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Howard Kansas Map

Explore Howard, 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 Howard, Kansas

How to Use This Howard, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.470312
Longitude	-96.263607
Population	570
Density	312.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67349
Area Code	785
County Seat	Howard
School District	West Elk Unified School District 282

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About Howard, Kansas

Howard is a locality in Elk County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 570. The population density is 312.2 people per km². Howard is located at 37.4703°N, 96.2636°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Howard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67349.

Howard occupies a space where the prairie grass leans perpetually toward the horizon, bowing to a wind that carries the scent of dry earth and distance. It lies 40.6 miles southeast of El Dorado, KS (from El Dorado, KS: bearing 126°T), and is situated 34.9 miles west-northwest of Independence. Pawpaw Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with cottonwoods that filter the afternoon light into long, amber slivers across the limestone-dusted ground. To the west, the distant rise of the Flint Hills breaks the flatness of the sky, a jagged edge of blue-gray stone that anchors the view. The air here possesses a singular clarity, sharp enough to suggest that one might see the curvature of the world if the light caught the tallgrass just right. Only two miles away, the quiet surface of Polk Daniels Lake reflects the vast, shifting clouds, acting as a mirror for the sky that dominates the life of everyone who walks these plains.

Howard grew from the rugged ambition of settlers who saw promise in the stubborn soil and the steady, if occasionally cruel, rhythm of the seasons. The limestone courthouse serves as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this land, standing as a testament to the local economy that remains tethered to the cycles of cattle and harvest. Even as the modern world pulls at the edges of the plains, the daily pace in Howard remains tethered to the earth, echoing a history of resilience forged in the wake of dust and drought. For those seeking a wider expanse of wilder terrain, the fifteen-mile trek to Fall River State Park offers a brief respite, yet the true character of the place is found in the everyday persistence of its people. Life here moves with the deliberate weight of a slow-turning season, grounded by the steady hand of tradition and the quiet, unending conversation between the prairie and the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fall River State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 035° NE
Fall River Lake (Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 032° NE
Historic Frisco Water Tower (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 311° NW
Butler State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.3 mi, 285° W
MP Fredonia Depot (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 079° E
ATSF Eureka Depot (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 357° N
Berentz-Dick Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.2 mi, 139° SE
Toronto State Park (State Park) — 25.7 mi, 043° NE
Toronto Lake (Recreation Area) — 26.3 mi, 040° NE
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 30.7 mi, 116° SE
Woodson State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.0 mi, 047° NE
Winfield City Lake Recreation Area (Local Park) — 32.2 mi, 257° W
Hulah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.6 mi, 180° S
Scouts Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 258° W
Caney Valley Speedway (Attraction) — 35.6 mi, 150° SE
Teeter Rock (Monument) — 39.6 mi, 347° N
Greater Flint Hills (Conservation Area) — 40.2 mi, 190° S
Eye on the Prairie (Public Artwork) — 40.8 mi, 306° NW
E.B. White Gallery (Gallery) — 41.1 mi, 305° NW
Butler Community College Theater (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 305° NW
Heritage Rock (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 249° W
Allen Podium (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 249° W
Trebuchet (Registered Battlefield) — 43.7 mi, 281° W
Cassoday Museum (Museum) — 44.5 mi, 333° NW
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 46.6 mi, 130° SE
Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum (Museum) — 46.8 mi, 071° E
Pioneer Bluffs Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 48.4 mi, 338° N
Andover District Stadium (Stadium) — 50.7 mi, 290° W
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.2 mi, 017° N · 37k acres
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 68.3 mi, 347° N · 33 acres

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