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Lane Kansas Map

Explore Lane, 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 Lane, Kansas

How to Use This Lane, Kansas Map

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

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

Latitude	38.439739
Longitude	-95.082192
Population	241
Density	399.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66042
Area Code	913
County Seat	Ottawa
School District	Central Heights Unified School District 288

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About Lane, Kansas

Lane is a locality in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 241. The population density is 399.4 people per km². Lane is located at 38.4397°N, 95.0822°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lane is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66042.

Lane emerges from the vast, open horizon of the Kansas plains as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate meander of the Pottawatomie Creek. It lies 15.8 miles southeast of Ottawa, KS (from Ottawa, KS: bearing 140°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-southwest of Osawatomie. The landscape here is characterized by the expansive, rhythmic roll of the prairie, where the tallgrass bends under the constant, insistent push of the wind. Cottonwoods cling to the damp, shaded banks of the creek, their silver-backed leaves shivering in a way that suggests the water is always whispering to the roots. In the distance, the faint, hazy outline of the Chippewa Hills disrupts the flatness, serving as a reminder of the tectonic patience that shaped this soil. The quality of light at dusk is particularly striking, catching the dust motes and turning the entire expanse into a bruised, golden violet that makes the very air feel heavy with antiquity.

Lane retains the stubborn, pragmatic character of the early settlers who broke the sod to carve a life out of the stubborn Midwestern loam. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the earth, with the surrounding fields dictating the pace of the seasons through the planting and harvesting of grain. While the rhythms of daily life are measured by the steady hum of agricultural machinery, a sense of stillness persists, punctuated only by the occasional traveler heading toward the Karl E Cole Sports Complex or the waters of Richmond Lake. History here is not found in monuments but in the way the fences lean against the prevailing gusts and the endurance of the local architecture, which seems to sink deeper into the ground with each passing decade. To walk through Lane is to witness a place that asks for very little, content to exist in the quiet gravity of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 258° W
Karl E Cole Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 060° NE
John Brown Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 058° NE
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 059° NE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 061° NE
ATSF Caboose (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 217° SW
Baptiste Bust (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 050° NE
Hillsdale Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.5 mi, 030° NE
Miami State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.5 mi, 094° E
Miami State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 15.6 mi, 095° E
William H. Howe Butterfly Mural (Public Artwork) — 15.6 mi, 320° NW
Fmr. location of Missouri Pacific Depot (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 321° NW
Hillsdale Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 029° NE
Hillsdale State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 029° NE
Fmr. site of HU tower (Interlocking) (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 315° NW
Marais Des Cygne Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.2 mi, 118° SE
Louisburg Cider Mill (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 054° NE
La Cygne Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 094° E
Black Jack Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 22.4 mi, 353° N
Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 345° N
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 346° N
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 122° SE · 15k acres
Gardner Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 018° N
Ensor Park and Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 031° NE
Melvern Railroad Park (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 279° W
Bird Watching Blind (Viewpoint) — 32.7 mi, 040° NE
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 040° NE
Kansas Rocks (Theme Park) — 35.1 mi, 160° S
Cider Gallery (Arts Centre) — 37.2 mi, 348° N
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.6 mi, 254° W · 37k acres

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