Holton Kansas Map
Explore Holton, 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 Holton, Kansas
How to Use This Holton, Kansas Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Holton, 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 Holton.
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 | Holton |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.465272 |
| Longitude | -95.736372 |
| Population | 3,401 |
| Density | 490.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 66436 |
| Area Code | 913 |
| County Seat | Holton |
| School District | Holton Unified School District 336 |
About Holton, Kansas
Holton is a locality in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,401. The population density is 490.7 people per km². Holton is located at 39.4653°N, 95.7364°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Holton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66436.Holton unfolds across a vast, amber-hued expanse where the sky claims more territory than the earth itself. It lies 29.0 miles north of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 354°T), and is situated 33.5 miles west-southwest of Atchison. The horizon stretches in a flat, relentless reach, interrupted only by the sudden, sharp silhouette of distant Peanaz Hill that haunts the far western edge of the vista. A mile away, the sluggish, rhythmic pulse of Elk Creek carves a thin ribbon through the soil, its banks lined with the silver-leafed shivering of cottonwoods that catch the low, heavy light of a waning afternoon. At the center of it all, Courthouse Park serves as the quiet anchor of the grid, a patch of maintained green where the shadows of limestone blocks grow long and violet as the sun dips behind the plains.
Holton holds the quiet weight of its origins in the enduring strength of its central limestone architecture, a material pulled from the very bedrock that defines the regional economy of agriculture and trade. The legacy of the land is measured in the steady turning of seasons, where the local pace remains dictated by the harvest and the persistent, restless wind that scours the fields. Residents move through their days with a deliberate stillness, acknowledging the historical gravity of the county seat while looking toward the distant, shimmering surface of Prairie Lake. Life here operates with a singular, grounded clarity, reflecting a landscape that demands resilience and offers, in return, a sprawling, unfiltered connection to the horizon.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Jackson County Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 181° S
- Holton Community Theatre (Theatre) — 0.2 mi, 114° SE
- Rafter'S Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 319° NW
- Chandler Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 131° SE
- Mcpherson County (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 171° S
- Danny J. Petersen Memorial Mural (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 275° W
- Nebo State Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 100° E
- Perry Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 105° E
- Perry Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 111° E
- Worlds Largest Baseball (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 063° NE
- Shawnee State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.5 mi, 192° S
- Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 037° NE
- Jeffery Energy Center Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 240° SW
- Perry State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 149° SE
- World War I Memorial (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 223° SW
- St. Marys Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 224° SW
- Jeffrey Energy Center Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.3 mi, 234° SW
- Foole's Dream Studio (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 172° S
- Stonewall Gallery (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 172° S
- Kansas State Historical Society - Center for Historical Research (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 184° S
- Trail (Historic Ruins) — 28.4 mi, 184° S
- Discovery Center of Kansas (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 180° S
- Windmill Lane (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 023° NE
- Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 022° N
- Historic Brown County Jail (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 021° N
- West Lawn Memorial Gardens (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 188° S
- Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 33.8 mi, 078° E
- Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 35.9 mi, 083° E
- Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.7 mi, 032° NE · 15k acres
- Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.4 mi, 051° NE · 3,906 acres
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About This Holton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Holton, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.465272, -95.736372. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Holton includes the ZIP code (66436), telephone area code (913), county seat of Jackson County (Holton), and school district assignment (Holton Unified School District 336).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
