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Kiowa Kansas Map

Explore Kiowa, 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 Kiowa, Kansas

How to Use This Kiowa, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	37.017249
Longitude	-98.485354
Population	902
Density	314.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	67070
Area Code	785
County Seat	Medicine Lodge
School District	South Barber Unified School District 255

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About Kiowa, Kansas

Kiowa is a locality in Barber County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 902. The population density is 314.3 people per km². Kiowa is located at 37.0172°N, 98.4854°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kiowa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67070.

Kiowa stretches across a vast expanse of high-plains prairie, where the horizon serves as a flat, relentless line that defines the scale of the sky. It lies 72.9 miles west-southwest of Haysville, KS (from Haysville, KS: bearing 239°T), and is situated 17.8 miles northeast of Alva. The landscape shifts from open farmland to the rugged, red-earth topography of Lone Tree Canyon, which cuts a sharp, jagged scar through the earth just two miles away. Cottonwood trees cluster in the low-lying moisture near the Medicine Lodge River, their leaves vibrating against the stillness of the afternoon air. At the edges of the day, light pools in the hollows of the soil, turning the dust a soft, bruised violet that clings to the fences and the weathered siding of grain elevators. Beyond the immediate fields, the far-off presence of Twin Peaks provides a singular, distant anchor for the eye in a land otherwise composed of infinite, subtle repetitions.

Kiowa traces its roots to the early expansion of the railroad, which brought a frantic, metal-tracked industry to these quiet plains, though the rhythm of life today is dictated more by the cycles of wheat and the steady, patient work of the local agricultural economy. The memory of the Dust Bowl remains a quiet ghost here, influencing the way residents regard the soil and the wind that scours the earth with persistent, dry intensity. A short drive away, the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary for migratory birds, a stark contrast to the industrious, earth-bound labor of the surrounding farms. While the modern pace is measured by the turning of heavy machinery and the seasonal harvest, the town maintains a stark, unadorned dignity, anchored by the quietude of Spicer Lake and the enduring, sun-bleached character of the Kansas plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 120° SE · 42k acres
Hatfield Park (Local Park) — 17.8 mi, 217° SW
Pageant Amphitheater at Memorial Peace Park (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 348° N
Alva Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 18.9 mi, 214° SW
Barber State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 345° N
Barber State Fishing Lake-south Pool (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 345° N
Big Marsh Boardwalk (Viewpoint) — 21.5 mi, 131° SE
Great Salt Plains Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.4 mi, 134° SE
Great Salt Plains State Park (State Park) — 25.5 mi, 136° SE
Isabel Wetlands Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 355° N
Little Sahara State Park (State Park) — 38.3 mi, 215° SW
Byron Walker Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 43.3 mi, 012° N
Kingman Theatre (Cinema) — 47.9 mi, 025° NE
Creative Vibes Art Studio (Gallery) — 48.5 mi, 089° E
Caldwell Historical Museum (Museum) — 48.5 mi, 089° E
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 49.5 mi, 291° W
Comanche County Museum (Museum) — 49.6 mi, 291° W
Skeleton Trail Ranch Marker (Monument) — 53.9 mi, 139° SE
Ballroom Theatre (Theatre) — 54.4 mi, 142° SE
Jane Champlin Art Gallery (Gallery) — 54.4 mi, 142° SE
Tri-State Statue (Monument) — 54.4 mi, 142° SE
Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (Museum) — 55.0 mi, 142° SE
Canton Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 60.6 mi, 186° S
Cheney Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 61.1 mi, 033° NE · 16k acres
Clearwater Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 64.0 mi, 058° NE
37mm Gun (Attraction) — 70.6 mi, 152° SE
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 72.8 mi, 360° N · 44k acres
CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 73.6 mi, 301° NW
Boulevard Theatres (Cinema) — 75.0 mi, 052° NE
ATSF Mulvane Depot (Attraction) — 75.1 mi, 065° NE

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