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Kensington Kansas Map

Explore Kensington, 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 Kensington, Kansas

How to Use This Kensington, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	39.766956
Longitude	-99.031751
Population	399
Density	459.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66951
Area Code	913
County Seat	Smith Center
School District	Thunder Ridge Unified School District 110

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About Kensington, Kansas

Kensington is a locality in Smith County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 399. The population density is 459.9 people per km². Kensington is located at 39.7670°N, 99.0318°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kensington is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66951.

Kensington anchors itself firmly upon the vast, sun-bleached expanse of the northern Kansas plains, where the horizon stretches into an infinite, pale blue distance. It lies 63.3 miles north-northeast of Hays, KS (from Hays, KS: bearing 14°T), and is situated 15.5 miles east of Phillipsburg. Middle Cedar Creek carves a subtle, winding path through the local topography, its banks lined with the occasional, hardy cottonwood that catches the late afternoon light and turns it into a shimmering, silver-green haze. To the southwest, the singular rise of Blue Mound punctuates the skyline, serving as a silent, stony sentinel over the flat, agrarian grid. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the grain silos and fence lines, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Kensington maintains a quiet, steady rhythm rooted in the seasonal cycles of the surrounding wheat fields and the persistent industry of its residents. The local economy persists as a direct reflection of the soil, with the daily movement of machinery and the exchange of goods echoing a long history of homesteading and agricultural endurance. Residents often look toward the Kirwin Reservoir, nine miles away, as a place where the land opens up to accommodate the water, providing a reprieve from the relentless dry heat of midsummer. Life in Kensington remains defined by this deliberate pace, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the community remains tethered to the fundamental, quiet dignity of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kirwin Reservoir (Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 219° SW
Francis Wachs Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 349° N
Majestic Theatre (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 267° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 267° W
Armstrong Park (Local Park) — 15.8 mi, 270° W
Statue of Liberty Replica (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 126° SE
Limestone Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 025° NE
Harlan County Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 333° NW
Harlan County Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 333° NW
Franklin County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 010° N
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 080° E
Franklin County Waterfowl Production Area (Resource Management Area) — 28.8 mi, 007° N
Rooks State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 29.2 mi, 211° SW
Webster State Park (State Park) — 31.9 mi, 222° SW
World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 119° SE
Glen Elder State Park (State Park) — 38.8 mi, 116° SE
Guide Rock Diverson Dam (State Recreation Area) — 39.4 mi, 058° NE
Waconda Springs Replica (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 116° SE
Bison Statue (Public Artwork) — 41.8 mi, 115° SE
Phelps County Historical Museum (Museum) — 51.5 mi, 339° N
Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 54.2 mi, 071° E
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things (Museum) — 55.7 mi, 152° SE
Roy and Clara Miller's Park (Attraction) — 55.7 mi, 151° SE
Nebraska Military Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 66.2 mi, 035° NE
Art Center (Arts Centre) — 66.7 mi, 031° NE
Kearney Area Childrens Museum (Museum) — 66.7 mi, 358° N
Frager Field (Historic Ruins) — 68.7 mi, 047° NE
Harlow Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 68.9 mi, 137° SE
Hall County Waterfowl Production Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 70.3 mi, 015° N · 642 acres
Wilson Opera House (Theatre) — 71.7 mi, 155° SE

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