Explore Kinsley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kinsley, 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 Kinsley.
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 | Kinsley |
| State | Kansas (KS) |
| County | Edwards County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.923072 |
| Longitude | -99.409838 |
| Population | 1,456 |
| Density | 433.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 67547 |
| Area Code | 785 |
| County Seat | Kinsley |
| School District | Kinsley-Offerle Unified School District 347 |
Kinsley sits upon the vast, flat expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches into an infinite line that seems to divide the earth from the pale, vaulted sky. It lies 35.2 miles east-northeast of Dodge City, KS (from Dodge City, KS: bearing 70°T), and is situated 24.6 miles southwest of Larned. Coon Creek traces a quiet, winding path through the outskirts, its banks lined with the occasional cottonwood that breaks the relentless uniformity of the wheat fields. The light here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of distant grain elevators until they appear as monoliths against the bruised purple of an approaching dusk. During the summer, the air holds a dry, baking heat, yet it carries the faint, metallic scent of turned soil and the persistent, restless movement of wind that never truly settles.
Kinsley carries the weight of a frontier history, having served as a vital waypoint for travelers who once measured their progress by the distance to the mid-continental meridian. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest, with the local grain trade dictating the tempo of daily life as surely as the seasons dictate the growth of the crops. While Kiowa County State Lake provides a distant retreat for those seeking the stillness of water, the life of the inhabitants remains grounded in the prosperity of the surrounding fields. The limestone architecture of the older buildings reflects a stoic, functional elegance, standing as a reminder of the generations who organized their lives around the demands of a demanding, fertile landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kinsley, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.923072, -99.409838. 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 Kinsley includes the ZIP code (67547), telephone area code (785), county seat of Edwards County (Kinsley), and school district assignment (Kinsley-Offerle Unified School District 347).
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. |