets, reminding one that the character of the place is forged in the space between the expansive sky and the deep, dark loam. The people move with the measured pace of those who understand that the land demands a specific, unhurried attention, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of grace within the open, unchanging geometry of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heritage Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 228° SW
Noisington Bicentennial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 293° NW
Cheyenne Bottoms Fee (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 174° S
Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 131° SE
Great Bend Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.0 mi, 176° S
Breaking the Sod statue (Public Artwork) — 10.8 mi, 186° S
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 191° S
Expo Center (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 203° SW
Binger Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.1 mi, 129° SE
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 151° SE · 44k acres
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 038° NE
World's Largest Czech Egg (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 038° NE
Wilson Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 28.6 mi, 013° N
Wilson Lake (Recreation Area) — 29.6 mi, 015° N
Wilson State Park (State Park) — 30.4 mi, 028° NE
Coronado-Quivira Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 111° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ks (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.3 mi, 158° S · 232 acres
Culbertson Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.2 mi, 124° SE
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 019° N
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 019° N
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 42.3 mi, 265° W
Kanopolis State Park (State Park) — 42.7 mi, 077° E
Christ Pilot Me Hill (Monument) — 46.9 mi, 265° W
Lincoln County Historical Society (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 043° NE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 49.5 mi, 043° NE
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum (Museum) — 49.6 mi, 043° NE
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station (Monument) — 50.3 mi, 014° N
Frontier in Lincoln County (Monument) — 50.9 mi, 046° NE
Carey Dome (Cinema) — 56.0 mi, 124° SE
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 66.0 mi, 135° SE · 16k acres

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