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Hoxie Kansas Map

Explore Hoxie, 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 Hoxie, Kansas

How to Use This Hoxie, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.357505
Longitude	-100.441807
Population	1,211
Density	543.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67740
Area Code	785
County Seat	Hoxie
School District	Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412

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About Hoxie, Kansas

Hoxie is a locality in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,211. The population density is 543.7 people per km². Hoxie is located at 39.3575°N, 100.4418°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hoxie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67740.

Hoxie holds the vast, flat expanse of the high plains in a quiet tension between the immense sky and the yielding earth. It lies 68.3 miles west-northwest of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 299°T), and is situated 32.7 miles east of Colby. The horizon here is an unending line, broken only by the thin, vertical grain of silos and the occasional stand of cottonwoods that mark the path of Sand Creek as it carves a shallow, unassuming passage through the silt. During the late afternoon, the light loses its harshness, bleaching the fields into a pale gold that seems to vibrate against the deep, bruised violet of a gathering storm. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the landscape stretches toward the modest expanse of Antelope Lake, a quiet basin that gathers the stillness of the prairie, while eleven miles away, the Sheridan State Fishing Lake offers a sheltered pocket of water where the wind loses its restless, persistent edge.

Hoxie remains a place defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of the harvest, where the economy is written in the depth of the topsoil and the endurance of those who work it. The limestone courthouse serves as a sturdy anchor to a history forged in the resilience of settlers who learned to navigate the unpredictable cycles of drought and plenty. Life in Hoxie moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, favoring the steady work of agriculture and the maintenance of a community that understands the scale of its own solitude. Local industry finds its rhythm in the movement of grain and the maintenance of equipment, creating an atmosphere where the quiet of the plains is interrupted only by the mechanical hum of a tractor or the distant, lonely whistle of the wind. Even as the decades shift, the character of the people remains tied to this singular, open geography, finding a stark beauty in the way the land demands both patience and a persistent, quiet labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sheridan State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 086° E
Sheridan Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 138° SE
Logan County World War Memorial (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 234° SW
Fick Fossil and History Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 235° SW
Buffalo Bill (Public Artwork) — 27.9 mi, 235° SW
Prairie Museum of Art and History (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 272° W
Sappa Park (Local Recreation) — 32.7 mi, 355° N
Norton Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 35.0 mi, 036° NE
Castle Rock (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 157° SE
Keith Sebelius Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 38.9 mi, 040° NE
Prairie Dog State Park (State Park) — 39.1 mi, 040° NE
Chalk Bluffs (Conservation Area) — 39.4 mi, 209° SW
Jerusalem Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 40.8 mi, 220° SW
Norton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 44.2 mi, 041° NE
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 44.5 mi, 315° NW
Butterfield Trail Museum (Museum) — 50.1 mi, 232° SW
Logan State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 51.1 mi, 237° SW
Webster State Park (State Park) — 52.0 mi, 087° E
Cedar Bluff Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 52.8 mi, 138° SE
Museum of the High Plains (Museum) — 59.1 mi, 351° N
Kansas Historical Marker: Homestead of a Genius (Attraction) — 64.0 mi, 168° S
Hitchcock County Museum (Museum) — 64.1 mi, 332° NW
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 65.7 mi, 065° NE
World's Largest Easel (Attraction) — 67.5 mi, 269° W
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 72.6 mi, 044° NE
Historic Marker: Fort Hays/Fort Dodge Trail (Attraction) — 77.8 mi, 142° SE

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